Just made a deal and changed a person. The Lakers, like juggling tricks, completed the upgrade and transformation of the lineup from small to large. The transformed lineup made its debut in New York, beat Nick 129-123 after adding time.
In New York, the eighth village base started for the second time, but due to the absence of Zhan Mei in the last match against basketable nets, this was his real starting. This is also what I said during the live broadcast when the eight villages just arrived at the Lakers. The eight villages will start sooner or later. Due to the entry of the eighth village, James’s No. 4 position was topped off, and Lao Zhan was able to return to the No. 3 position he played for most of his life. The starting height of the Lakers suddenly increased:
C Davis 208PF eight village base 203SF James 203SG Troy Brown 198PG Schroder 191
The characteristics of small lineup and large lineup are obviously different, which are highlighted in the height and characteristics of No. 4 position. The small lineup is fast, but the rebound suffers losses. The big lineup is slow, but it is more suitable for the playoffs. Therefore, the Lakers are aiming at the playoffs-they believe they can make the playoffs.
The Lakers had played 51 games before, and most of them started with a small lineup. Only during James’s recovery, they tested Davis and Gabriel’s partner inside twice, but they gave up soon, put Reeves into the starting line. Later, Davis recovered for a long time, and the big lineup was even more impossible.
However, the starting of the small lineup did not bring any advantages to the Lakers. They have used a total of 25 different first-mover combinations. Davis used the most during his recovery, but only 5 wins and 3 losses. Classic mix Davis, James, Walker, Schroeder and Beverly used 6 games, 3 wins and 3 losses.
Small lineups have the advantages of small lineups, and large lineups have the disadvantages of large lineups. The Lakers used a small lineup during the season, reflecting the basic idea of Davenport Ham’s new lineup for the Lakers: Defense-based, unlimited relieve a garrison, and high-speed counterattack. There is no problem with this idea, but because Zhan MeiWei’s core role lineup has a flat qualification, limited ability, and the effect of three points is extremely poor, it cannot keep up with the situation more and more.
In fact, a good score should be given to Ham’s transformation. It is not easy for the restructured lineup to immediately play a clear ID of defensive counterattack, especially for the role lineup with insufficient talent, this is the credit of the coaching staff. The pace of the Lakers is very fast, with 101.8 goals every 48 minutes, ranking second in the league. Their attack scores averaged 116.8 points, ranking fifth in the league, which was played with a very low ranking of three-point shots and hit rates.
However, with a clear ID already played, why did the Lakers perform such a key operation on the lineup? Because it only relies on the defensive counterattack of the small lineup, in the case that the strength of the three points cannot be fundamentally improved, it cannot be guaranteed to enter the playoffs, let alone be competitive in the playoffs.
The Lakers believe they can enter the playoffs. At present, although there are only 24 wins and 28 losses, there are only three gaps between the fifth Warrior and the sixth Mavericks. Therefore, breaking into the first six is not an unreachable target. Davis’s outstanding performance before the injury gave them confidence to regain their strength in the Championship season in 2020, but the three points of the small lineup were really bad, with a hit rate of 33.7 percent being only the fifth from the bottom, the 10.5 three-point columns in each entry are the first to the last. If you continue to play like this, even if you enter the playoffs, you will be short-lived.
Only to find another way, give up the idea of small line-up, and then go big.
The registered height of the eighth village base is 203, but his arm has reached 218, he is strong and has a certain three-point ability. He entered No. 4, which could liberate James and relieve his defensive pressure.
The Lakers are not willing to give up the basic characteristics of the original small lineup, that is, strong defense and quick counterattack. Therefore, the eighth village must first adapt to the requirements of the Lakers in defense, and unlimited relieve a garrison any type of players outside the line. At the end of the game against Nick New York, eight villages remained on the court and took on a very heavy defensive task, which played a key role:
After playing for nearly 4 minutes in the fourth quarter, Ham sent the first one back to the field, and the lineup immediately became larger. At 7 minutes 13 seconds on arch top, Randle went to the eighth village base on receive the ball. He hesitated and shot three points. As a result, the ball was thrown very slightly and just fell into James’s hand. He passed it directly with one hand, the eight village base over there has been successfully dunked for receive the ball, and the Nick team has been stopped directly.
Eight villages defended Randal in the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, making him too biased, relieve a garrison Bronson, making him unable to enter the basket, and defending center Hartenstein.
When entering overtime, coach Ham replaced Brown with Schroeder, and the two-point guard was outside. Eight villages still played 4 and James played 3. At the last 1 minute 44 seconds, Bronson broke into restricted area near the basket. It was the eighth village base that protected the basket. He jumped up cap and was sentenced to interfere in the goal. However, the referee spent a few minutes watching the video and overturned the original judgment, A good hat was recorded in the eighth village, and Bronson’s score was deducted, and the ball right also belonged to the Lakers.
In the past, the Defense Task of No. 4 in the eighth village fell on James, which greatly consumed his body. However, the eighth village was 25 years old in another week, and there was plenty of strength. This decisive battle eight villages played for nearly 41 minutes, 12 8 scored 19 points, 9 rebounds, 3 points 4 2, positive and negative values +4.
The Lakers put the playoff hopes on the eighth village, which is somewhat risky, because his performance in these four years is somewhat inconsistent with the status of the first round of the 9th show.
In the past, the biggest characteristic of the eight villages was to attack with the ball, because he was used to being a star in the university. In the Lakers, he must learn to play without the ball, especially the quick and subconscious must be strong. The Lakers seemed to be interested in cultivating his feelings. When they played basketable nets in the last World War I, they let him hold the ball at the beginning, attacking independently like James. As a result, they dug a pit at the beginning. However, from the performance of Spurs and Nick, when there were James and Davis around him, the sense of no ball was OK, and the speed was even more qualified.
What I am worried about is the psychological problems of the eight villages. After all, he was once attacked by the Internet after the Olympic Games and was so depressed that he could not play. In Tencent live broadcast, I once expressed this view:
It is classified by Chinese yin and yang theory. Japan belongs to Yin. Japanese are good at obedience and have a deep sense of hierarchy. Ideas in their hearts are usually not expressed and they prefer to stay in their hearts. However, the Lakers’ defensive counterattack style belongs to the extreme sun. It must have the tough and challenging character of Beverly. When the Lakers play well, they usually defend fiercely and fight back fiercely.
Eight village base grew up in Japan and went to college in the United States when he was young, so his character should be mostly feminine. How did he face challenges in the Lakers’ dressing room, facing the criticism that may come and the network evaluation that is not well-intentioned?
The traffic team of the eighth village in the lakers will definitely get twice the exposure rate, and the pressure will naturally rise in proportion. How he faces the psychological pressure is not only for himself, but also for the fate of the lakers this year, it also plays an important role.
Su Qun column