NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

Although Middleton fired frequently on the offensive end as soon as he came on the court, and the defensive end was also trying his best to limit the outside line of the Lakers, but the Lakers still performed very well, and the offensive end was still attacking crazily. There was no way, James' set The sudden score system is too difficult to limit.

In this way, the gap continues to widen.

But in the face of the ever-increasing point difference, Bucks head coach Budenholzer didn't respond. He just stood expressionlessly on the sidelines and quietly observed the situation on the court.

It seems to be a posture of adapting to all changes!
So calm and calm, he couldn't help but let the Lakers coach Vogel curse secretly: old fox.

Obviously, Budenholzer has seen the biggest weakness of the Lakers lineup!
That's right, this lineup is indeed both offensive and defensive. Three-pointers, defense, breakthroughs, organization, etc. are all done very well, and it can be said that there are no weaknesses.

However, although there is indeed no weakness in strength, there is a fatal weakness in other aspects, and that is the members of this lineup!

Let's take a look at the members of this lineup.

James, thick eyebrows, Boucher, Johnson, Dyke!
Obviously, the core components of this lineup are James, Big Eyebrow and Boucher. The rest of Dyke and Johnson are two relatively functional players. They can be replaced, such as Curwin in the Lakers. Dayton can be a perfect replacement for Johnson.

Therefore, the two points of Dyke and Johnson are not the lifeblood of this lineup. The real lifeblood of this lineup lies in the three core members of this lineup: James, thick eyebrows, and Boucher.

That's right, the strength of these three people is very good. Together, they have both offense and defense, and the defense range is huge.

But these three people have a common weakness, that is, the risk of injury is too great!
The first is thick eyebrows. His health has been difficult to guarantee, and his attendance is also a problem. Fans often criticize his glass attributes.

Then there is Boucher. You must know that Boucher lost due to injury during the draft, and after he was finally picked up by the Warriors, he was seriously injured immediately and was reimbursed for the season.

After going to the Raptors, there were frequent minor injuries, and the medial ligament of the left knee often had problems. Facing such a frequently injured player, Vogel did not dare to use it too much.

The last is James. As the core of this lineup, James is really too old. At the age of 37, although his ability is still very good now, his physical strength has indeed declined a lot.

And this lineup needs James as the core of the ball to take over 90% of the offensive tasks. At the same time, it also requires James to mark Antetokounmpo on the defensive end. This is a very, very test of James' physical strength.

If the James system declines and the offensive and defensive ends are slightly slack, the power of this system will be greatly reduced!
Not only that, but if his physical strength declines seriously, James is very likely to suffer from injuries. Although his physical fitness is indeed top-notch, his groin injury has been bothering James.

You know, now is an important moment for the team to hit the record. If James is injured and retired, I am afraid that the Lakers' desire to rush to No.6 in the West will be shattered.

To sum up, Vogel simply can't keep this lineup for too long.

Originally, this lineup should have been put up at the decisive moment, but today the Lakers led the Bucks by so many points in the first quarter, so Vogel wanted to completely kill the Bucks in the second quarter, so he decided to do it early. Send this lineup up.

Unexpectedly, in the face of the ever-widening point difference, Bucks coach Budenholzer did not respond, which made Vogel a little flustered.

However, Vogel still pretended to be calm, just not withdrawing this lineup, at least, at least until the end of the midfield!

In this way, the head coaches of both sides maintained the situation strangely, without making any adjustments, allowing the Lakers to gradually widen the point difference.

Until the end of the second quarter, with Brother Nongmei's catch and three-pointer, the Lakers led the Bucks by 20 points!
Budenholzer finally moved, and he silently turned his head to look at Vogel, and then immediately called a timeout.

Hearing the referee's whistle, Vogel finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that Budenholzer still couldn't sit still in the end!

"Guys, you're playing well. You'll still play with this lineup for a while. Continue to play like this. There are still 3 minutes left in the second quarter. Hold on."

After the Lakers players walked off the field, Vogel clapped his hands and encouraged.

As Vogel said, the second quarter is about to end at this time, and Vogel simply let this lineup continue to play.

After a while, the timeout ended and players from both sides re-entered the field.

The Lakers still use this lineup, but what Vogel didn't expect was that the Bucks didn't make any substitutions, and it was still the same lineup!
This made Vogel couldn't help muttering in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of medicine Budenholzer was selling.

At this moment, Vogel turned his head inadvertently and met the eyes of the Bucks generals.

Vogel couldn't help but widen his eyes when they looked at each other.

I saw the eyes of the Bucks generals were fierce, as if they wanted to tear the Lakers apart!
And the fact is exactly the same. At the beginning of the game, the overall action of the Bucks became obviously bigger, and even several shots were suspected of maliciously provoking the Lakers players.

You know, this is at the home court of the Lakers. The actions of the Bucks players made the Lakers fans very dissatisfied, and the entire arena was filled with boos for a while.

But the Bucks were not affected at all, and still maintained that kind of game intensity.

This really scared Vogel into a cold sweat. You must know that the players of the Bucks are all stubborn.

Especially the Bucks guard, Grayson Allen, who just abolished Caruso this season, causing Caruso to fracture his wrist!

Now the Lakers have such a lineup, facing such a player, the risk of injury is extremely high!

Vogel couldn't afford such a risk, so he quickly called a timeout and replaced the core three players who were vulnerable to injury.

However, although Vogel voluntarily made a substitution, he couldn't say anything about the Bucks' lineup, otherwise, it would be easy to be regarded as a soft persimmon by others!
Therefore, Vogel must do something to respond to the Bucks!