My Name is Kobe Bryant

A very real question is placed in front of the legendary coach Pat Riley-to double-team or not to double-team Kobe?

Double team? This is a strategy that has been used in this game, and it has been proven by other teams that it can indeed target Kobe Bryant's strategy to a certain extent. At the beginning of this game, such a defensive strategy worked very well! Winning over a dozen points in a single quarter against the team with the best record in the league, which is rare this season, is enough to show the correctness of this tactic.

But when the old fox, Silver Fox Harris, put up a new lineup system that had never appeared this season, with four shooters paired with a blue-collar and high-speed center, everything became different! Although Kobe was still choked by the Heat, the shooting space of his teammates was created by Kobe, and the shooting percentage of the three top shooters also gave Pat Riley a headache.

Kobe's offensive desire and scoring touch in this game are not outstanding. Even Michael Jordan can't take over every game. Pat Riley is now wondering whether Kobe has entered a sluggish state?

Or, Kobe is just temporarily dormant, using passing and defense to help the team, waiting for a good opportunity?

If you continue to double-team, Kobe may explode in this game. Pat Riley believes that even if Kobe explodes, it is within the team's controllable range. But the other players of the Lakers are alive! The peripheral shooter group composed of Dell Curry, Eddie Jones, and Robert Horry is too lethal! The consecutive three-pointers almost evened the point difference in just 2 minutes. Such a terrible offensive efficiency made Pat Riley sweat.

If you continue to double-team, can the Lakers' perimeter group maintain such a feel? If it is, then even if the Heat enter SHOWTIME mode, there is no way to achieve such offensive efficiency. If it can't be maintained, the Heat's Big Three will eventually win the game by scoring more points at the basket.

So what are the consequences if you don't double-team? Pat Riley still remembers the story of the last time Kobe faced the Heat, he used a one-on-one defense against Kobe, and finally Kobe scored 47 points.

The Heat players looked helplessly at Pat Riley, who was in deep thought. The Heat did not have a team boss, or the team boss was their coach's fortune teller. Whenever there is a problem, whether it is the Big Three or a role player, the first solution that comes to mind is to ask Pat Riley. The advantage of this team model is that Pat Riley is always in a sane state and will not affect the team's performance because of his emotions. The downside is that Pat Riley has never been able to appear on the court. If there is a situation that the players cannot cope with, the morale of the team will drop significantly.

Just like the current situation on the court, if it is the Bulls, then Jordan will immediately stand up to defend Kobe alone, let his teammates feel at ease to do their own things, and the problem will naturally be resolved.

And the team where the boss is the coach, whether it is the current Heat, or the future Spurs, Pistons, such a team will always face a problem, that is, there is a BUG-level existence, then the team basketball system built by the coach will brazenly collapse.

Pat Riley thought over and over again, and decided to continue double-teaming!

The game of being beaten to death by Kobe alone has already suffered a loss. In any case, this game cannot repeat the same mistakes, and he was shot to death by the Lakers' outside shooter, and he admitted it! Just must not let Kobe dominate the game again!

Pat Riley's decision made the Heat players nod firmly. Although they have many players who have been the boss of the team, after they came to Pat Riley's men, they have been convinced by the spirit of the fortune teller. There is no doubt that Terry is one of the strongest coaches in the league. If he can win the championship again after leaving the SHOWTIME Lakers, then he will become one of the strongest coaches in history.

Such a coach is undoubtedly very charismatic. He can shock the superstars, so that the stars are willing to hand over their possessions and integrate into the team as a whole. In the end, the SHOWTIME system will take shape. When the players discovered the power of the SHOWTIME system, their respect for Pat Riley rose to another level. Like Tim Hardaway, Mashburn can be called a stabbing role in the original team, and he also played team basketball conscientiously under the leadership of Pat Riley, which is enough to illustrate the greatness of Pat Riley.

When Pat Riley made a decision, the first reaction of the Heat players was to execute it! Regardless of whether this decision is correct or wrong, they believe that Pat Riley must be the optimal solution based on the current situation!

The game continued, when Kobe broke through, he was double-teamed again!

Kobe was taken aback, Pat Riley was unexpected and continued to double-team him, which surprised Kobe. Most coaches don’t think that after their teammates hit consecutive points, especially three-pointers, Should it be to immediately adjust the defensive layout?

Although double-teaming and non-teaming will cause various problems, the threat of superstars lies in this. A superstar is the X factor that can change a team's defensive layout. Whether Pat Riley double-teams or not double-teams Kobe, the defensive layout will be very different from usual. Kobe has always been able to draw enough defensive attention to create space for his teammates.

Kobe took off and passed the ball to Horry. Horry passed the ball to Curry without looking. Eddie Jones made a mid-range pull-up jumper and hit it again!

Can't help it! With the Lakers under the five-small lineup, if the Heat continue to double-team Kobe, then the Heat will be completely unstoppable for other players!

Pat Riley's face was as calm as water, he was betting!

Betting that the Lakers' offensive efficiency is still not as good as the Big Three who are perfectly integrated into the SHOWTIME system under the defense of 3 defenses and 4 defenses.

The Heat's star is also very powerful. After Eddie Jones made a hit, Mashburn immediately responded. Mid-range air cut to catch the ball, the left leg kicked out in the opposite direction, and took a big step back! A mid-range difficult shot hit.

In this way, the Lakers and the Heat continued to attack!

The efficiency of 3-pointers is always higher than that of 2-pointers, and the Lakers players, except Da Ben, are all good three-point shooters in the open space. In this way, the score continues to be close, Daping, overtaking!

The whistle blew at halftime of the game, and the Lakers surpassed everyone's expectations to overtake the score.

The most surprising thing is that Kobe only scored 6 points in the half!

And the Lakers actually scored 67 points in this situation! He made 11 of 16 three-pointers in the half, and his output and scoring efficiency were astonishing.

At halftime, the Los Angeles Lakers 67:64 Miami Heat.