Lakers 107-104 Kill Lone Ranger!
Both sides are now injured, and Doncic's ankle is injured again, leaving the Lone Ranger missing the core. But Kidd took Bronson into the starting line-up and Pozin as a fulcrum, and then let Hardaway Jr. bring a substitute, which was to some extent to make up for Doncic's lack.
The Lone Rangers have less aura, added a bit of stockiness and regularity, and for them in the regular season, it is not clear whether it is good or bad.
On the Lakers' side, Nunn and Ariza have not returned, and Munch, Tucker and Howard are all quarantined, which can be called an injury camp. One of the biggest problems is that Howard doesn't play, giving the Lakers one less tactical option.
So before overtime, both sides showed their own problems.
The Lone Ranger's problem was that the three-point deficit was: 3-of-18 in the first half, shooting 16 percent; 6-of-21 in the second half, shooting 28.5 percent. The quasi-head is a certain recovery, but it is not too obvious.
The Lone Ranger's three-pointer is not good in the league, but it is not bad enough to shoot at 23%. And it's not that they can't shoot against people, it's that Bronson and Pozin use the Lakers defense to create a gap, and the outside shooter group can't shoot.
Hardaway Jr. couldn't shoot, Bullock couldn't shoot, Finney Smith couldn't shoot, Porzingis couldn't shoot, and the whole team highlighted an iron. As long as their feel is slightly better, the Lakers may be accounted for in regular time.
Since the Lone Ranger's outer line is so iron, shouldn't the Lakers be a big advantage? How can you still fight with the Lone Ranger, and it is difficult to score high?
The Lakers' problem was the "mini five" lineup they used in the first half of the second and fourth quarters, because there was no height, and the offense and defense were at a loss.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Guago's signature mid-range hit extended the point difference to 12 points before being overtaken 13-0 by a wave of the Lone Rangers.
The reason is that the Lakers' defensive strategy is not to pinch Potin, but the Lakers' lineup is too small, can only let James to defend Potin, Potin at least not to lose money. But once there is a change of defense, it is a big misalignment, which is the offensive end.
Defensive end Ofozun inside the line is a pass, the Lakers simply can't go to the basket, go to the basket to eat the hat, the lone ranger follows is to counterattack. If you don't go to the basket, you can only look at the accuracy of the outside three points, and the Lakers' second-quarter shooting rate in the first quarter fell down, and they were counterattacked by the Lone Ranger.
The first half of the fourth quarter is completely a reproduction of the second quarter, originally the two sides were still drawn after the third quarter, but the Lakers immediately became the beaten party as soon as they lit up the "mini five" of James standing in the fifth position.
Porzingis scored 23 points, including 15 in the second and fourth quarters, not without reason. And these 15 points, there are most of the "mini five small" points from the Lakers, in short, the bully Lakers are not high enough.
So Vogel is his brain out of the box? Knowing that the "mini five small" is to go up to send points, but also insist on going, is this the legendary "you don't pick up the points I sent and still want to go"?
In fact, it is not all Vogel's tendons, he has his own grievances. He has tried to tear James and Westbrook apart, but two players who have played more than 36 minutes have been taken apart, and there is also a lot of overlap in time.
The connection between the second and fourth quarters is the time when the two appear together, at this time, just when the thick eyebrows are about to rest, he can't take jordan up to block the space, so he can only swing five small.
It is a choice that you know you can't do, and you don't have a choice.
But even after five small, the problem of James and Westbrook's mutual exclusion remained unresolved, and it was delayed until overtime.
The Lakers and the Lone Rangers' last 5 minutes of overtime can be broken down into two stages - the first 2 minutes and 15 seconds and the last 2 minutes and 45 seconds, the demarcation point is that James was clipped to The Westbrook in the bottom corner after being hit, Westbrook crossed the bridge with three points, the Lone Ranger got the rebound to play a counterattack, and the point difference came to 3 points.
Why would the Lone Ranger dare to pinch James?
Because there is a few wills on the court, the Lone Ranger can boldly let him shoot from the outside.
Why did Westbrook, who didn't have the threat of shooting, end up on the court?
, with the team's salary of up to 44 million, you can't help but finally let the buddies play.
So when Jian Wei was on the court at the same time, it was obvious that it was more appropriate for Wei Shao to take the ball and let James play the role of shooter, why would he be transferred?
Because Westbrook always jumps between heroes and happy comedians with the ball, and in the last moments, any mistake can be fatal, the ball always looks more reassuring in James' hands.
Letting go of Wei Shao's pinch on James is a huge trap, and the Lakers know that they have to step on it.
Dead end! The only thing that can bring the dead game back to life is Wei Shao himself, so the last thing the two sides can compare is whether Wei Shao himself can break out of the game.
If you can, the Lakers will win; no, the Lakers will lose.
After the timeout returned, James still attracted a pinch attack with his low back to Smith, Potzin returned to the basket to make up for the thick eyebrows, and Westbrook was still empty in the bottom right corner. James passed to the thick eyebrows that went around the middle of the road, and Bozin immediately followed, if Wei Shao did not move at this time, the ending might be exactly the same as the last round.
But this time he cut to the basket from the bottom right corner, and the big pass inside the thick eyebrow penalty area was small, and Wei Shao received the ball and scored on the basket.
Wei Shao is willing to move without the ball, so that the Lakers' dead chess game is slowly alive.
1 minute later, Wei Shao arced the ball at the top, glimpsed the misalignment of thick eyebrows and Smith under the basket, a cannonball-style pass, thick eyebrows received the ball, and the Lakers overtook 1 point;
In the next round, the Lone Ranger's pass error was snatched by the Lakers, and Wei Shao received the ball to launch a counterattack, and one side of the side went straight to the front court, passing to James who followed up in the middle of the road to dunk the shot;
In the last 23.5 seconds, Wei Shao's pass hit three points after James attracted the pinch, which can be said to be the blossoming of the iron tree, or it can be said that it is a long drought and rain, and this ball at least ensures that the Lakers do not lose in the first overtime;
And the last three-pointer that assisted Reeves' kill, in fact, the Lakers played exactly the same as the last round, which was attracted by James, and Westbrook was vacant here. But Westbrook was extremely calm, even if the last three-point shot, he did not try again, but chose to catch the ball to break through to do a second process, passing to the outside Line Rivers an absolute empty three-point opportunity.
The killer ball was scored by Rivers, of course, the biggest contributor, but it should not be too much to give Westbrook in half.
I haven't associated the word Willsho with calm in a long time, but in the last 2 minutes and 45 seconds of overtime today, Westbrook 5 minutes, 3 assists and 0 turnovers, even let me see Paul's shadow.
Behind the scenes hero, my will!
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