Chapter 673 [Turn the Tide!] L.A. Derby! 】
The Clippers and the Lakers are in direct competition, and Yang Rui can't say anything good about Kobe, which hits the Lakers' star and makes it easier to attract fans to the side of the Clippers.
His comment that Nash was going to the Lakers to grab an average of ten rebounds per game was in the news, which was too dark and caused Cormi's disgust.
It's a pity that now the number of Yang Mi is far better than that of Komi, and the number of Kohei is even more amazing, and Kemi scolded Yang Rui on the Internet and supported Kobe Bryant, and the result was ridiculed by the group.
The next five games of the Lakers also proved that Yang Rui's evaluation was right. Will Nash's move to the Lakers make a qualitative change? No, their back line is still completely blown up.
The opponent is not strong, and the Lakers have only achieved a 3-2 record. The three wins did not rely on Nash's assists, but Kobe Bryant's personal ability to turn the tide.
Nash is one of the best point guards in the league, and he's good at running and shooting and playing the whirlwind. The Lakers are mainly attacking in the halfcourt, not to mention Love and veteran Odom, and even Rohr Deng can't run fast.
Rohrdeng runs and jumps in average quality, characterized by a well-rounded character, and many times more like a dark-skinned Larry Bird.
In the Suns era, Nash's offensive players who cut inside after blocking and picking up played good games, and they were not effective when combined with O'Neal, who was good at positional battles.
Although Love and Odom have the ability to shoot with one hand, the former's footwork is too slow, and the lack of explosiveness in the basket leads to the inefficient scoring efficiency of cutting inside after blocking and dismantling; Odom has average strength and never focuses on attacking from the low post.
The meeting of two different styles has made Nash's assist efficiency extremely low in these games, averaging just eight per game.
The same problem has been with Nash and Kobe, who has always been an offensive player with the ball, who likes to dribble to the low post and turn around for jumpers.
How is it possible that Nash's previous No. 2 partners were almost all fixed-point three-point shooters, allowing Bryant to stand outside the three-point line and wait for an opportunity?
After more than a week of publicity, Lakers fans had lost faith in the home team by the time the derby began. If you can't balance offense and defense, no matter how many stars you have, it doesn't mean much.
Compared with the lineup, the Clippers actually have more stars, but they have not reached the peak of their careers, and there is no pressure to complete the Lakers.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Paul joined the Clippers until he left, and although he did not lead the team to the best record in the regular season, he was able to maintain the top four and twice third.
No matter what year's lineup the Clippers in the previous life, they can't be compared with the Clippers this season, unless Paul is a super tumor, how can the Clippers lose to the Lakers without Pau Gasol? The current Lakers don't even have an interior axis.
The game was broadcast live in the United States, and the battle started on time.
Clippers starters: Paul, Tony Allen, Korver, Gay, Griffin.
Yang Rui adjusted the lineup, and if there is a super scorer, Tony Allen will be heavily used, and Kobe Bryant is currently averaging 28.2 points per game and has a chance to compete for the scoring title.
Jordan Jr. sits on the bench, and Guy's approach of starting at the No. 4 position is eye-catching, and Yang Rui arranges it this way because Odom and Love rarely attack the basket, and their main task is to cover and wait for opportunities to shoot on the perimeter.
Yang Rui used small-ball tactics to fight for offense at the beginning of the game, which is to test Kobe, to see if he is the strongest point in the Clippers' outside defense, or pass the ball to his teammates inside, Griffin and Guy's frame near the penalty area has obvious weaknesses.
In addition, Yang Rui wants to train Griffin's defense and practice with competitions.
The fact that the regular season deliberately attracts opponents to attack Griffin is a pull from the seedlings, and if it goes well, Griffin will get used to being used as a breakthrough and accumulate a lot of defensive experience. If it doesn't go well, Griffin could be attacked by his opponent and lose confidence.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Griffin improved every season, and in 16 years, there was a qualitative change on the defensive end, not only with high defensive enthusiasm, but also to help his teammates help defend.
Now Yang Rui needs Griffin to be stronger, not complacent with his star stats in the regular season, and his goal this season is to win a championship.
If they meet the Mavericks in the playoffs, it will be a matter of which side has the toughest offense, and Griffin must also play a role on the defensive end.
The Mavericks with Tyson Chandler as the center are actually relatively easy to deal with, and the Mavericks with Gasol Jr. as the center can completely open up the positional battle, which especially tests the player's single defense ability.
Lakers starters: Nash, Kobe, Roal Deng, Odom, Love.
Just looking at the card lineup, the Lakers are all All-Star or second-rate stars, which is the reason why they are favored, and it is also the reason why Kobe's evaluation has dropped again and again, and the reason why his teammates are not good enough is completely untenable.
Griffin jumped the ball to win, the Clippers attacked first, although his arms were short, relying on the bounce, the jump ball was not vegetarian.
Paul held the ball and faced Nash from beyond the three-point line, the Clippers pulled away with a trio, and Griffin went to the middle to cover.
Paul and Griffin play blocking and dismantling in the middle, simple tactics have a big effect, Paul attracts the inside line to change the defense and divide the ball, Griffin is a threat in the middle of the air cut, and Nash's physique can't block the inside air cut.
Byron Scott claims to be the coach who knows Paul best, and Paul reached his peak when he was with the Hornets, and many people take credit for all of this. He arranged a joint defense, knowing that it would be difficult to limit Paul with man marking.
Paul is the kind of guard who likes to attack misalignment, and if he is on the spot, he will play the rhythm he likes, and in the joint defense, Paul is easily trapped in the bag, he distributes the ball, and his teammates can't shoot, so he defends. That's how the Hornets were beaten by other teams back then.
Scott overlooked one thing, that is, when they were in the Hornets, they lacked wing singles, and they needed Paul to attack with the ball, and if Paul couldn't shoot, the offense would have to be handed over to David West, who was good at mid-range shooting, and no one else could, even if Stojakovic relied on his height to shoot outside the perimeter and had average ball handling ability.
Now, the Clippers have no shortage of people who can go head-to-head with the ball.
Paul dodged Nash on the right flank, drawing Odom into a switch and passing the ball to Guy in the bottom right corner.
Guy faced off against Lefou, which is the beauty of a large four-man lineup, which is particularly prone to creating misplaced opportunities.
Lefu knew that this was his own person, and his teammates didn't turn around, so he had to pounce to prevent three points. Guy held the ball and drizzled, quickly changed direction to break through, and passed Lefu in one step, bringing a 45-degree pullup jump shot to hit without interference. 2 to 0.
Because Guy broke through with the ball, it wouldn't count as an assist for Paul, but it had a lot to do with him.
In 08, some people commented that Paul brushed assists, five relied on the stable mid-range shooting of Hornets boss West, and five relied on the hard work of the second Chandler, without them, Paul averaged at most two assists per game, which is really God's statement.
In fact, Paul's penchant for passing the ball to his teammates is a manifestation of selflessness, and he can also attract the opponent's defensive center of gravity when he holds the ball, unlike the playmaker Rondo, who can be completely empty from mid-to-long distance.
The Lakers attacked, Nash dribbled the ball to the front court and passed to Kobe, and he ran to the bottom right corner to pull away.
Of course, this is not the tactic he was used to playing when he was with the Suns, but coach Scott arranged for him to do it, and the task was the same as that of Fisher and Evans when they started.
Bryant plays without the ball, waits for opportunities outside the three-point line or cuts in the air, allowing Nash and Odom to block and pick-and-roll? This style of play has been tried by the Lakers and has lost both games, proving undesirable.
Because of Kobe's inconsistent three-point shooting, he averaged only 32.3% per game this season. Kobe Bryant plays without the ball, and he can't help but change to attack with the ball, play familiar routines, turn around and shoot, break through the bottom line, and so on.
Odom and Love are not fast in the air, counterattacks are not good, and Nash can't run and bomb, rather than blocking and dismantling a few times to return to the old way, it is better to pull away directly and let Kobe Bryant plan alone.
At least, a lot of fans like to watch Kobe Bryant single.