The saying that defense can win the championship will not be out of date in any era. In this era of advocating attack, defense is often ignored, but in fact, defense is the reason why a team finally wins the championship. The so-called championship puzzle is actually an excellent defensive player. The best defensive players we are familiar with now include Leonard, Gaubert and Dream Green, but six to 10 years ago, there was a super defensive player in the NBA who was often ignored by fans. He turned Kobe Bryant at his peak into a shooting percentage like Smart and turned Durant into a point guard like Rondo who didn't dare to shoot. He is Tony Allen.

Speaking of Tony Allen, maybe many fans don't pay attention to this player. After all, he is not an excellent offensive player, or even a role player. He spent nearly half his career as a substitute, but as long as he is on the court, he will go all out to defend every superstar, just like now? Mad dog? Like Beverly, Kobe once said that Tony Allen was the best player to defend him. Even at the peak, Allen's defense made Kobe miserable. Tony Allen has played against Kobe 58 times in his career, including 17 wins 17 losses in the regular season. In the playoffs, he won 12 and lost 12. Although the record is tied, Kobe's data is not excellent. In the regular season, Kobe's shooting percentage is only 4 1% and 30%, which is really much lower than Kobe's shooting percentage of 44.7% in his career. Few players can stop Kobe from reaching this percentage. His shooting percentage is 42%, and his shooting percentage in the playoffs is 28.7%.

Allen entered the NBA in 2004, when Kobe was 26. In that year, Kobe officially became the star of the Lakers. Therefore, Allen's confrontation with Kobe at the peak of his career can make Kobe so scared. I guess it's just him. Just look at Kobe's shooting percentage. In addition to Kobe Bryant, there is also a super scorer locked by Allen, and in the playoffs, Allen and Durant have also played against each other many times. It was a classic series between Thunder and Grizzlies in those years, and they won and lost each other. The first time they met in the Western Conference semifinals was at 1 1. Allen was in charge of defending Durant, who shot only 44%, shot only 33% and scored only 26 points per game.

/kloc-in 0/3, the two teams met again in the Western Conference semifinals. Durant's shot is even worse this time. He was defended by Allen and shot only 42%. In the end, Thunder lost the series with 1-4. Without Shao Wei's restriction, Durant is really hard to score, especially under Allen's defense. /kloc-in the first round of the playoffs in 0/4, the two teams were evenly matched. Although the Thunder's record was excellent that season, Durant also won the MVP. He averaged 32 points per game, shooting 50.3% from the field and shooting 39% from three-pointers. However, facing Allen's defense in the playoffs, his shooting percentage was only 44%, and his shooting percentage from three-pointers was only 32%. Thunder played very hard in this series, and finally eliminated the Grizzlies by tiebreaking.

Tony Allen's career is 14 seasons, playing for Celtics, Grizzlies and Pelicans respectively, averaging 8. 1 point, 3.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.4 steals, with a shooting percentage of 47.5. In 2008, he helped the Celtics win the championship and was selected into the best defensive team for six times, including three defensive positions once and three defensive positions for the second time, and retired after the 17- 18 season. Allen is only 1.93 meters tall, but he can defend Kobe Durant's super scorer. If he were 5 centimeters taller, how strong would his defense be?