Without O'Neal and Malone, Kobe can finally take the low position and play in the way he likes, but his back-turned shot cannot be as accurate as O'Neal's body-breaking into the penalty area.

Kobe hopes that he can attract two people by relying on his personal ability, and then double-teamed the ball and assisted his teammates to lead the team to win. He has always believed that imitating Jordan is the best way to dominate the league. He has strengthened his back-playing training this summer and chose to gain weight. Without O'Neal, he plans to enhance his confrontation in order to better enter the inside.

In terms of how to exert personal strength, Kobe has a very high ball quotient. He is good at using tactics, using opponent's defensive loopholes, and even using league rules to score.

Kobe has mastered his skills in slipping and small steps, and he is rarely blown away unless he goes to the international arena.

There is another good news for all offensive players this year, that is, the league once again emphasized the rules that do not allow hand-heking. Offensive players will have more room to do actions. Kobe thinks this is a great task that will be given to heaven.

What is this rule? To put it bluntly, it is the rule that can make the overall offense of the NBA team stronger.

In the 1978-79 season, NBA officially joined the rules that did not allow hand-heking, which were strictly implemented. While allowing defenders to physically contact with offensive players, they could not use their hands to hinder the attacking route of offensive players.

This rule made NBA teams play offensive basketball in the 1980s, reaching the peak of history in history.

At that time, the most magical Nuggets averaged 120 points per game for five consecutive years, but their average points per game was also the highest in the league in 122.3 points. Do you know how bad the Nuggets defended in the 1990-91 season? They lost 130.8 points per game, making them the only team in history to lose 130+ points per game in the season.

The crazy offense made the NBA start to attract the attention of fans and gradually developed into a great business alliance.

Everything will be reversed. Later, the success of the Pistons' Bad Boys' Legion led to a significant increase in the NBA's defense intensity, and the league had to emphasize this rule again. In the 1994-95 season, the hand-heking range was completely eliminated from the baseline to the free throw line.

In other words, there is no hand-heking allowed at the distance from the baseline to the free throw line. When the defender is playing with his hands on his back, the referee can call the foul.

This led to rumors that the league strictly punished the hand-heking to make Jordan better offense. At that time, I wanted to call this rule "Jordan Rule", but was stopped by Stern because it would make the intention too obvious.

This should be just a rumor, because Jordan returned in the second half of that season, of course he obviously benefited, and in addition to this, the three-point line was shortened... The Bulls broke the regular season record with 72 wins and 10 losses next season, and also won the championship easily in the playoffs, Jordan won two MVPs.

From the late 1990s to the present, due to the Heat, Knicks, Spurs and other defensive teams, this rule is almost dead in name only, and players in the playoffs can easily hold elbows.

The league wanted to encourage offense, so this summer once again emphasized the strict swearing of hand-heking and clearly stipulated what is blocking fouls, and more swearing to defend for three seconds, so that each team's formation could be further expanded.

The offensive players were all happy for this and the fans were also happy.

In Guo Xu's previous life, there will be some Jordan fans and the ancient brags who will be happier in the future, and even have a straight orgasm.

Because these ball blinds probably don't watch the game at all, they thought this rule was newly released in 2004. They said that if Jordan had this rule in his time in playing, he would average 50 points per game and 100 points per game, because at that time, Jordan broke through his opponent and pulled him, and he would be hugged after playing back...

In fact, hand-heking is prohibited. For those who can play basketball, it is self-evident. The defender can only rely on his horizontally moving body to block the opponent's offensive route. Isn't this common sense? When can a player block the opponent's offensive route with his arms? Then it's a foul that a primary school student will be yelled by the referee!

The Suns did not have the idea of ​​double-teaming Kobe in the first quarter, so they sent Bale to defend against others and strictly prevent others from contacting Kobe and his teammates.

Except for Odom and Butler, other Lakers players lack the ability to hold the ball and attack. As long as the Lakers Trident is stuck in singles, they will not be able to beat the Suns.

Assistant coach Larry Drew likes to arrange individual defense and only assists in defense near the penalty area. D'Antoni advocates the theory of magic ball. Both of them think that it is nothing great to have an unlimited single-only two-pointer with a 45% shooting percentage.

The Suns attacked, Bale stood on the right corner and attracted the defense. Marion, Nene was on the left side, Guo Xu hit the pick-and-roll and then weakened. Odom did not dare to switch to defense easily this time, Guo Xu went there.

In the first two rounds, he switched defense quickly and kept a distance in front of Guo Xu. He could not only prevent breakthroughs but also interfere with shooting. However, Guo Xu made a strong breakthrough and made a pass to the middle. Esley, who was 188cm tall and weighed 84 kilograms, could not stop Xiao Si's empty cut.

The problem is that Esley has not been able to keep up with Guo Xu's speed, and plays with experience. After a major injury in the Knicks in 2001-02, Esley couldn't get up anytime, although he was only 32 years old this year and could retire at any time.

Guo Xu accelerated and passed Odom into the basket without waiting for Grant to make up for defense, and scored a layup. 6 to 2.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe received the ball again and chose to fight one-on-one.

If the opponent does not double-team, Kobe will mainly play singles. He has always attracted double-teams before dividing the ball. Even O'Neal likes to play like this when he was there, and he is confident that he can fight anyone alone.

Which teammate is more reliable to pass it to singles than him? There is really no one at the moment. Butler and Odom are both second-rate stars.

If others don’t score goals, it’s a waste of opportunities. Kobe has this core idea. Now that O’Neal is gone, he has more reason to take action. As for what he thought before the game, he would pass more balls and drive the whole team, and wait until the opponent doubles up.

Kobe took it to the low post himself, looking for the right rhythm and position to protect the ball with his back and turned back and jumped. With Bale's interference, the ball scored 6-4.

When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu and Xiao Si played pick-and-roll again. The opponent couldn't help but continue to play. After finding the space, Guo Xu divided the ball into the middle. Xiao Si made a quick cut against Grant and easily penetrated the basket with speed. He jumped up and scored with one hand. 8 to 4.

When the Lakers attacked again, Shuai Tang shouted at Kobe on the sidelines: "Cooperate".

It is impossible to win if only one star plays alone at a low post. O'Neal's low post shooting percentage is close to 60%. Someone must have a ball to break through, and someone catches the ball from the outside to shoot. This is the general winning mode of the NBA, and no one can break the law.

Tang Shuai has been recuperating for more than 7 months due to bladder cancer. In July this year, he signed a five-year contract with the Lakers and officially made a comeback. Unfortunately, he was not the time to join the Lakers. His work pressure is huge, and now he is having a headache to win every day.

As a famous coach who has won the championship, Tang Shuai doesn't want to play badly when he sees the Lakers, but he knows that the Lakers are not going to be able to do this year, unless an inside star comes in the mid-term trading, at least someone must be able to guard the penalty area.

Now, the Lakers can only fight against their opponents.

Kobe and Odom played pick-and-roll, and broke through in the middle and were surrounded by four people near the penalty area. The Suns formation looked like a man-to-man, but in fact it was a 122 joint defense. Kobe walked on Bale's defense on the right, Marion's defense on the left, and two inside lines contracted near the penalty area.

Kobe split the ball, Grant made a mid-range shot from the baseline and made a slight interference from Nene.

Marion grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the Suns immediately counterattacked. Guo Xu advanced to the frontcourt and changed direction and passed Esley, attracting Odom to defend and pass the ball. Xiao Si dunked in with one hand.
Chapter completed!