The Lakers defeated Pelican 120-102 and got a valuable victory. More importantly, it was a landmark game, and the “new Lakers” finally appeared happily.
This game is the first time that the Lakers have appeared in the full lineup after the big deal. Except Davin Reed, 5 of the 6 new members appear in the starting or rotating lineup, reed appeared in the last garbage time.
The reason why it is described as “happy and happy” is that the Lakers played a beautiful start and a calm ending. Although there were ups and downs in the middle, the whole game always firmly grasped the initiative and played a good game. At 3 minutes 51 seconds in the fourth quarter, there was still a 20-point advantage. Pelican coach Willy Green had to raise the white flag to surrender.
James didn’t play in the last game. The incomplete new version of the Lakers was smashed by the Blazers for a three-point rain, which seemed very depressed. The key was to increase the pressure on the remaining 24 games. However, the defeat of Pelican was neat and the starting was changed, which made them regain their confidence in the playoffs.
Although the complete new version of the Lakers only played one game, it has already reflected its distinctive features. It is summarized as “more than three”-big men, with more quick attacks and more passes.
There are many big people, which means that the overall height of the Lakers has increased significantly, which is completely opposite to the old version of the Lakers. Pelinka’s six-in and six-out operations focus on improving the height and the accuracy of three points. Now the first one has reached. Not only are there many big people, but also they play comfortably.
Coach Ham changed the starting line, putting Vanderbilt and Beasley in positions 4 and 2, plus Russell, there were three players in the team who had played in Timberwolves, with a height of at least 193, brother Puge 206, James 206, Davis 208. However, weishao, Schroeder and Rives, who had played the first series before, were only 185. With brother Pu, James doesn’t have to play 4, and the defensive pressure is obviously reduced.
Although this set of starter increased the height, it maintained the defensive characteristics of the original small lineup. Starting from the beginning of the game, James broke the ball and scored the fast break. The fast break continued, and the fast break scored 19-6. Since coach Ham took office, he has always regarded switching attack and fast attack as key scoring methods. James set an example. As long as he is on the court, he will take the lead in fighting back with a speed of serve, fast passing and speed up, now the lineup has increased, but this is still not changed.
There are many counterattacks, and naturally there are many assists. However, the Lakers have 32 assists in this game, which does not only rely on counterattack and fast attack. They are all passing the ball, not fighting to be the Terminator. The Lakers played 10 assists of 30 + games throughout the season, up to 34 times, and today’s 32 times ranked third, which was a high-quality team performance. Although there were 32 assists in the whole team, the highest was only Russell’s 7 assists and James’s 6 assists, because the assists were evenly distributed among 10 people, of which Davis was 5, brown and rives each have three times.
Although there are too many big people, Ham did not mean Davis to return to No. 4. It seems that he will not change again when he plays 5. Whether it is to use eight villages or Brother Biao to match him, it is the No. 4 position. Banba, who made his debut for the first time, played Davis as a substitute.
Davis’s face reappeared confident and happy expression. It seemed that there was no internal contradiction, but the ball was not played happily, which made him look preoccupied in the past few games. Although the Pelican had a large center Varan in this game, Davis took 28+10+5 lightly. He received James’s bounce pass again, and he had a new ball feeder Russell. He couldn’t eat any more cakes with his mouth open.
It must be emphasized that Russell is the core member of these deals. In a few years, he looks really mature and has become sophisticated. With a flexible center like Davis, Russell’s passing talent was also inspired by the ability to roll over the river under the basket. The ball assisted 7 times in 28 minutes. Russell’s outstanding performance made the Lakers hit a 12-2 opening climax and took the initiative from then on.
In the past, only James and Wei Shao could really match Davis. These two knew very well how to feed him the ball, how much to advance, what angle, and what height to control, only then can he eat cakes comfortably. Now there are more Russell, and the main way of the Lakers is rich.
Now, the six new faces in the new version of the Lakers are in place, and everyone’s role allocation is clear.
“Brother pug” van der Bilt just rushed to the rebound and decompressed Davis. When he met the other side with excellent strikers as the scoring core, brother pug played “big Beverly”. Today, he was defending Ingram.
Beasley’s role is very simple, that is, to be a pitcher to open the space. Although his three points are not stable, after all, there is a process when he is new here. I believe that after two games, he will return to normal and the hit rate will return to about 40%.
Eight villages are a big forward who opens the space. The role is different from that of brother puo. Now when it comes to the bench, the playing time and role will decline.
Russell sat in the main control position. After all, he was taller and stronger than Schroder. In this position, he can let James reduce the ball holding and play the role of Terminator more. However, Schroeder’s status was reduced, and the playing time was reduced to 20 minutes, but James still played with Schroeder in the rotation, with Reeves, eight villages and Bamba.
It must be said here that Bamba cannot be exaggerated or ignored for his status and role. Bamba is young and has little experience, so he won’t have too much time to play, but he has characteristics, one is to protect the basket, the other is three points. Banba has a 2.39-meter arm show, and even Gobel is beyond reach. The Palm width is 25cm, just like fan. At 2 minutes 39 seconds in the third quarter, the rising Ingram layup was fanned by Banba, unfortunately, he was sentenced to foul. This game was only played for 16 minutes, but it cap three times. Maybe people will call him “Banba” in the future “. Today, 0 of his three points and five points is not the real level, and the effect can be seen in the future.
Davin Reed will not be in rotation for the time being. There are too many people available to the Lakers now. This game has 10 people rotating and 4 people playing double.
If the Lakers had this lineup at the beginning of the season, their expectations for the playoffs might be completely different, but now they have only won 27 games, and there are only 23 games left, if you want to enter the play-off, you must ensure that you can win at least 13 of them. The winning pressure is still very high, and there is no room for any mistakes.
In addition, although the Lakers’ lineup has increased and the strength of the three points has improved, the essential characteristics of the lineup have not changed and are still centered on Davis and James, whose health is crucial. When losing to the trailblazers, it can be seen that no one can play without James. Without Davis, the above advantages are also difficult to maintain.
Therefore, whether the Lakers can enter the playoffs has too much to do with Zhan Mei’s health.