Chapter 1687 Chapter 1691 Terrifying Attack Power, Stupid Heat
"Wow~!"
"Awesome!"
"What's going on!"
"I saw that right!"
On the field, Zen Master’s substitution triggered exclamations from all over the field, no, from the fans watching the game all over the world. Even the hot bar watching the game at home with pillows in their arms wiped their cute big eyes, as if they wanted to take a look at themselves. Did you read it wrong?
Five strikers lineup!
After their last big win over the Bucks, Jackson once again deployed a magical lineup of three small forwards and two defenders. Except for Farmar, who was replaced by Blake, who has better ball control, the rest of the positions were played on top. A game with the original cast.
However, although this magical lineup worked wonders in the last game, people are not optimistic about this substitution this time.
"Can this lineup work? The Heat are not the Bucks. Although they have a weak heart, they are much better than the Bucks!"
"You really don't regard Bosh as a person. Why is Artest tall enough to defend Bosh? This is not selling Artest away."
"Ji Feng can't do it either. Although Haslem is very short, only 203 centimeters, he is much heavier than Ji Feng. Can he squeeze through in the paint?"
"It's not just about defense, it's also about offense. Who's going to play inside, and we don't need the inside? Where are the rebounds? We don't need them either?! How can we fight like this!"
"Zen Master is letting himself go. Winning last time may not work this time. Come to China quickly to learn a lesson in seeking truth from facts!"
"The Heat have an opportunity. Maybe this will be the turning point of this game."
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Not only are the fans not optimistic about this bold attempt, the commentators are not optimistic either.
Director Zhang was still very tactful and bluntly said that maybe Zen Master had his own unique understanding. Yu Jia said that the Lakers completely abandoned the center position because they wanted to use speed and shooting to compete with their opponents.
Barkley was very direct. He said directly in the broadcast room: "This is a bad lineup. What can three small forwards do? If we can win, then no one will need a center in the future. Their whole team felt good in the last game." , this time, not only do they have nothing, but their opponent still has the Big Three, the Heat. Aren’t you giving up your advantage?”
"I agree with what Charles said. Friends in the audience know that I rarely agree with what he says, but this time, I think he is right. Compared with the Heat, the Lakers have the biggest advantage in the paint, even if Bynum is not there. "Powell and Gasol are also very strong. They can not only guarantee rebounds, but also limit the breakthroughs of James and Wade. Bosh will also have a hard time, but now, they are probably laughing out loud."
Smith is right. The Heat were indeed very surprised after seeing this lineup. After the surprise, there was ecstasy. Not to mention James and Wade, two people who rely on breakthroughs to make a living. The happiest person is definitely Bosh. God knows he is depressed. How long has it been since Artest defended him? His confidence is back!
At this time, Bosh wanted to look up to the sky and roar: "Don't stop me, I'm going to hit ten of you!"
Bosh's confidence seems reasonable. After the Lakers changed to this lineup, the tallest player on the court became 210 centimeters Bosh. He simply stood out from the crowd on the court, so he naturally had reason to be confident.
However, the Lakers didn't care. Instead of being afraid, they seemed confident.
After the last game, Master Jackson continued to try various small lineups during the three-day training, and this lineup was the best.
Needless to say about the offense, all five players in this lineup can complete shots from the outside. JK is also a good player in fast breaks. Ji Feng and Blake can also completely organize the entire team.
On the defensive end, Ji Feng, Artest, Kobe, and Barnes are all defensive heroes. Although they may suffer from height, they can make up for it with their excellent personal defensive abilities. At the same time, Ji Feng and Artest have equally good rebounding abilities, and The good defensive ability allows the Zen Master to put them on the field with confidence and boldness.
On the training ground, once this lineup feels good, the effect will be truly devastating!
In this game, the outside world is most worried about height. Is there any problem with height?
Take a look at the height of the Lakers. Ji Feng has become the tallest member of the Lakers on the court. This season, Ji Feng’s net height without shoes has reached 204 centimeters. During the offseason, he once again grew one centimeter taller. With shoes on, he can reach 206 centimeters. He is taller than Haslem and just over 203 cm tall.
However, the rest of the Lakers are average in height. Kobe is 198 centimeters, Artest is 200 centimeters, Barnes is also 200 centimeters, and Blake is only 191 centimeters.
But Kobe and Blake were still playing their familiar positions, so they had little impact. As for the other three, Artest suffered a height disadvantage against Bosh, but he could compete in terms of strength, and Ji Feng even suppressed Hasler. Well, Barnes is not inferior to James, so the heights of the two teams are actually not much different.
But the mobility is far behind!
In the first round, the Lakers played very fast. Ji Feng didn't go inside at all. He picked and rolled with Kobe on the outside and then moved the ball. Kobe hit a three-pointer from the wing!
However, this goal did not make the fans' worries disappear, because mismatches on the offensive end are indeed easy to beat, but what about defense!
Of course, the ball was given to Bosh. Bosh confidently beat Artest with a back-up, but Artest's strength did not suffer at all. The crazy training in the offseason gave Artest a huge lower body. Bosh took two steps back and did not push. He had no choice but to turn over and shoot.
Fortunately, the goal was scored, allowing Bosh to temporarily stay away from embarrassment.
But they were not happy yet. The Lakers' offense came immediately. Ji Feng quickly broke through the half court and assisted Kobe Bryant to complete the layup inside.
"SHIT!" Bosh, who had just scored, swore directly.
The Heat did work hard on defense, but the two big men inside couldn't keep up with the Lakers' offense even after trying their best to defend. This allowed the Lakers' offense to continue to put pressure on the Heat.
This pressure quickly fed back to the offensive end!
Bosh missed his second shot. Ji Feng, who grabbed the rebound, passed halftime in 3 seconds and completed the shot from outside the three-point line in 5 seconds.
Accurate basketball hit!
The point difference was directly expanded to 11 points!
It wasn't over yet. Wade broke through and hit the iron again. Ji Feng beat Haslem under the basket to pick up the rebound. After passing it to Blake, the Lakers' third-line fast break game took off.
Ji Feng received the ball in the frontcourt again and shot a three-pointer without any defender at the top of the key!
Come in again!
After that, Ji Feng once again received Blake's pass from the bottom corner and shot again!
Three consecutive three-pointers!
The Lakers stopped the Heat!
"Give me the ball!" James was anxious. After the timeout, he began to take the initiative to ask for the ball, and then imitated Ji Feng and made a mad dash with the ball.
He held the ball one-on-two, dunked the ball into the basket with Artest on his back, and caused Artest's foul to score 2+1!
"Just do it!" James roared.
James held the ball very effectively, dunked wonderfully, and was very domineering. In the following minutes, he and Wade implemented this style of play.
But this was a pain for Bosh and Haslem. The two brothers kept running back and forth behind James. Bosh did not touch the ball once for 5 minutes.
The direct effect of this is that although the point difference is maintained at about 13 points, the Heat's inside line is almost useless.
Then the Lakers replaced the inside line...
"OMG..." Si Bo was dumbfounded.