Chapter 96 Against the Lakers
Jiang Dongbing was not sure about playing against the Los Angeles Lakers.
The main reason is that O'Neal's threat at the basket is too great. With Miller now, it is difficult for him to defend O'Neal alone. Although Miller has a history of "overturning" O'Neal, his situation is actually similar to that of Bartle overturning O'Neal. It doesn't mean that they have the ability to defend O'Neal alone.
The reason why these things are well-known is that O'Neal is too strong and so strong that even if someone takes advantage of him, it will be considered a victory.
Jiang Dongbing didn't know what Miller would be like by O'Neal, but he only knew that O'Neal would definitely beat Miller anyway.
Jiang Dongbing is not helpless when dealing with O'Neal. Just a shark-cutting tactic can definitely limit O'Neal's offensive firepower well.
But now it’s just a regular season game, and it’s really unkind to use such tricks from the beginning.
As for the Lakers' outside core Kobe, Jiang Dongbing is not very worried. Although Kobe played very well this season, under the care of the Grizzlies' strong outside defense group, Jiang Dongbing does not believe that the young Mamba can play with too explosive data.
The Grizzlies are now at an outrageous level of defense.
Jiang Dongbing remembers that only the outside iron gates of the Bull Dynasty can be compared with the Grizzlies.
Not to mention the childhood Mamba, even if Kobe is at his peak, facing such an outside defensive lineup, it will be difficult for him to explode unless he scores too many fairy balls.
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The game on the court has begun, and the Lakers' home court is really popular, which makes Jiang Dongbing envious.
Not to mention O'Neal and Kobe, any Lakers' appearance caused the fans to scream in surprise. Jiang Dongbing also saw familiar figures outside of ok in the Lakers' lineup.
Former league first small forward Glenn Rice, Rick Fox, Campbell, Fisher, Big Bug Rodman, Grandpa Lu, Robert Horry, Reaper Patterson, Reaper Birthday, Reaper Patterson...
Jiang Dongbing was secretly shocked. Looking at the Lakers' lineup, there were so many celebrities.
Maybe these players are not all strong, but everyone is very famous, so it is no wonder that Lakers fans are so enthusiastic.
I have to say that the current Lakers lineup is actually quite good. It may be because of the unreasonable lineup that they failed to pass the Spurs in the playoffs.
In addition, the Lakers have never played against the Spurs in the playoffs, Jiang Dongbing feels that there is a reason for Rodman.
Rodman joined the Lakers halfway this season, but his data is still quite impressive. With O'Neal in the team, he still averages more than 11 rebounds per game, and his defensive efficiency is also good, better than most of the No. 4 players in the league.
Unfortunately, Rodman was always late for training and was terminated by the Lakers before the playoffs started.
Jiang Dongbing felt that the Lakers were a bit boring. When they signed Rodman, they only gave 600,000 US dollars. They should be familiar with Rodman's personality and could guess that Rodman could not train honestly.
If it were him, Jiang Dongbing might have turned a blind eye to Rodman. As long as Rodman can help the team in the playoffs, who cares whether his training comes or not.
A player like Rodman actually has little meaning to practice with the team. Everyone knows that he will not attack, and the team's drilling offensive system has nothing to do with him.
It is precisely because of the absence of Rodman that when playing against the Spurs, the Lakers were completely unable to limit the opponent's Duncan. The fourth player on the Lakers' field was Fox, Horry and even Glen Rice. How could these three players defend Duncan?
If Rodman was not terminated, the situation would be hard to say. With Rodman's rebounds and defense, the Lakers might be able to win the championship one year ahead of schedule.
Even if you fail to win the Spurs in the end, you will not be swept out by the Spurs.
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Jackson and O'O are both very excited because they will face Kobe in this game.
As a player of the same generation who graduated from high school in 1996, Kobe must have been much better than O'O and Jackson in the first two seasons, but now after joining the Grizzlies, they are gradually showing signs of overtaking Kobe.
In terms of record, the Lakers' record is not as good as the Grizzlies.
In terms of personal data, Kobe is averaging about 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists this season. Jackson is no worse than Kobe. After O's arrival at the Grizzlies, he can generally play a 1810 average.
In terms of team status, Jackson is the boss of the team chosen by Jiang Dongbing, and O'O is also the absolute core of the team. Because the Lakers have Glenn Rice, Kobe can only be said to be the third leader of the Lakers.
It can be seen that Jackson and O'Neck are no worse than Kobe, and they also want to prove this again through this fight.
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Because he was going to defend Glen Rice, Jackson did not have a chance to directly play against Kobe, but he firmly believed that Christie would definitely limit Kobe.
After a few minutes of the game, Jiang Dongbing showed a bitter smile on his face.
With Rodman, the Lakers are indeed a bit invincible. What many people don’t know is that Rodman played twenty-three games with the Lakers, and this shrinking season was almost half a season.
In these 23 games, the Lakers won a total of 17 of them, with a winning rate of 74%, while the Lakers' winning rate this season is only 62%.
If you think about it carefully, without Rodman's twenty-seven games, the Lakers actually only won 14 games in total, just over 50%.
From this we can see the importance of Rodman. With Rodman present, he has a winning rate of nearly 75%. If not, he will only be more than 50%. It can be seen how irrational the Lakers are for termination of Rodman.
The Grizzlies are really unable to do anything to face the Lakers now, mainly because O'Neal and Rodman's combination of inside is too unsolvable.
The two of them have a total rebounding strength that will definitely beat Miller and O'O. On the defensive end, the defense of these two people also made Miller and O'O suffer a lot.
As for the offensive end, because Rodman does not participate in the team's offense, Rodman averages only two points per game this season, so Jiang Dongbing asked Miller and O'Neal to double-team O'Neal at the basket.
But even if it is a double-team, the effect is quite unsatisfactory. From time to time, you can see O'Neal raging under the basket with his two defenses.
Chapter completed!