Chapter 855 is different from the Heat
The current situation is what Chen expected, and the other party is not without strength. If Chen had these players at the beginning, then he must play well with these powerful teams in the west!
There is no guarantee that it will be able to win the championship with a lineup like the Lakers, but it will not fail to enter the playoffs.
The opposing Kuzma is a big threat to the Nets! Brooklyn can also get Williamson up now, and Williamson can still keep the player at bay. But Chen's idea was to put Williamson on it later.
The opponent's sudden change of formation made Chen also feel that they would not play so simply in the game, but there was the result of Wharton's repeated deduction and thinking. Then the difficulty of this game is raised.
Ingram Sr.'s personal scoring ability is still good! The Lakers are not completely just to give him a dream, and the three-point shooting rate of Lao Yingge in the NBDL is close to 50%! That's a terrifying statistic.
Since arriving in the NBA, his three-point shooting percentage has remained around 47%! Last season's three-point shooting percentage was 43.2%! Such a player is another big addition to the Lakers on the team! They're in addition to Kuzma and Thomas Jr. and have a guy in the top 20 in three-point shooting percentage in the league!
Lao Yingge's three-point shooting percentage now ranks first in the league! If the Lakers still don't play well in the playoffs under such circumstances, they won't be able to make the playoffs at all. Then Wharton will also think about where he will go next season. Unless you join the Clippers, you're leaving Los Angeles anyway.
So the situation now is that the Lakers players are ready for this season! They didn't have any big changes, and they worked well with the players in the first and second teams!
The first thing they know is that Thomas Jr. is a good playmaker on the field! His stats at Celtic already reflect his ability as a player!
Brooke basically understood what Wharton meant by the conversation he had with him. This season, the Lakers have a new requirement for him, that is, he must play as efficiently as possible on the court!
Because it is impossible for this team to keep López on the field all the time, there are other centers in the team, and Brooke is getting older now, if he is kept on top of him, his individual ability will decline.
Mid-range jumpers, outside three-pointers, and good coordination with teammates are his main things. Kuzma's body is starting to sweat a little during this time!
He's basically the field, and he doesn't want to say that it's just a good stat in this team. The point is that he wants to make the playoffs with the team!
When you think about the team in the west, it feels like it's very difficult to get into the finals in the west. Spurs' words give a slightly better impression. The Rockets and Warriors feel like they're basically over as soon as they meet in the playoffs......
In this case, the Lakers will have to remain fifth in the regular season, and sixth in the regular season! Only then in the first round of the playoffs will you not talk about running into the Warriors and the Rockets.
For the Nets' Williamson Kuzma has spent a while researching. For a player like that, it feels like he's playing against Cleveland. This guy gives the impression that he does make a lot of teams jealous.
Just like when James arrived at the team, it seemed natural that he was a member of the team! At that time, who wanted LeBron, a young but very physical player, would really make it to the finals!
It's not that hard to win a championship. And now the Nets are getting players who are like that. There are also players similar to Williamson, and that is the number three who can guard against him!
The first thing Kuzma thought of when he competed with him was that it was not good to be just head-on, and this kid had some fouls with good physical fitness! But Williamson also has some ability when it comes to flexibility and awareness!
So as long as Brooklyn lets Williamson come up, then try to avoid any contact with him, and reduce the number of attacks as much as possible! Not only would he be able to find an opportunity to add assists to his stats, but he would also be able to add hours to the team, which would be exactly what Walton is all about.
It can be said that Kuzma has already studied the comparison in this regard. This is also why some players start to think about how to compress their playing time in this game as soon as they come on the field, and his average playing time this season is still not too much.
And the performance of some players as soon as they come up makes the coach feel like, oops, anyway, now he is young, how old it is 5 minutes and 10 minutes is nothing. This is where the difference comes in...... Even if a player like Kuzma is less efficient in the game, but with more minutes played, some data can still be obtained.
"The pace of the other side is now much faster with Thomas Jr. and Kuzma working together! However, in this case, their defensive state will not be too high, and it is estimated that they will also have to break through quickly in the early stage. So we're going to change that now. It's not the same as before the game. ”
Chen Xian said briefly. The players immediately gathered to look at the tactical board in Chen's hand.
"Williamson is still playing from behind, Jonathan, you're playing against Kuzma. See what you can do. Bojan scored, Daniels came to play...... "Since the opponent is fighting with the Nets in terms of scoring, then the Nets will parry with the same number of roads!"
Kobe Bryant was more serious when he played, but now he is there like a different person watching Wharton's assignments and talking to Nash and some of the younger players. I sat for a long time and walked around the sidelines......
looks very laid-back~ One of the things that Wharton communicated with Kobe Bryant this season is that he won't play too much time in the early stage. The main thing is to take the final result of the game with his teammates in the back.
Kobe Bryant repeatedly talked to Wharton about this in the previous season, but it was directly passed. Now it seems like a good way to do it......
So the first two quarters don't have much to do with him unless the team is going to be beaten, he just needs to watch the game, chat, and think about other things. The current Kobe Bryant is not very happy with the results of one season.
Mozgov got Lopez in exchange for López, Russell is a good player, but look at the current Ball, Pope, Thomas Jr. and the old Yingge who hasn't been here for long! The combat effectiveness of these players feels that he Kobe Bryant should be able to play without the team now!
And this season, the team knows from the record that Wharton is going to be ruthless! He and Kobe Bryant and Nash have the same attitude, and Thomas Jr. and Ingram Sr. are also not bad. But when you train, you have to be a lot harsher with the other players!
In the intra-team matchup in training, the young players mean can they not let Kobe Bryant play...... After playing, I can't beat it...... Wharton doesn't think so, he wants to make the players fight fiercely when they are in the team!
Zubac had a similar idea, and Deng and Landou are now very strong! Brooke, who lost weight during the race, sometimes avoided going head-to-head with them!
Zhou Qi's words, Chen still put him on the field. His rebounding awareness, individual offense and coordination with the players are still good. His own playing time has become limited.
In less than 10 games played this month is coming to an end. It's not clear whether he will go or stay at that time. What the team values is that his personal ability is a strengthened version of the previous Zhang Hao! What worries about is the physical fitness of Zhou Qi, a player. It looks like it's better and more powerful.
When the game resumed, Kuzma was relieved to see that Williamson on the Nets' side was not playing.
Daniels dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, passed the ball directly to the opponent under the defense of the old Ingram and passed to Zhou Qi, this time Zhou Qi began to be careful that Kuzma was coming!
After making an offensive move, when he saw Kuzma and Channing coming, Zhou Qi immediately threw the ball high and passed to Jonathan, and Jonathan hit a three-point shot directly when no one was defending! 18:13!
Thomas Jr. took Kuzma's serve and rushed straight in after passing Bojan's defense! After passing Jonathan and Zhou Qi, the layup was successful! 20:13!
The fans at the scene immediately cheered!
"You know what? I love that kid! Kobe Bryant said to Nash with some excitement at this time.
"It's not for nothing that he went from being a substitute to being the main player of the team at the time, and he has a reason to let the team put him in the middle of a lineup," Nash said quietly.
"I'm not surprised if he's a regular in our team."
"This kid's stats are still somewhat constrained," Nash said as he watched the game quietly, and Kobe Bryant.
"For example?"
"In the game, he still scored a little bit at some times, and now more assists, rebounds are leaning towards Ball, height, playing time, grasp of the game at the time and the arrangement of our current head coach may play a role in holding him back. He can do what he has to do, but it's a bit difficult for him to get a good result in a good time."
"yes, if he plays as much time as Ball does, I guess he'll surpass him in assists! But it's hard to say on the rebound," Kobe Bryant calmed down a little after hearing Nash's analysis.
Bauer's personal abilities are good in every way now! Whether it's his offense, rebounding, defense or assists, he's doing a good job! He also had plenty of playing time.
Compared with previous years, the quality of the players in the current Lakers team has really improved a lot!
Daniels went to the front court to attract the opposing defense, and Bojan hit a three-point shot immediately after getting his pass! 20:16!
Wharton's expression, which had just relaxed a little, began to become serious again. Brooklyn still didn't show any flustering out! They were attacking in an orderly manner, and the other players were playing well!
The first thing the Lakers thought of when they watched them and the Heat in this game was not to lose to the Nets again in the same way Miami played at that time! The Heat, as an Eastern Conference team that has improved significantly this season, has shown the Lakers a lot of negative examples......
Wharton is clear that Williamson wants to guard against him, and no one on his team can do that. So he didn't have any bags, more defensive drills, and added such ideas in the game.
It's simply "offense and defense" and the Nets fight to score! He is still very confident in the Lakers' scoring ability in the game now! Kobe Bryant's crazy offense in the back, Nash's passing, other players, Ingram, Lao Yingge, Kuzma These players will continue to break through!
But the current situation is that if the Nets can compete with the Lakers with the bench until the next games, it will be difficult to judge whether the game will be won or lost. Wharton looked at the game in front of him and sighed directly. He knows what kind of team he's up against.
So he shouldn't have such illusions. Since the outcome may not be certain in the future, then maybe it is not you Nets who will win!
After Kuzma received Thomas Jr.'s pass, he accelerated directly and directly passed Zhou Qi to score a layup! 22:16!
"So they contracted as soon as they came here, and Bojan had to be careful that they suddenly passed the ball to this place. The opposing player pulls out and shoots a three-pointer and immediately follows, and they still have a lot of cases like this in a game......"
The atmosphere was very warm! Because Lakers fans feel like the team they supported is coming back this season! It's back to the ranks of the strong team!
Wharton is now fighting to win every game! He knows they're going to have to face some teams this season that they can't handle at all, and then they're going to make the playoffs in fifth or sixth, and if they can get through the first round, the key is in the second round!
It can be said that now he is preparing for this, which team will he meet in the second round? Warrior? Pelican? Spur? Or a rocket? No matter which team it is, it is estimated that the Lakers will have to fight each other by that time!
And if you hit this point, the Lakers management may change some views on Walton, or they will still fire him. But at least his chances of staying with the Lakers will be greater.
35:28! At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers entered the second quarter with a 7-point lead!
The game is back on the Lakers' side, Lopez, Ingram and Ball are on the court! Landou played the No. 4 position, and Kuzma remained on the court. On the Nets' side, Russell plays.
If Lan Dou plays a big forward, then Zhou Qi will be difficult in this section. Chen was thinking in his heart at this time!
At the beginning of the game, Ball took the ball to the frontcourt, and immediately after passing Bojan, he accelerated and passed the ball quickly from Jonathan to Kuzma, who hit a 2-point shot directly when no one was guarded! 37:28!
What I got from the coach is that the Nets will still not let the main players play too much in this quarter. The other party in the center is still quite good on this! After Brooke came up, the Nets couldn't easily make substitutions at center.
If there is a weakness in strength, the Lakers will immediately increase the number of offenses under the Nets! Jonathan was stuck by Kuzma, Russell passed the ball to Bojan, but it didn't take long for him to be caught in the bag, Zhou Qi and Bojan glanced at each other and immediately took a few steps back and took the basketball and jumped up directly to throw the ball!