On November 18, the Lakers and Pistons began their second regular season matchup at the Auburn Hills Palace Arena in Detroit.
With the experience of losing in Los Angeles, Larry Brown adjusted the Pistons' offensive tactics in time.
Because the Pistons lack superstar-level stars on the offensive end, Larry Brown can only use the Princeton system to transform the Pistons.
However, the Princeton system requires every player to have a certain passing ability. The Pistons do not have the gorgeous configuration of the Kings and can only rely on Billups to sort out the offense.
Once Billups is guarded by Kobe, the Pistons' offense will not work.
Therefore, if the Lakers blindly play the Princeton system, they will only be beaten to pieces by the Lakers and lose their shit.
In order to strengthen the team's offensive capabilities and also to crack the triangle offense, Larry Brown began to practice quick defensive counterattack tactics for the Pistons players a few days before the game.
To put it bluntly, the triangle offense, as the king of positional warfare, also relies on the stability of the offensive end of the superstar during high-intensity defense.
The Pistons strengthened their defense and took the initiative to increase their speed on the offensive end, in order to further increase the physical exertion on the superstars.
Superstars are difficult to prevent, but they can be consumed!
Many stars were as strong as tigers in the first three quarters, but in the fourth quarter, due to lack of physical strength, they often became unsatisfactory and even disappointed the fans.
Although Kobe and Malone are famous for their physical strength, Master Jackson often likes to rely on his main force when fighting tough battles.
Because of lack of physical strength, Kobe will miss key shots, and Karl Malone will also miss two free throws at critical moments in the finals.
Larry Brown feels that even if there is no way to win in the regular season, in the finals, it is still possible to gain some advantages when facing the Lakers with this style of play.
That's right, Larry Brown has already studied his opponents in the Finals in advance.
Larry Brown left the 76ers and came to the Pistons just to win the championship again.
The Pistons were the Eastern Conference Finals team last season, and Larry Brown feels that under his leadership, the Pistons have great hope of reaching the Finals.
In the absence of O'Neal, the Lakers started with 8 wins and 2 losses and ranked second in the Western Conference. With the luxury configuration of the Lakers F4, coupled with super rookie Du En, it is difficult for this Lakers not to break out of the Western Conference.
In order to test what they had in mind, the Pistons quickly started a war with the Lakers under the command of Larry Brown.
The Lakers did not expect the Pistons' offensive rhythm to be so fast, and they did suffer a bit at the beginning and fell into a disadvantage.
But soon Payton realized that if the Pistons can play fast, the Lakers can also play fast.
Although after taking the initiative to time out, Jackson emphasized that it does not matter how the Pistons play, the Lakers must play their own game, continue to insist on lowering the pace of the game, and play a triangle offense.
However, the Lakers' starting configuration made Payton decide to play according to his heart.
Also playing defensive counterattack, Payton holds the ball and pushes the speed. Kobe and Malone are two dump trucks who can stop and kill the other!
In addition, Duen's fast break speed is not slow at all, and he has the ability to chase three-pointers.
As a result, the two sides faced off, and under Payton's leadership, the Lakers turned defeat into victory early in the first quarter and took the lead in scoring.
Are the Lakers a strong fast break team? The Zen master on the sidelines was also a little dumbfounded. It was really an unimagined path...
But when he thought that O'Neal would eventually return, Jackson did not call a timeout to prevent Payton and others from continuing to play fast breaks.
Look at how fat he is. If you ask O'Neal to play fast break, isn't that just killing a pig?
O'Neal is the Lakers' strongest offensive point and the most dominant player in the league. The closer to the playoffs and games with high defensive intensity, the greater O'Neal's value becomes.
The triangle offense mobilizes role players' sense of game participation, but it ultimately serves the superstars.
Moreover, Kobe also played the triangle offense for so many years.
When it comes to key games, everyone knows that Kobe will also support the triangle offense.
As long as there is no problem with the OK combination, the Lakers will still be under his control.
113 to 105, the Lakers and Pistons fought hard both offensively and defensively, which made fans watching this game very happy.
However, the mood of the Detroit fans at the scene was not so beautiful. In the end, the Lakers relied on the quality of their stars to defeat the Pistons with an 8-point advantage.
Also because of the increase in the number of offensive rounds, the statistics of the Lakers' stars have increased to varying degrees.
Four Lakers players scored 20 points tonight. Malone, the top scorer, made 11 of 16 shots and 5 of 6 free throws, scoring 27 points.
Followed by Kobe, he made 8 of 15 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 7 of 7 free throws, scoring 24 points.
Payton made 10 of 19 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 22 points.
Duan made 8 of 13 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Although he failed to post a double-double, his performance was still good.
In this way, the Lakers advanced to New York with the momentum of four consecutive victories.
"Melon, I've arrived in New York, what program have you prepared for me?"
After getting off the plane, Du En called Anthony and began to look forward to the gift prepared by his good brother Melon.
Not long after, Anthony also drove to the hotel where the Lakers were staying to pick up Duan to go out for fun.
"Hey bro, welcome to my turf!"
Anthony gave Du En a big hug when he came up, but Du En noticed that there were many people accompanying Anthony behind him.
We haven't seen each other for a while, and Anthony seems to have the air of a gang boss.
"Melon, we finally meet again, you won't let me down, right?"
"Of course! Hahahaha!"
Infected by the sunny and cheerful smile of the big boy, Du En got into Anthony's car without any precautions.
I thought I would go to a fancy place, but I didn't expect to go to Brooklyn. I walked to a small place and walked into a bar-like place.
After entering the door, Du En heard music coming from inside the house, and felt a little more expectant in his heart.
“Well, well, the most famous club in the country, Atlanta’s Gold Club, is closed, demolished, and rebuilt into a church.
If you want to see green, healthy and good-looking shows, you really can only come to a small place like this.
Social melon is indeed a social melon, and he does have connections! "
However, when we actually got inside, we realized that this was a gathering place for black underground rap.
"Hey melon, I entertained Wade and treated him to a seafood dinner after all!
I came to New York, but you brought me to listen to music?
Okay, it's really pornographic and violent. "
Seeing that there were many black people in the room, Du En felt a little guilty and could only keep his complaints to himself.
"Brother, do you want some?"
Melon's follower brought some drinks, and Melon seemed to want to drink a few bottles with Du En to add to the fun.
"No, drinking will make things worse, and we have to play ball at night!
You play a lot at Madison Square Garden and you probably don't feel it.
But I only come here once a year. This is the holy land of basketball! I definitely have to perform well.
It’s best to drink less melon soup. I hope I can beat you head-on at your peak! "
Du En refused directly. Who knows if there are any additives in the wine that Du En cannot accept?
When Melon heard that Du En said that he wanted to compete in tonight's game, he became interested, so he said: "Then I won't drink either!
I heard that you've been playing well recently. I'd like to see if you can improve.
I won't lose to you! You are my brother and only I can defeat you! "
Du En was eager to leave here. When he heard that Melo had turned his attention to basketball, Du En said that it would be best to find a gym to practice now and see what changes everyone would see after entering.
As expected, Anthony also wanted to have a duel with Du En, so he said goodbye to the owner here and returned to Manhattan with Du En.
"Melon, don't be too proud, see you tonight!"
Du En and Anthony played two games and neither won, but the two games were 18-21 and 17-21 respectively, which shows that the two are very close in strength.
If the fight continues, Duen may be able to turn defeat into victory.
That is because there is still a game tonight and everyone needs to concentrate on playing in the main game, so we did not continue.
"Don't worry, Duan, you can't beat me! I will beat you, beat Kobe, beat the Lakers! This is my territory!"
Anthony is also high-spirited and ambitious.
