Lakers recently recovered, following the last big win over the Blazers, they beat the Timberwolves 108-103 today to win two consecutive wins, in the absence of thick eyebrows, gradually out of the haze of repeated defeats, it is not difficult to find that the basis of the Lakers' winning is still James's own system to determine the lower limit of strength, the latter with the "full strength" model, the season's personal average data increased to 28.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.6 assists, but also once again achieved some originally unknown role players.
He also cultivated a guard with a knife and became a valuable asset for the Lakers
Compared to the performance of the last game of 29 shots and 19 slashes of 43 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists, James's state of the game is slightly average, he played 39 minutes but got 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, the Lakers' three-point shooting rate was only 31.7%, of which Westbrook was 5 of 0, Johnson was 3 of 0, Tucker was 2 of 0, but at this time Munch maintained a stable projection efficiency, he shot 8 of 14 in the whole game, 4 of 9 from three-pointers, and scored 22 points after James, which was one of the biggest contributors to the team's victory.
In fact, Munch from the Lakers to stand out is not surprising, counting today's game, he averaged 20.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in the five games after his comeback, shooting 57.4%, shooting 41.7% from three points, and shooting 100% from the free throw line, which is the most efficient and trustworthy backcourt partner in the entire Lakers team.
Take a look at munch and James' representative tactical coordination:
At the beginning of the second quarter, James mentioned receiving Munch's pass from the high position to attract Beverley's attention, the former immediately returned the pass, and Munch arced a three-point shot in the empty position;
- Then James held the ball on his back near the free throw line, Munch cut to the basket, the former hit the ground to pass the ball accurately, Munch easily scored on the basket;
— Four minutes into the fourth quarter, James held the ball to attract the bag clip, and Munch Mahara hit the left side of the three-point pass.
Old Zhan's pass is indeed haunted, but Munch can always run out of the right position at the first time, and then catch the ball to score, this kind of consciousness ability is what the Lakers need most at the moment, not only infinitely amplifying the threat of James to attract defense, but also making the tactical operation extremely smooth, I have to say that in the system around James, "with a knife guard" will never become obsolete.
The best teammate for James' system is still the old recipe
What common conclusions can be drawn from Munch's recent explosive performance? The answer is that the Lakers finally chose to go the old way when James was in the Cavaliers, the all-round ball holding big core is all-encompassing, the team needs a large number of three-point shooters and interior blue-collar workers, according to relevant statistics, when playing with James, Anthony's three-point shooting rate increased from 33.6% to 46.9%, Munch's bottom corner three-point shooting rate rose from 27.7% to 50%, and these two people are the Lakers' most pure pitchers at present; and blue-collar, Jordan Jr.'s two-point shooting percentage also went from 57.1 percent to a terrifying 70 percent.
However, compared with the years when he once led the team with a single core, James is now in addition to being older and his physical fitness has declined slightly, but also has more obstacles that require a lot of ball possession, the latter is not empty to run, there is almost no diversion in the no-ball state, resulting in opponents daring to exert greater defensive pressure on James; second, the shooting ability is really not good, the regular 7 shots are 1, 5 shots are 0, wasted too many opportunities that should have been scored, the Lakers want to maximize the ability of the old Zhan to bring his own system, Munch's knife-wielding bodyguard alone is bound to hit a bottleneck, and I don't know if they'll break through in the middle of the season.
As a team that still aims to compete for the championship, the Lakers' current most secure play is indeed "one star and four shots", even if the thick eyebrow brother Davis returns from injury after four weeks, it may not be impossible to become the next Luck, and the best positioning of Wei Shao is still the rotation core, which is caused by the natural relationship of the team's function matching, and has nothing to do with the waste teammates.