In the fourth quarter, Phil Jackson tried to get Bynum and Gasol on the court, and also lined up a 2-3 joint defense lineup to target Zhou Mubai. Zhou Mubai smiled when he saw this joint defense.

Zhou Mubai signaled his teammates to take the place, and he stood two steps away from the top of the arc. Fisher and Kobe stepped on the three-point line and were about to block Zhou Mubai. Zhou Mubai smiled and shot directly from the three-point line.

Three-pointer hit!

The ninth three-pointer.

Another new record.

Joint defense is an overall defense. In order to maintain the linkage between defenders, Kobe and Fisher dare not come out too much, otherwise Kevin Martin and Jamison on both sides would be a relaxed middle distance once they cut in. But I didn’t expect that Zhou Mubai would just be a very long three-pointer.

To break the 2-3 joint defense, you usually use the center forward to force the opponent to shrink, and then quickly pass the ball to the left and right sides to create an open space. Zhou Mubai does not use this method because he has a long three-pointer!

Phil Jackson did not change the defense, but asked Kobe and Fisher to take a step forward, and then Zhou Mubai signaled that Garynalli would play against the penalty line and give the ball to Garynalli.

Garlinari is a shooter. He is very threatening to stand on the free throw line. Bynum immediately stepped forward to defend. Chandler slipped under the basket and led Gasol in when he saw it.

Kevin Martin and Jamison immediately ran to the bottom corners of both sides. Garlinari and Zhou Mubai have been together for a long time, and the overall situation is pretty good. They have seen Martin's position and passed the ball directly to Martin. Martin made a three-pointer in the bottom corner.

Bynum curled his lips.

Artest muttered a few words in a low voice.

Joint defense, the English name is "zone     defense", which is literally translated as "regional defense". Compared with the defensive method of "man to man".

In the joint defense system, each defensive player is no longer responsible for watching a fixed player on one side, but instead is responsible for all defensive tasks in a certain block, and strives to form the advantage of more and less defense.

Because this method requires all the defensive popularity and joint combat, it is also called "joint defense".

The friends who look at NBA are actually not familiar with joint defense, because this kind of defensive method is indeed rare in NBA. Many NBA players also believe that joint defense cannot be prevented.

Gloves Gary Payton once said publicly - "Joint defense? That's garbage, that's the way the coach can't think of. Why do college teams like to defend the joint defense so much? That's because if they don't, no one can defend against it."

The best defensive player thinks so, and it is conceivable that NBA players disregard the joint defense.

However, what they don’t know is that the most direct reason why joint defense is rare in the league is that the NBA league in the early years was that they were worried that "joint defense" would greatly affect the view of the game.

What's the meaning?

This means that using this kind of defense will greatly curb the offense and make the game unfavorable!

So the alliance started to ban it a long time ago.

Phil Jackson is an old player and an old coach. He has gone through almost most of the NBA stages, so he knows the charm and power of the joint defense, which is why he uses it against the Knicks.

The Lakers still know a lot about the power of joint defense, because the reappearance of joint defense is because of the Lakers.

In the 2000 Finals, O'Neal averaged 38.0 points and 16.7 rebounds per game, and in the 2001 Finals, he averaged 33.0 points and 15.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists and 3.4 blocks per game.

Remember, the person who faced him in 2001 was Mutombo, the defensive player of the year!

A best defensive center defended him, still averaging 33.0 points, 15.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.4 blocks per game.

If the league bans joint defense again, O'Neal will be really unstoppable.

So... "garbage" was picked out from the garbage dump.

Kobe is the direct victim of joint defense. He cannot defend O'Neal from joint defense, but he has created a big placing for Kobe. He is impressed by joint defense, so he does not oppose defending Zhou Mubai in this way.

But others don't understand it very much, especially Bynum and Artest.

Although they were frightened by the authority of Zen masters, they were actually a little resistant in their hearts.

A coach once said about this kind of psychology.

His name is Mike Brown, so he said...

"Once a team uses joint defense, it means that they are expressing their opinions, and we can no longer defend the guys on the other side. To a certain extent, you will feel psychologically retreating. What's more, once the joint defense fails, it will make you feel even more frustrated."

When the Lakers used joint defense, their psychology began to feel awkward, and when Zhou Mubai broke the joint defense several times, they began to feel frustrated and felt that this defense was just garbage.

This psychology is obviously reflected in their defense. Joint defense emphasizes joint advance and retreat. Once there is a problem with that part, joint defense will be full of loopholes.

So the Lakers' defense collapsed!

If the defense collapses, you have to fight for the offense. However, how can the Lakers compete with the Knicks? So the Lakers quickly collapsed in the fourth quarter.

After the fourth quarter, the Lakers lost 31 points!

Zhou Mubai set a new record, scoring a triple-double of 402010 in the finals!

D'Antoni was smiling. Although he did not achieve the small goal before the game, the big score reached 2:3. One of them still has a chance. The next game is the Knicks' home court. If you win the home game and win two games in a row, the Lakers' mentality will change greatly, and the balance of the tiebreak battle will be inclined towards the Knicks!

However, what D'Antoni didn't know was that in fact, the mentality of Lakers players had changed quietly. Zhou Mubai made a blow like a storm in the third quarter, and the Lakers used joint defense in the fourth quarter, but was easily cracked by Zhou Mubai.

The impact of this game was huge, and Van Gundy summed it up like this.

"This is Zhou Mubai's Battle of the Gods! Tonight is his first comeback game. He scored a triple-double of 50,2010, setting a record of up to six, big and small, and leading the team to beat the Lakers.

However, it is far from enough to prove his greatness from these data. If we want to recognize his greatness, we must start from before this game, when the finals began... no, it should start from the first game of the playoffs... nor, it should start from his first regular season game.

What I said was a bit long-winded, but what I want to prove is that Zhou Mubai's greatness is the greatness of the whole season. He was not so great in the finals. Oh, I'm sorry, actually I don't know what to say anymore. I'm so excited!"
Chapter completed!