At Barclays Center (Barclays Center), the jump ball was successful. Anthony Davis received the ball over the top and passed it to his good partner LeBron James. When the latter rushed to the inside, the former sank quickly and jumped 5 feet away from the basket. That is, the malleable arms use one hand to catch the pass from LBJ, and the alley-oop dunk is successful, which is an attack with Davis characteristics.
Returning in this way from the beginning will inevitably make the Lakers look forward to the content of the next few games. After all, AD unfortunately retired due to a left knee injury when he played once morest the Timberwolves in mid-December last year. This retirement is more than 5 weeks, and Davis is absent. The Lakers have only won 7 of the 17 games out of 2019. The Lakers’ winning rate in the first 30 games is not at the level of championship contention, but it is still more than 50%.
Davis’ return in January gave the team a glimmer of hope. After all, the 37-year-old seems to have struggled with Russell Westbrook, a new arrival this season. Both of them can create maximum energy with the ball, and the others can’t spread the space. The team is extremely crowded on the inside, which is one of the reasons why Dwight Howard and DeAndre Jordan have been abandoned one following another. If the game on the outside is smooth, of course there is no problem (such as the last three games…), but if there is turbulence, the finishing ability will be reduced. Russ has also rarely shared James’ ball-handling work this season.
An organization that uses its own powerful attacking power to attract defenders is fundamentally different from an organization that consciously sorts out the team’s running. It gets harder and harder, and the latter basically gets older and more fragrant, unless your attack power is barren to the extreme.
James’ overall situation is epic as far as forwards are concerned, and the success of the 2019-20 season as a point guard can be considered a classic, but his organization is fundamentally different from Chris Paul’s, with further decline in mobility and physical fitness , This season Frank Vogel more and more time to put LBJ in the center position, this is the coach to let Westbrook into the team had to do, but perhaps more helpless.
Vogel’s team defense is the foundation of team building, but following losing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Alex Caruso, and Kyle Kuzma, the Lakers’ defense broke a big hole in the backcourt. AD, who was originally a master of defense, switched to the center position this season, and the consumption of the center has increased rapidly, and the Lakers will take care of this and the other. The defensive end stumbled, Davis was even worse following being injured, Howard’s ability to move to the outside line was limited, and the LBJ center center’s ability to protect the frame on the inside was not good. After weighing it, the result of choosing the latter is to fight for offense!
On the offensive end, to maximize the threat of Westbrook and LBJ, in addition to one of them holding the ball, the inside line needs to be cleared as much as possible, so other teammates including AD should try to stand outside as much as possible, but Davis’s feel fluctuated this season. , especially the 10-16 feet and three-point shooting percentages are dismal; although the preseason signing team chose the former in the choice between holding the ball and shooting, the coaching staff seems to be unable to figure out how to make Westbrook and LBJ co-prosperity. The solution, the defensive end AD has the ability to delay the outside ball carrier and then quickly return to the inside line. The excellent assist defense ability can also make up for the lack of teammates, but the physical flexibility is not enough. This season, he has fallen twice this season, and the record has plummeted. .
In addition to defense, AD with shooting ability can further release Russ’s offense, but this is theoretically, the FG% of 27 games played before the injury was only 52.1%, and the FG% of 10 games played following the comeback increased to 58.8%, but this ten. The game is only 4 wins and 6 losses.
The Lakers have recently been dead horses as a living horse doctor, reusing dynamic forward players such as Stanley Johnson and Wenyen Gabriel, but if they want to go far, the compatibility of the Big Three is still the most important issue for the coaching team, but AD even has an undecided return date. Looking at the Lakers, there are only 10 games left in the regular season. Before LBJ, AD, and Russ cooperated for 376 minutes, the NetRtg failed -3.42, and time was not on their side.
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