On the field.

Lakers offense.

Billups experienced the Knicks' "pseudo-joint defense" tactics and wanted to force him to move away from the basket.

By the way, the NBA clearly stipulates that joint defense tactics cannot be used, otherwise violations will be made.

But if the rules are useful, what else should the basketball referee do?

The rules are used to find loopholes. You said that the surface is about defending Rodman, but in fact, they are all focused on Jordan's side. Will this ball be blown?

When Jordan breaks through or shoots, empty Rodman and breaks Jordan's basketball, he can't beat him to defend the joint defense, right?

He's going to intercept the ball!

Do you call severing a ball joint defense?

Unless a "offside" rule is made like football, and then the court is equipped with Hawkeye and two defensive players are parallel, they are judged as joint defense.

Otherwise, this is not called joint defense tactics.

Therefore, Ewing can stand in the penalty area and rotate on the outside, and if necessary, put people who are not good at shooting and shoot at mid-range and long distances.

The player who was emptied by the Knicks was talking about Kobe... no, he was referring to Big Ben.

Kobe was running the ball-free tactics and took Houston's defense away.

At the three-point line on the right corner, Rice was ambushed there, and Larry Johnson didn't dare to go too far.

Off the court, Knicks head coach Van Gundy was a little stunned. He watched helplessly, Kobe ran back and forth to cover and threw away Houston's follow-up defense.

At this time, Houston and Charlie Ward rushed to Billups together, trying to cut off the starting point of the offensive.

Billups' pass found Kobe and immediately broke into the inside.

Larry Johnson dared not leave the 'OK combination' all for Ewing, and he chose to return to the basket.

Kobe pushed his hands and passed the ball without looking at people, leaving the three-point line outside the three-point line.

Then, Rice was completely empty, caught the ball in the bottom corner, and made a three-pointer.

Using the width of the court and joint defense tactics is not easy to prevent.

"Jeff Van Gundy's killer move may not be able to deal with the Lakers!!" Mike Brin asked the question incisively.

"It's not possible, it's definitely not going to deal with the Lakers." Mav Albert took over the topic and commented, "If we talk about the small forward position, Bowen, the Lakers' joint defense tactics, and the Knicks' joint defense tactics, may be effective.

Rice's three-point ability is the top in the league.

If you are really emptied, you will be punished.”

Van Gundy's face was calm, but he was a little annoyed. How could the Lakers not attack the basket and make a shot without a hit?

What is the ability to shoot a three-pointer?

By the way, he doesn't like his team's three-pointers, and he stubbornly believes that other teams will not regard three-pointers as their main offensive weapon.

Therefore, he can boldly use two high center forwards to lock the inside basket.

He can also allow the outside to hit the ball holder and let the players who are not accurate in shooting shots from the outside.

If you don't shoot and drive the ball out, Ewing will sweep over and block it, and the opponent's attack will reduce efficiency in minutes.

In this era, there were not many teams and players who were good at shooting three-pointers, and his pseudo-joint defense tactics made him famous.

Now an accident happened.

Offensive and defensive conversion, Knicks attack.

Larry Johnson pulled out and gave Houston a side cover tactic.

Then, Larry Johnson cut into the inside and took away the defender.

Houston took a step inside the three-point line and received a pass from Charlie Ward, making a two-pointer jump shot from the open jumper...

Swish—!

4 to 6!!

Alan Houstonian was nicknamed "Central Shooting King". At its peak, his shooting percentage was as high as 48%.

A two-point mid-range shot, crossed 55, almost caught the ball and shot, and you can hit it.

Van Gundy was very proud.

I think this is his masterpiece, I think this is the kingdom of winning the league, and this is what the game should be like.

The Lakers like to shoot three-pointers, they are simply an outlier in the league.

If Li Mu could hear Van Gundy's voice, he would definitely despise the other party very much.

You should know that Alan Houston is not only good at shooting mid-range shots, his three-point shooting percentage in the early stages of his career is not bad.

His career shooting percentage was as high as 40%. Before coming to the Knicks, he shot more than 41% of three-point shooting percentage for two consecutive years.

As a result, Van Gundy let Houston concentrate on shooting two-pointers, and the mid-range shot that was still two-pointers, almost one or two steps inside the three-point line.

As a result, with only a monotonous two-point shooting, Houston's shooting percentage fluctuated and his scores fell.

McGrady will do the same in the future.

Most of them catch the ball outside the three-point line, make a sudden step, and throw it directly.

There are obviously three-pointers, but they can't cover the defense, but they just need to shoot two points with low shooting efficiency.

As a result, McGrady's scoring king was lost.

Houston could have been a player like Ray Allen, but now he can only become the king of central shooting.

Off the court, Van Gundy wanted to keep the inside.

However, the players on the court cannot ignore the Lakers' offensive firepower from the outside.

In this way, the offensive space became wider, and Billups easily passed the basketball to O'Neal.

The two super centers continue to showdown.

O'Neal took the ball with his back and sat down. Ewing was very hard-blooded and shouted and went up to meet him.

Bang —!

O'Neal suddenly bumped.

The gorilla took a step back like a truck crashing.

Gripping his teeth and continuing to meet the past.

Bang —!

O'Neal continued to chisel.

The gorilla took more than a step back.

Gripping his teeth, his eyes turned red, and he met him again.

Bang —!

O'Neal made a quick move, chiseled it under the basket and forced the basket.

With a clang, the whole person's body was hung on the basket.

4 to 8!!

"Ewing is too hard-blooded, but he can't withstand O'Neal's impact.

Both Dameng and General can't stand it. It's normal for the gorilla to fail." Mike Bryn shook his head and said.

"O'Neal is marching towards the top, while the other three super centers are on the decline."

Outside the field, Li Mu shook his head.

"The gorilla is old and still works so hard.

No wonder it has become a famous background board.”

Next, the Knicks' outside and inside lines could not stop the Lakers' offense.

The competition became simpler.

Van Gundy issued an order to stick to the basket when it comes to defending the basket and defending three-pointers.

He is not stubborn.

But waiting.

When the Lakers' outside shooting feels down.

to this end.

He called the timeout and interrupted the Lakers' offensive rhythm.

Always emphasize defense, defensive pressure, emphasis on defense intensity, reduce the offensive rhythm on the field, and reduce the number of offensive rounds,

Even if he is behind in the score, he will adjust his defense just to wait for his opponent to make a mistake.
To be continued...