Vol 3 Chapter 716: change

"Super Heavy Artillery (
Throughout the first half, the Lakers were the leader.
Judging from the course of the game, on the defensive end, neither the Lakers nor the Thunder played very well. Although both sides spend a lot of effort in each offensive round, they can always score. However, in terms of efficiency, the Lakers are more efficient. After all, most of their scores come from the inside, or even the penalty area, which is much more stable than the Thunder's shooting from the three-point line.
An Luo is still the mainstay of the Thunder to stabilize the position. With his continuous output on the offensive end, the Thunder can at least guarantee that the opponent will not let the opponent open the point difference when they are in a disadvantageous situation.
At the end of the first half, the score was fixed at 72:65. The away game is in front and the home game is behind.
From the score point of view, the two sides are more like a half-court battle. But the actual situation is different. Whether it's the Lakers or the Thunder, the players' energy on the defensive end is not worse than that on the offensive end. It can only be said that the players on both sides are too strong! Whether it is the handling of the ball or the cooperation between players, they are a weapon for them to overcome the opponent's tight defense. After the perfect combination of personal ability and tactical system, it is difficult to limit his scoring through defense.
The Thunder can score 30+ points in the first two quarters, and they have played very well in the game. You know, although the number of offensive rounds in each game has increased a lot, players have a lot more opportunities to score, and the scores of teams and players have also increased, but the Thunder's average points per game this season have not yet been. 120. Under such circumstances, 65 points were scored in the half and when other teams played against each other, it was basically out of a great advantage. But they are still 7 points behind! This shows how terrible such a Laker is.
Of course, the Lakers also have some problems. Their starting lineup played a little too long in the first two quarters. Although there are strong players like Rondo, Howard and Kuzma on the bench, their performance in this game tonight is not good, or even worse.
Kuzma didn't seem to be ready to win. During the entire first half of the 12 minutes, he was sleepwalking. It was a nightmare for the Lakers. In fact, this season, when Davis joined the Lakers, Kuzma could only return to the bench to wait for his chance. Such a change really made this young man who is playing good performance extremely uncomfortable. Therefore, in this season, Kuzma's performance has not been very stable. Sometimes super god, sometimes super ghost.
In the NBA, every player is special, and Kuzma is no exception. In the first two seasons of his career, Kuzma's performance and personal ability surprised the Lakers. After all, as an older rookie late in the first round, there is really no particular training value. But this guy just relied on his own ability to seize that not a good opportunity, and played a performance that far surpassed his draft pick.
As a rookie at the end of the first round, he did well in the first year, averaging 16.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. It can be said that because the Lakers did not have any stars at the time, rookies could get more opportunities. In the second year of his career, LeBron came to the Lakers. This season, Kuzma's data rose to 18.7 points and 5.5 rebounds.
You know, not all forwards can blend well with LeBron. In this regard, neither Bosh nor Love did a good job. After all, these two guys were both the team's leading stars before, and suddenly became a team's second choice or even the third choice. After losing a lot of possession, their performance was not very good. But at this point, Kuzma is doing very well.
With age, James' threat on the offensive end has indeed declined to a certain extent. This point, even if this guy can often score 30+ points in the game, it still can't cover up. What's more, James has never been a cognitive scoring player. Therefore, there must be someone who is good at scoring beside James. Exactly, apart from scoring, Kuzma's performance in other areas is really not outstanding. In the game, he can use various methods to score. The outside shooting has a good shooting rate. He also has a good small hook and small throw at the basket. He is quite good at air cuts...
In fact, the Lakers have high expectations for Kuzma. In the big deal for the Pelicans, although the Lakers seem to have left the least valuable Kuzma, few people know that Kuzma is the same as Ingram and Bauer in the Pelicans' transaction asking price. The coveted young man. In the end, the Lakers sent away Ingram, Ball and Hart, but Kuzma was left behind. But this is definitely not because Kuzma picked up the No. 4 pick to "save himself" in the draw. For this reason, only those fans who watch the excitement will think that way.
In this season's game, Kuzma is not always sluggish. In fact, whenever Davis is resting, Kuzma plays the fourth position and can always perform amazingly.
The Lakers played against the Pacers a few days ago, and Davis missed the game due to injury. But the Lakers did not lose because Kuzma stepped forward. In this campaign, he made 16 of 24 shots and scored 42 points. What's more terrifying is that because of his huge lead, he never played the last quarter and scored 42 points in 29 minutes. In that game, although James also contributed 22 points and 12 assists, in contrast, Kuzma is more like the man who led the team to victory.
But tonight's Kuzma did not perform well. Inaccurate shots, defense is not in the state. This situation was accompanied by the night when he mostly played on the bench. Perhaps, Kuzma is not born as a substitute.
Of course, Howard has a lot of problems, but no one blames him. After all, Howard is no longer the omnipotent Warcraft back then! He can provide some help for the team on both ends of the offense and defense.
The Lakers' problems are not just on the bench. In fact, apart from Kuzma's poor performance, Danny Green is the most disappointing player. He shot poorly on three-pointers and made little contribution on the offensive end. However, Danny Green's performance has long been commonplace.
In this case, Vogel can only grit his teeth to allow the main players to play a lot of time in the game. Although he is unwilling to do that, but in the long regular season, there are always a few games that need to be treated with caution. Perhaps it has nothing to do with rankings, but it is also worthwhile to expose more of those imaginary enemies in the playoffs.
During the intermission, Chesapeake Energy Arena staged an extraordinary performance-face change.
In fact, since Yao Ming became famous in the NBA, many cultural performances with celestial characteristics have become active in this league. Of course, it was more at the Toyota Center in Houston. Later, Yao Ming retired, and the Chinese players disappeared in this league, so these performances were less. Until An Luo turned out, everything began to recover. The difference is that the location of the show moved from Houston to Oklahoma.
The performer is a well-known theater troupe from the capital of the Tian Dynasty. As a long-standing skill, changing face is not only popular in the capital of Shu, but also famous throughout the celestial dynasty.
His face was alive, hot and trembling, as fast as wind and electricity, his head was a brick, his eyes blinked, exquisite.
Although in the capital of Shu, such performances have long been accustomed to everyone, in the distant Oklahoma, this kind of art that only exists in the mysterious East makes the audience suspicious and intoxicated.
However, for both sides in the war, whether it is Vogel or Donovan, whether it is James, Davis or Westbrook or Anlow, they have no intention of paying attention to the excitement in the stadium. Two quarters have been played, and both sides are very clear about their opponents. No one thinks this is an easy game, but the players have become more and more bottomless in their hearts.
Donovan took his own tactical board and carefully analyzed some of the problems that the players had experienced in the first half of the game. The players all gathered around him and listened quietly, including Westbrook and Anlow. . In fact, many times it is not that the players become incapable of playing, but that they are not able to feel their own problems during the game, and even make various judgments and choices out of instinct. The so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, that is the reason. But when these questions are raised, the players will feel a sense of enlightenment.
But this is not the point. The point that Donovan wants to talk about is how to let these players avoid the same problems, and how to use the weaknesses exposed by the opponent to play an advantage. This is not a simple thing, Donovan is just able to share some of the things he discovered with the players.
The same thing happened in another locker room. Don't look at the Lakers now leading these scores, but Vogel really doesn't have much confidence in winning the game. It is impossible for him to keep James and Davis going. The Thunder are a very important opponent, but in the final analysis this is just a regular season. Winning or losing a regular season is far less important than the health of the core players.
The intermission time passed quickly, and the players on both sides returned to the field. Chesapeake Energy Arena suddenly burst into a burst of extremely enthusiastic cheers. Although the mysterious face-changing performance made the audience feel a little bit dissatisfied, everyone is always looking forward to the next game.
After a period of rest, whether it is the Lakers players or the Thunder players, both mentally and physically, everyone has been greatly relieved. Therefore, the players on both sides are the same as at the beginning of the first quarter.
The difference is that James did not get to the number one position. Danny Green's malaise made the Lakers' flanking offense extremely weak, and the Lakers could only put hope on James. However, it is worth mentioning that the Lakers began to firmly occupy the initiative of the game after putting James back into the third position in the first half.
However, in the second half of the game, everything changed.
Donovan decisively changed his defensive formation to a 3-2 zone defense and shrank the defense to within the three-point line. This is obviously a change in response to the Lakers' frequent attacks on the penalty area in the first half. Of course, there is another very important reason. The Lakers' outside offense is not very reliable tonight. Not to mention that there is no "3" 3D player Danny Green, but Bradley and James have poor long-range shooting. On the contrary, as an inside player, Davis also threw a three-pointer from time to time. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
This change by Donovan immediately changed the Thunder's defense.
As the inside line became quite crowded, the Lakers began to try to score in the long range. But the firepower of their outside shooters and role players really can't take on such an important task. In fact, the Lakers' tactics are not bad, and they are basically able to pull out the open space. But if you can't make an investment, you won't be able to use the empty space. Feeling this thing is really a thing. When it's good, you can throw it in at random; when it's bad, you can't go in even if the basket is as wide as the ocean.
In fact, it is not a particularly serious problem whether to shoot or not. After all, for these professional players, especially those who are good at shooting, as long as they dare to shoot, they can always shoot. But there is a very important issue here, rebounds must be guaranteed. The Lakers always suppressed the Thunder in this aspect in the first half. But in the second half, the Lakers had a big problem protecting the rebounds.
Westbrook switched directly to the "center" status and grabbed several rebounds from McGee's head. It is true that there is Adams' perfect "cover" relationship, but the most important thing is Westbrook's toughness and the Lakers' slack. Due to Howard's passiveness on the offensive end, Vogel did not let him appear too much in the game. Without such a rebounding master, the Thunder really have a better chance of living.
When Westbrook grabbed the rebound, the Thunder's offense became simple. They are very good at this kind of defensive counter-attack and fast attack. Westbrook's push forward and Anlo's three-pointer chasing, plus a Gallinari who has maintained a 40% three-point shooting rate. , The Thunder will basically not give the Lakers company time to build a complete line of defense.