In Phil Jackson's eyes, Kobe's playing style is actually not a problem. When they encountered problems before, Kobe came out to solve the problem.

In the past, when Kobe faced a tight defense, he could come out to solve the problem by himself and use his opponent's cross-shooting to pass the ball to drive his teammates, but the Knicks asked Zhou Mubai to defend Kobe, and the others did not cross-shooting and cut off the connection between Kobe and others.

Kobe's shooting percentage is actually OK, basically the same as his shooting percentage when he played against other teams before, but at that time it was a trimmer attack, and tonight was just a difference when Zhou Mubai defended alone.

However, the situation is that Kobe's shooting percentage in the past could solve the problem, because the Lakers can also reduce the opponent's shooting percentage by defending, which is the so-called bad-comparing tactic.

——My offensive efficiency is not too high, but I just need to guard against your shooting rate lower than mine and I will win.

However, the Knicks' offense cannot solve the Lakers.

The Knicks' inside height is actually not short, Garlinari's 208cm, Jeffries's 211cm, and Al Harrington's 206cm, but their figures are not large insiders, so the Knicks always suffer from teams with heavy insiders.

This loss is in rebounding and low-post offense, but it is still a bit concise to deal with the second offense.

The Knicks now know that they should try to congestion the inside line when defending. In this way, even if the opponent's inside line is strong, they will not be able to make a difference in the basket like a canned sardine.

So although the Knicks suffered a loss in rebounding, the Lakers still had to find a way out from the outside.

In terms of offense, the Knicks' "small lineup" is born with restraint like the Lakers.

This truth was understood by everyone a few years later, but it has not reached the level of complete popularity at this time. Even the Suns still have strong insiders - of course, it is better, and the Knicks can't do anything about it!

The Knicks let the inside pull out and make three-pointers. Should the Lakers' center power forward be guarded?

Unpredictable, the Knicks' two inside three-pointers can really kill people.

Just be on guard, no one can stop Zhou Mubai’s breakthrough.

Many people are commenting on the Knicks' lineup being [residual lineup], [excessive lineup], and [extreme tactics]. These comments certainly make sense, but if you carefully analyze the situation of the Knicks team, you will find that it is not that bad.

The reason lies in Zhou Mubai.

In a one-star lineup, the shooter's task is relatively simple, defense and shooting three-pointers.

And this one-star, the main responsibility to bear is to create opportunities for teammates.

The so-called creation of opportunities means that he must be able to attract pincer attacks and pass the ball out.

And this attraction means that he has super scoring ability - whoever does not have the scoring ability will hit you.

So this star must be a super scorer, some are super passers - although this itself is not contradictory, it is really difficult.

Therefore, there are very few stars who can be used as one-star quad-shooting tactics.

The one-star quadratic tactic is rare in it, because of the flaws of the one-star quadratic tactic itself.

Relying on one person to create opportunities means that he must have super abilities and super physical strength. This super abilities are not easy, and super physical strength is even rare. Therefore, the so-called one-star shooting requires another star to be responsible for breaking through and attacking at a certain period of time.

So one-star shot is really not just one star.

To comment on the Knicks' lineup using this standard, it can only be regarded as a remnant formation.

But the magical place is here.

Zhou Mubai used the power of a person to support this system.

He is a historical scorer, forcing his opponent to hit him, so he can create opportunities.

He is a top passer, so he can pass the ball to his teammates when he is pinched.

He has unlimited physical strength and can fully exert this ability within 48 minutes, which is equivalent to two superstars leading the team at different stages.

One of the most important things is that because of the single starting point, it is easy to be targeted at this point.

Zhou Mubai can rely on his infinite physical strength. When he is hit by the ball while holding the ball, he can convert to a ball-free method to play at any time.

This is something that James, Harden and others can't do.

When they handed over the ball, they took the opportunity to rest.

They had no way to run like Zhou Mubai.

So this Knicks seems to be a remnant formation, but the power it exerts is almost the same as that of the Houston Rockets in later generations. At least in terms of offensive ability, it may even be better.

Because in Capela's era, Capela did not have three-pointers, and Tucker's three-pointers were actually average, and there was not much real space.

Later, when Capela was traded, the Rockets were considered a real small lineup. They used Covington as the center, and then turned the opponent's inside line into a vacuum and became the racetrack for Westbrook and Harden. At this time, the Rockets really pushed the offense to the extreme.

And ten years ago today, the Knicks accidentally completed this extremely small lineup without a center.

This is the dilemma facing this Lakers now.

They don’t know what they are facing at all, and they are still wondering why they are facing such a team that always looks weak, but they are playing so hard!

But look at the score - 101:98, there is still 1 minute left in the third quarter. This kind of scoring is already a very extraordinary performance for the Lakers!

But why can the Knicks have a little advantage?

Take a look at the rebound comparison 21:43!

The Lakers grabbed more than twice as many rebounds than the Knicks, but why are they still lagging behind?

Do you understand or not!

Not only the Lakers are confused, but also the three commentators and guests from ESPN.

"I'm increasingly unable to understand this game. When the Knicks defeated the Magic, we felt that it was just an accident, and that the magic was only left without running-in;

When the Knicks defeated the Celtics, we felt that the Celtics were careless, even because of their own aging problems;

But now facing the Lakers, the Knicks can still maintain the lead, and there is still no hope that the Lakers will definitely defeat the Knicks.

Do we have to re-examine why the Knicks can beat so many teams?”

Mike Bryn thought something.

After the third quarter, the Knicks still maintained some slight advantages.

Before the fourth quarter began, a sideline reporter interviewed Coach D'Antoni.

"...Why can the Knicks still maintain their advantage in the face of the powerful Lakers?"
Chapter completed!