In a preseason game ended today, Timberwolves 114-99 defeated Lakers . The three Lakers' Big Three are on the verge at the same time in this game, which also gives some Lakers' newcomers the opportunity. Among them, Thomas Bryant was taken to the starting No. 5 position against Gobert , and the performance was still good. In the first quarter, Bryant killed the basket many times, and with Reeves' support, the Lakers were once led by 8 points. Afterwards, Edwards made a strong effort, and the Timberwolves caught up to 3 points in the first quarter.
The Timberwolves' overall strength in the second quarter is indeed stronger. They led by 12 points in a single quarter and overtook 52-43 in the first half. The Timberwolves blossomed in full swing in the second half, and the score difference had reached 23 points. The Lakers can only rely on Bryant to support him. He is extremely brave in playing 2+1. Hua Zi scored 13 points in the Timberwolves, Gobert was unable to score 5 points in the offense, but grabbed 12 rebounds, and Russell contributed 13 points.
Young people on the Lakers have exploded. Reeves is still a rebounding genius. He felt bad today and scored 6 points for 2 of 8 shots but still grabbed 8 rebounds. Potted Brother Walker contributed 10 points, Pippen scored 13 points, 7 assists, 2 breaks and 2 shots, and made 4 of 12 shots. Bryant became the most dazzling star in the game. He scored 5 of 8 shots and scored 18 points, 7 rebounds, 1 hat and 1 steal, and the plus and minus value +9 is the best.
This year's offseason, the Lakers did not renew their contract with Howard . Now, thinking about it, our situation is indeed low. Compared with the elderly Howard, compared with the young and strong Bryant. The Lakers are indeed doing the right thing. After experiencing the failure of the sunset last season, Pelinka finally woke up like a dream. In fact, the same thing is true. The Lakers' failure last season was to die on the veterans. How can the team play when they are too old? In a twilight team, if the veterans are too many games, they will be defeated.
A team with core veterans should be injected into a large number of young people to do dirty work and tiring work, and at the same time it can inspire the spirit of veterans. Just like when we were walking in the park, no one wanted to go to a park where the elderly were, but even more wanted to go to a place where young people gathered. Because the air can be filled with a strong youthful atmosphere, not the dusk atmosphere. Last year, the Lakers' average age was the oldest in the league. Howard and Anthony were both very old. It was not that they were not working hard but they were unable to do so.
This year's preseason Lakers are similar to last season, and they both lost consecutively. But the entire team can clearly see vitality, because except for James and Westbrook Beverly, the rest are young people who are basically no more than 25 years old. The benefit of this is that everyone is brave and is more suitable for Westbrook's performance. The most important thing is that his strength has been improved. Compared with Howard, Bryant is more suitable for , and Lakers system. He is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 112 kg. He can resist the No. 5 position of the Black Brow, and can also help Westbrook open up space. It is worth mentioning that Bryant was chosen by the Lakers himself. He won Bryant with the 42nd pick in the second round of 2017, but gave up afterwards.
However, Bryant ushered in an explosion in Wizards , and his data continued to soar in the three seasons of the Wizards. He averaged 10.5 points in the first year, 13.2 points in the second year, and 14.3 points in the third year, and his shooting percentage hovered between 58% and 65%, and his three-point shooting percentage was also rated as 38%. In other words, he is not a big man without shooting. Bryant is an all-around big man who can average 0.9 three-pointers with more than 40% of the shooting percentage. In him you see the Warriors Looney , and he is only 25 years old, which is probably one of the best signings for the Lakers this offseason.
