On December 24, Beijing time, the Lakers' five-small lineup was blown up by the opponent. James had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 10-of-16 shooting in the half, but the Lakers still trailed by 11 points. Wang Shipeng couldn't help but complain that the Lakers didn't have good pitchers. Throughout the first half, the Lakers shot 3-of-14 from three-point range.
The current Lakers are too difficult, and after the thick eyebrows fell, the team's internal line is really overstretched. Facing the Spurs, the Monsters made their debut, and Jordan Jr. looked abandoned. In this case, when the monster goes down, the Lakers can only kill five small.
However, such a small lineup has a fatal shortcoming. In the first quarter, James went off the court after playing 9 minutes and 33 seconds, and the Lakers fell into a 3:05 sports goal drought and were pulled away by the Spurs.
The Lakers' death five small defensive end has no rebounding guarantee, and they do not have unlimited rotations, and the defensive end often loses one or the other. On the offensive end, the Lakers' five-small lineup is also flawed. With 5 minutes and 48 seconds left in the second quarter, the Lakers were stopped, Ellington missed three points, almost threw three no sticks, turned back, Diop turned under the basket and dunked. Wang Shipeng, a former national player and commentator of the men's basketball team, said helplessly, "The Lakers do not have good pitchers, and the Spurs defense shrinks very small." ”
In this way, the Lakers in the first half trailed James to the best of his ability, he shot 10 of 16, had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, but he was powerless to stop the team from trailing by 11 points.