basketball talent system

Chapter 541 Sweet March
However, this game is not without gains for the Lakers. Although Hibbert's state is still slowly recovering, he did not recover all of a sudden because of the nearly 20 minutes of playing time in this game, but they Another new aid from the Lakers made the Lakers see something different. First of all, although Matt Barnes's three-pointers cannot be compared with Ye Xuan and others, his shooting percentage is not too low. Compared with Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill's gentle defense, it is indeed more oppressive. If there must be a representative, then Matt Barnes' defense should be similar to that of Bayes. Like Foley, they all have the same defensive attitude as the guys in the Bad Boys Legion.

With the end of February, the situation of the top few in the East and West is basically clear now. The Lakers, Warriors and Pelicans in the West are still in the top three positions, but the Lakers are leading. The advantage is still very obvious, and the Warriors have encountered some troubles. They are likely to feel the pressure brought by the Pelicans behind them in the next period of time.Needless to say, the Pelicans naturally have a prototype of the Big Four. Even if Holiday is not counted among them, they are also the Big Three. The goal of the season must be the same as that of the Lakers, there is only one goal, and that is the championship.

As for the Eastern side, the sudden rise of the Celtics really surprised people. Under the leadership of Thomas Jr. and Horford, the Celtics' performance this season can only be described as excellent. The teamwork and the diversification of tactics made everyone's eyes shine, but the tragic defending champion Cavaliers is still the same, living on its laurels as usual, without much change.If Celtics coach Stevens is the Popovich of the new generation of coaches, then I think Director Lu can only be regarded as the Scott of the new generation of coaches, except for the fucking old James And Irving, I feel that he has not been able to conjure up some other flowers, so we can see that the 32-year-old Zhan's average playing time is still among the best, and we can see that Irving has already begun to wonder at this young age. It's time to start keeping healthy basketball, because the body really can't bear so much load.

Of course, the most important point is that the Cavaliers have a very big problem inside. Needless to say, Love is injured. This has already had a huge impact on the Cavaliers, but at least they can still have A Tristan Thompson to serve as an inside pillar.As a result, they still underestimated the strength of the Kardashian family. As the league's best defensive player family, the Kardashian sisters are naturally very outstanding in defensive skills. The player selected by the Cavaliers with the No. 9 pick has a very promising future, but he did not expect that he won the championship last season, and this season he began to degenerate crazily.Not only is his performance on the field worse than before, but injuries have also begun to increase. He has missed [-] games so far this season, which makes Lao Zhan a little annoyed.

Of course, what embarrassed the Cavaliers was not just this problem. Behind them was the Pacers who suddenly regained their sense. After that wave of transactions, the current state of the Pacers is also Starting to rise rapidly, the Pacers, who are sitting on strong players such as Pickled Pepper Ibaka and Rose, have a winning percentage even comparable to that of the Warriors after the trade. Now they have caught up to the third position in the Eastern Conference and are already Unconsciously, they narrowed the win gap with the Cavaliers to only 1.5 games left.

Behind the Pacers is the Raptors, which are fierce in the regular season and sluggish in the playoffs. The state of the trash brothers in the playoffs is still the biggest problem they need to solve now. If the problem is solved, then the combat effectiveness of the Raptors should still be very worth looking forward to.

The arrival of March means that the focus of basketball fans in the United States has shifted from the NBA to the NCAA. The Sweet March game is also something that many Americans are looking forward to. In fact, to be honest, NCAA is the one with the most fans. The basketball league, because their basketball game is clean and pure, unlike the NBA, which has been completely commercialized, pure basketball is something that all basketball fans like to watch.Of course, this is also different from CUBA in China. There are basically few people in CUBA who will continue to work in the basketball industry. Concentration camps for sending fresh blood from various basketball leagues In addition to the NBA, there are also many players from the NCAA in various basketball leagues in Europe, so apart from his non-commercial characteristic, he has another characteristic, that is, he is very professional.

After entering March, the current situation of the Lakers has gradually become clear. Their current goal is very simple. While maintaining health, adjust the state of the game for the players as much as possible. As for the victory of the game Negative, there are not many teams that can beat the Lakers now, especially now that Ye Xuan and others are playing more and more stable, it is getting more and more difficult to beat the Lakers upset, unless it is like the above Just like the previous Clippers team, not only the inside and outside lines blossomed at the same time, but also successfully contained Ye Xuan's counterattack.

But playing flowers is not so easy to say. In the first game in March, they ushered in a strong opponent and challenged the Celtics away. This is undoubtedly a challenge for the Lakers. The last time they played against the Celtics, although the Lakers won the final victory, it was actually more because of the opponent's early surrender. It takes a lot of energy.

And in this game, the Celtics are fighting at their home court, and naturally they will not give up the game early again, so the Lakers also ushered in a tough battle in this game. After the first three quarters of the game, The Lakers actually scored only 77 points, while the Celtics only scored 76 points. Both teams defended well, and the Lakers only led their opponents by one point into the final quarter.

But in the last quarter, it's time to compare the fighting power of the All-Star players of the two teams. Although Thomas Jr. is the king of the final quarter this season, his fighting power must have declined when facing Ye Xuan. Ye Xuan's ability to handle the ball is also very good, but in this game, Smart made Ye Xuan feel very uncomfortable. The feeling of being defended by him is very similar to the feeling when he was defended by Tony Allen two years ago. Ye Xuan was very uncomfortable, but fortunately at this time the Lakers still had a key man who stepped forward. Wade was replaced with 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter, and then began his most successful performance of the season. First, Thomas Jr. played two goals in a row in singles, successfully widening the point difference to 3 points, and then after the opponent hit an equalizing three-pointer, he immediately fought back from outside the three-point line.

Although it is said that Wade, as a historical-level shooting guard, his three-point shooting ability is not enough, but Wade is still not soft on the three-pointer at the critical moment, and after this tit-for-tat three-pointer, Wade De's performance was not over yet. In the next few rounds, Ye Xuan assisted Wade twice for a layup after cutting inside. After scoring 5 points, the Lakers gradually took the initiative on the court. The Celtics could only be forced to start a three-point gamble. But at the critical moment, it was Wade again. After the opponent hit another three-pointer, Using the fast serve to directly attack again, the Celtics lost their confidence in chasing points in an instant. In the final stage, the opponent had no choice but to use foul tactics, and Ye Xuan's free throws were naturally not a problem. He made all four free throws. At the end of the game, the old Wade played 5 minutes in the last quarter and scored 11 points on 6 of 6 shots. Everyone shouted that the Flash is back.

But when they continued to go to the away game to challenge the Pelicans, which has become the most luxurious team in the league, after two days, their luck was not as good as this game. The Pelicans, the top three power forwards in the league, can put endless pressure on the Lakers inside, and this game also made Ye Xuan realize that his team still has many unsatisfactory aspects.

In fact, during the game, the Pelicans did not play particularly smoothly due to various reasons. For example, at the beginning, when the Lakers didn't feel smooth on the perimeter, the Pelicans' rhythm became very fast. Oops, they were able to use their rebounding advantage to play a game, but when the Lakers were accurate, their rebounding advantage was not particularly useful, but because Gasol and Randle were also floating on the outside. Pick-and-rolls and the like, so the Pelicans' defense seemed a little chaotic.

But when the Lakers' feel began to decline, their lead began to erode slowly. When the Lakers had the most lead, they even led by 12 points. The Pelicans gradually narrowed the point difference by using the inside play with a higher success rate. In the fourth quarter of the second half, the Pelicans finally overtook the score after three quarters of hard work. up.

And after that, the Lakers never found a chance to take the lead again. On the defensive end, they were caught by Anthony Davis or Cousins ​​from time to time. They were 18 points higher than the Lakers. On the offensive end, they were at a disadvantage on the inside, so they could only shoot from the outside. As a result, there were indeed some problems with the touch. So in the end the Lakers lost this game between the strongest teams in the West.

In fact, the Pelicans still have many problems in this game. For example, they have some different opinions on the distribution of ball rights. The arrival of Cousins ​​​​means that he will get an average of at least 10 shots per game. Opportunity, and the combination of Buddy Hield and Terrence Jones who used to trade him only averaged less than [-] shots per game, so the remaining shots are basically from Anthony and Huo Le Dee's hand, but Anthony obviously did not adapt to this change, so he still has a lot of singles after catching the ball.

Of course, if he can make the ball smoothly, then this is not a problem, but his singles efficiency is obviously not as high as that of Kaoshen who holds the ball in the paint, so the Pelicans will play in the first quarter. It seemed so passive, and even fell behind by double-digit points at one point, but fortunately, the Lakers' touch did not last until the end. At the beginning of the second half, the Lakers' touch began to decline. They made 21 percent of their 12-of-57 three-pointers, but in the second half, they shot 14 percent of their 4-of-28.5 three-pointers.

Of course, in addition to the problem of the distribution of kick-off rights, the problem of the playing time of several stars also caused a lot of trouble for Alvin Gentry. He needs to reasonably allocate the playing time of the four stars to ensure that one of them Until the two can play with some other substitutes on the court, because this is also a weakness of the Pelicans lineup, that is, their substitute lineup is indeed a bit too weak. They are not like the Lakers. The strength of the lineup is strong enough, so they need one or two core points to play together. Although the Lakers will let Wade be replaced in advance, and then play with the substitutes at the beginning of the second quarter. A dozen, but there is still a long period of time when the substitutes headed by Clarkson face the opponent's mixed lineup alone, and they will not fall into a disadvantage.

The last question is also the most critical thing. There are two behemoth players inside Cousins ​​​​and Anthony Davis, which makes it necessary for one of them to make a concession. Both of them can pull Going to the outside to catch the ball can also inflict heavy damage on the opponent inside, but there is only such a little space inside. If both of them squeeze inside, the inside attack will become very difficult. Of course, in general, for this For a luxury Pelicans, these three problems can only be regarded as happiness troubles. After all, it is not easy for other teams to have such troubles.

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