Vol 3 Chapter 654: The situation is very good

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The schedule of NBA preseason games is very loose, and there is no fixed number of games. Like the Thunder, they were not scheduled for the second game in the week after they ended their game with the Shanghai Sharks.
However, this does not have much impact on them. Although the strength of the Shanghai Sharks is very average, through this match, Donovan still got what he wanted. He found a problem in the team, and the next time is the time for intensive training.
In fact, in the preseason this season, fans are looking forward to it more than before. After all, the entire league has become very unfamiliar, and everyone is eager to see the changes brought to this league by those "new teams" in the first place. Unfortunately, not every team is willing to show their new face, and not every player is willing to show themselves in the preseason.
On October 4, a game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers disappointed everyone.
Fortunately for the Rockets, D'Antoni let all his starting lineups appear. Moreover, according to D'Antoni's usual style, Harden, Paul, Capella and other players did not go up and walk through the field. The entire Rockets' starting lineup basically played for about 25 minutes. Among them, Harden and Paul, two absolute core players, played 30 minutes.
It feels in D'Antoni's heart that players should do their best in the game. Whether it is preseason, regular season or playoffs, as long as the game is not divided, the players should stay on the court.
But the Clippers are different. No one knows what Rivers thinks, anyway, the long-awaited combination of Leonard and Paul George did not appear in the game. In fact, neither of these two played. The Clippers are still the same lineup last season, and even the "real core players" Lu Wei and Harrell have played for only ten minutes.
It seems that the Clippers don't care much about this kind of game. In fact, this is also the true thinking of most teams in the league. Some more excessive team management and coaches even started to let their players "rest" in the regular season, recharge their energy, and prepare for the playoffs. It would be normal not to play preseason.
Compared to the Clippers, another team in Los Angeles is completely different.
In the October 6th game, the new Lakers coach Vogel sent all his main players. The brand new Lakers led by James and Davis delivered a satisfactory answer in the game against the Warriors.
The Warriors did not go through the scene. Curry, Thompson, Green, and Russell, the four All-Star players, plus a Spearman lineup, although they are indeed down compared to the five-star Warriors last season, they are definitely not weak. Under the circumstances of the big change in the league structure this season, the Warriors still belong to the team that won the first stage of the championship.
But they lost the game, and they never had the upper hand from start to finish. The biggest problem with the Warriors is that their lineup is small and individual. Only Spearman is over 2 meters tall in the starting five. Green and Spearman can't afford to guard the restricted area. They are too short! And this is exactly the strength of the Lakers.
In the past two seasons, the small ball system has been studied more and more thoroughly, and some teams have slowly taken a different path. Just like the Pelicans last season, the 76ers and the Bucks last season, their lineups are getting bigger and bigger, setting off a "big five" that is the opposite of the Warriors' "death five". The lineup, with its defensive defense, set off a storm in the league.
This season, the Lakers also learned from that team-building idea. Of course, they didn't completely follow that model to team up. However, they maximized their insiders. Davis, Cousins, and McGee, the three big players in the inside lineup, are enough to be proud of the entire league. Although Cousins ​​was reimbursed for the season due to an injury, Howard who subsequently added in is also not to be underestimated. Although he is now old, injured, and not used to the rhythm of the small ball era, he is almost reduced to a situation where there is no ball to play. However, no one dares to underestimate his fighting power under the rebound, especially his defensive ability. After all, he also had three consecutive best defensive players and five best teams.
It can be said that the Lakers of the new season left a very strong impression on everyone at the beginning. The Lakers easily defeated the Warriors when James and Davis were not particularly eye-catching. I have to say that such a Laker is really worth looking forward to.
In addition to these teams ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat, Denver Nuggets, these teams have all appeared on the preseason stage. Like the Thunder, most teams have neither the main players out, nor the game to the substitute players. This is the preseason. Everyone is getting together to warm up and help the league advertise.
After the game against the Shanghai Sharks, the Thunder played against the Dallas Mavericks, the New Zealand Breakers, and the Memphis Grizzlies. In these few games, Westbrook still sits on the sidelines in suits and ties, and occasionally Adams, Robertson and others sit with him on the sidelines. In every game, Anlo played with players such as Alexander, Ferguson and Gallinari.
Although only half of the teams played in each game, the Thunder's preseason record was very beautiful. They won all five games, and each game was a big score to defeat the other side. Whether it is an Australian team or a western team, they all win easily. What reassures all Thunder fans is that after Paul George left, the Thunder did not seem to be affected much.
"This doesn't mean anything. It's just a few preseason games and everyone is just warming up. Everything is unknown now, and no one knows what the new season will be. What we can do is to actively adjust the state. Stay focused and prepare for the upcoming regular season opener."
Although An Luo did not reveal any thoughts about the new season when facing reporters, his relaxed and calm look gave many people room for imagination. Perhaps as it was shown in the preseason, the Thunder, which has undergone tremendous personnel changes, has not been greatly affected by this. In the new season, this king's division, who has reached two consecutive championships, will continue to make progress towards the triumph of three consecutive championships.