James's current state can be described as extremely good, not only in the last six games to lead the Lakers to achieve an excellent record of 1 win and 5 losses, his personal data is not left behind, after yesterday's victory over the Hawks to achieve 32 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists of the all-around data, the older James is also creating a number of records, including the longest record of 10 consecutive games to score 25+, the last holder of this record is Michael Jordan, and the only time since 1975 at the age of 37 to get 30 +5 +5 +3+ 3-statist and the oldest player in history to play 30+7+7+3+3. And the total number of career steals surpassed Robertson to reach tenth place in history.
In addition, there is another statistic that shows the greatness of James: according to data expert Justin Kubatko, James has thus become the only player in history to rank in the top ten in career totals (3rd), total assists (8th) and total steals (10th). No other player in NBA history has been able to make the all-time top 30 in all three career statistics at the same time. The title of "Almighty Zhan" is well deserved!
Offensive data we don't talk about today, after all, old Zhan does not have to worry about offense, and too many articles have described his greatness on the offensive end, today we will talk about James's most criticized aspect: the performance of the defensive end. Before we know that even if James is magical, he is also a 37-year-old veteran, it is impossible to completely dominate the offensive and defensive ends of the whole game, the Lakers need him to drive the attack, although when he was young, James's single defense and assistant defense are very good, and the chase is even more unique, but after the age comes, sometimes it is still necessary to let go, and it is common to direct traffic.
But since the thick eyebrow injury, the Lakers' defensive system has completely collapsed, the internal line lacks a strong frame protector, one step is over, and jordan jr. who flies in a flash has different expectations, Vogel's use of Howard has always been a mystery, so the team's defense needs every player to be more involved. At this time, the leader James will take the lead, even if the age rises, the lateral movement speed becomes slower, but he still has a correct defensive attitude and actively pursues the opposing players. And years of accumulated defensive experience also let him have a hand of extremely accurate cutting ability, on the field we often see a player in the face of James to implement a turn over jump shot or turn to break through, the ball in his hand was taken by the old Zhan, and then the Lakers completed the defensive counterattack, which is the epitome of the Lakers in the defensive end in recent games.
The boss of the team can lead the way, what excuse do other players have not to work hard? From the second-to-last defensive efficiency after the thick eyebrow injury to the current league 15th, this is the result of the efforts of the whole team, and the defensive efficiency of the 11th-15th place is not essentially different, the data difference is extremely small, so whether the old Zhan is on the offensive end, the defensive end can also do it himself, such a performance is really incredible.
On January 09, Beijing time, a Lakers blogger tweeted and summarized James's defensive data this season, and his average number of steals and blocks per game was 3 times, which has created a career record. Although the number of steals can not be used as the only measure of defensive effectiveness, some players have a high number of steals, and even won the steals king, but it may not be possible to say that he is very good at defending (Iverson is a good example), but blocks and steals have hit career highs, which is very telling, enough to explain James's current investment in the defensive end. Yesterday's battle against the Hawks even took 4 blocks, 3 steals, dominating both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. I believe that if we continue like this, waiting for the return of the thick eyebrows, the team's defense can be further improved, and then the Lakers can still compete for this season's O'Brien Cup as a championship team.