Chapter 194 Hope of winning

Author: Feng Yuanhua

Chapter 194 Hope of winning

"Let us congratulate the Lakers! After winning this game, they have won two consecutive games.

The 2:0 series score gives them enough confidence to go to Seattle and meet the challenge of the SuperSonics."

CCTV, host Sun Zhengping's voice sounded.

This year is the first time that CCTV will broadcast live NBA games from the first round of the playoffs to the present.

Of course, their live broadcast targets are mainly focused on the SuperSonics, or in other words, Wang Hao's time.

The result was pretty good, with the team defeating the defending champion in the first round, which helped the show's ratings continue to increase.

After all, although most Chinese fans do not consider the SuperSonics as their home team, they still support them.

As for the reason, it is naturally because of Wang Hao.

As a host, he should be fair and impartial when commenting on games, but Sun Zhengping cannot do that.

"It's a pity. In fact, the SuperSonics had a chance, but they made consecutive mistakes and ruined the game."

At this time, the more professional Zhang Lili said: "Yes, mistakes, this is the root cause of the Sonics' loss.

Not just the mistake just now, but throughout today's game, especially in the second half, the Sonics made too many mistakes.

12 turnovers, this is the data in half a game. It is not surprising that such a performance will lead to a loss.

First of all, we must admit that the Lakers are very strong and definitely the best team in the NBA.

The SuperSonics are not bad either, and even eliminated last year's championship team, the Spurs, in the first round.

However, we must admit that compared to the Lakers, there is still a gap in the overall strength of the SuperSonics.

Especially in the paint, the Sonics are very weak."

As the host, it was naturally impossible for Sun Zhengping to watch Zhang Lili perform stand-up comedy and asked quickly.

"So, Director Zhang, do you think the Sonics still have a chance?"

Zhang Lijia said: "If I were to answer this question before the second half of the game, I would think there is little hope.

Unless the Lakers give a chance, such as a large number of mistakes, or poor condition, this is another matter.

Because during the game, you could clearly see that the Sonics were struggling.

First of all, defensively, if you can't guard O'Neal, if you double-team him inside, he can also come out and play pick-and-roll with Kobe.

Then during the offense, the Sonics kept hoping to get O'Neal out of the paint, but he just wouldn't come out.

Because the defense can't guard against it, the Lakers have easy choices. O'Neal doesn't have to leave the paint, even if he loses some points.

It can be said that in the previous game and a half, the SuperSonics' tactics were extremely unsuccessful.

In the second half of the game, although the Sonics made more mistakes, we saw changes."

Sun Zhengping chimed in at the right time: "You mean speeding up? Speeding up the transition between offense and defense and speeding up the pace of the game?"

"That's right, any team with big men doesn't want to have a too fast change of pace.

The pace is too fast, which is very scary for big players.

It can't help but be like this, big players are inherently slow, and if you run like this, he can't keep up!"

"So, the Sonics are on the right track and they have a chance to win?"

"Of course, but we can also see that the SuperSonics are not very familiar with this tactic.

The result is too many mistakes.

Next, this series will move to Seattle, and there are still three days of rest. It depends on how they adjust."

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106:114

Because the Sonics picked up the speed in the second half, the score was a bit high, not like the playoffs at all.

By speeding up the pace of the game, they did get a lot of offensive opportunities, but their mistakes also cost them a lot of points.

"Hey, little guys, don't cry in despair, we haven't lost yet, this is just the beginning.

This is Los Angeles, this is their territory, and it's not a big deal if we lose here.

The next game will be played in Seattle, that is our territory and our battlefield."

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Seeing the result of the game in the second half, Paul Westphal swept away the gloom and instead encouraged his players.

This is also true. If the first half of the game makes him feel desperate, he can only hope that his opponent makes a mistake.

So now, he saw hope.

The Lakers are very strong, but they are far from invincible, so there is no need to be so afraid.

Although this kind of tactical play is not what he is used to, Paul Westphal does not have such particularities.

As long as he can win and help the team, he will not refuse a defense that can win.

It is said that what is the destiny of a certain coach? Defense, or offense?

This is not entirely true. Some coaches are indeed like this. For example, Larry Brown only knows how to defend, and D'Antoni only knows how to attack.

However, this is not the case for some coaches, such as Pat Riley, who can both show time with the Lakers and build an iron-blooded defense with the Knicks.

The same goes for Paul Westphal, as long as he can win.

Without any further delay in Los Angeles, the Sonics returned directly to Seattle to prepare for the final game.

It may indeed be the final game. Once you lose three games in a row, the outcome is self-evident.

If you want to come back from 3:0, it is almost impossible to face the Lakers.

Everyone understood this truth, so the whole team started training the next day after returning to Seattle.

The coaching staff, on the night they returned to Seattle, had already started working overtime.

They are preparing video tapes, including the Lakers games in the 1980s, the run TMC brought by Nelson when Nelson took charge of the Warriors in the 1990s, and the Kings games this season.

Yes, fast-paced games did not appear only a few years later when the Suns led the bombardment tactics.

In fact, small ball tactics have never been absent from NBA games.

However, it was not until the Suns' bombardment tactics appeared and in an era of highly developed media that people became aware of it.

During the Warriors era, despite the changes in NBA rules, small ball tactics really led the trend.

The characteristic of small ball tactics is very simple, that is, the ball and people are always moving quickly.

Try not to stop the ball, this is the most important point in small ball tactics.

Because as soon as you stop the ball, your opponent has the opportunity to get into position and set up a defensive system.

Look for the shortest time to choose the most certain way to attack. Players spread out their positions and use passing, pick-and-roll and off-ball movement to find shooting opportunities.

Small ball tactics are not difficult, as long as you have a group of suitable players, you can play them.

However, if you want to play well, you need very tacit cooperation.

In addition, there is another problem, that is, the Sonics will not adopt pure small ball tactics.

To put it bluntly, Paul Westphal does not have the courage.

All he wants to do is to speed up as much as possible and use a high-speed rhythm to break the Lakers' defense.

They can't guard O'Neal anyway, so no one should defend well and let everyone play against each other.
Chapter completed!