Preface
Although the Lakers are still in the preseason stage, it is true that no matter whether they win or lose, they will have no impact on the record of Lakers . But although the results of the game are not important, the Lakers can be said to have a lot to improve as a "re-formed" team in the past few games. It must be mentioned that the Lakers experienced a complete defeat in the preseason last season, but the outside world still believes that this is irrelevant. Fans should be very clear about what happened after
, so preseason record cannot cause anything to the Lakers, but preseason performance may become a bad precursor before the start of the regular season. In the past 5 games, the Lakers lost 4 of them, winning only the Warriors , which "caused internal strife". Lakers News: Only 5 games, 3 major problems were exposed! Ham is in conflict, thick eyebrows really can’t help!
lacks outside projection, and mistakes cannot be avoided. Defense still needs to be improved
on the field against Timberwolves , once again amplifying the problem of the Lakers lacking outside projection, which is why I want to put it first. What’s ridiculous is that some fans vowed to give the role of “shooter” to Beverly during the offseason. You should know that Beverly has not been known as an outside pitcher throughout his career. Although his outside shooting percentage is the Lakers' highest, it must be admitted that he is not professional in this regard.
played against the Timberwolves. Putting aside the subsequent three-pointers made by Gabriel and Jones in garbage time, the Lakers' data in this regard is 7 of 36 shots. The best of them is . Old James made 2 of 4 shots from the outside, Beverly made 1 of 5 shots from the outside, and Sweed made 2 of 7 shots. So far, the Lakers' preseason three-point line has only about 30%, with the best shooting percentage coming from Nunn and Ryan, but the latter has no standard contract yet.
three-pointers are almost indispensable in the current league rhythm. Although a large number of rookies in the lineup will not participate in regular season games, among which Reeves, Walker, Anderson and others have all lowered the team's average level. You should know that in the subsequent games, Reeves and Walker have great tactical responsibilities in the team.
, and it is another mistake, which has not been resolved since last season. The only game against the Warriors that won was not very reference, because the main rotation player in that game did not appear, the best example was the game against the Timberwolves. However, when the main player's playing time was controlled at about 25 minutes, the Lakers still made 20 mistakes. When faced with so many mistakes last season, many fans were also comforting.
This is the Lakers' adaptation to the new lineup and new tactics, which will improve in subsequent games. But throughout the season, the Lakers averaged 14.5 turnovers per game, ranking fourth in the league. Since the preseason, the Lakers have made up 19 turnovers per game! Of course, this number may drop after entering the regular season, as some players will be delegated to the Development League. However, this problem is still bad when seeing Reeves averaging 23 minutes per game and leading the team with three turnovers.
finally got the defensive end, playing against the Timberwolves. In the absence of Towns and Gobert , the Timberwolves used Reed as the starting center. Within 27 minutes, Reed scored a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds. In addition, Reed actually has the opportunity to score 3 three-pointers from the outside, which is absolutely intolerable on the defensive end. After introducing Beverly, the Lakers' ability on the defensive end has indeed increased, especially on the outside.
While the thick eyebrows remain healthy, the Lakers' inside defense is still reliable. But if the defense of these two people is put into the entire team, when they are running, they will find that they are frequently disconnected on the defensive end. No matter how Ham adjusts the lineup, this defensive net will have many loopholes at some point.Ham certainly realized this, so before the start of the game, Ham hoped that Jones would be the center team would not appear in these few games.
Hamm made a bold decision, which was to let Davis serve as the center and pull Beverly, who should have defended the backcourt player, to the small forward. Jones and Thomas are considered unable to keep up with the team's pace and their playing time has dropped significantly. Ham hopes to push the defense through offense, faster defense counterattack . But this will never happen. No matter which team, even the Warriors will sacrifice defense because of such a small lineup.
Conclusion
Ham insists on using a small lineup to make the problem more complicated. There is a lack of outside projection, the space is compressed, and the frequent fast pace leads to the occurrence of high error rates. The restraint of Davis in the inside has been proven in these games. He is still at the dominant level, defense at the basket, shooting at mid-range, singles at low posts, cuts at empty cuts, etc., but the premise for allowing Davis to complete all of this comfortably is to have an outside shot to expand the space. In the past two games, Davis scored 28 points + 19 points respectively. It can only be said that he may have felt the "feeling of killing the group leader" in the Pelicans era.
