Beijing time on January 9, the Los Angeles Lakers will play against the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow, facing the Grizzlies who have won 8 consecutive wins and morante who have recently been in hot form, the Lakers will definitely encounter a vicious battle, but for the Lakers who are in a 4-game winning streak, this game is also a good touchstone, they can judge accordingly, whether the team has really undergone a transformation, or still can only abuse the paper tigers.
The good news is that the Lakers are now in the first 4 consecutive wins of the season, the morale of the whole team is high, the good state of James, Munch, Tucker, Anthony and others has given the team the courage to challenge any team, and head coach Vogel's platooning in the recent period also makes people see the shadow of the champion coach in the Lakers' championship season. It is worth mentioning that since the comeback from the lifting of the security agreement, Vogel has led the Lakers to a record of 4 wins and 0 losses.
Such results are not accidental, after the comeback, Vogel insisted on making 3 major adjustments, allowing the Lakers to directly complete the transformation. The first is to insist on letting James play center, which is Vogel's adjustment to arrange the acting coach during the quarantine period, after the official comeback, Vogel will implement this style of play to the end, even in the Lakers' game against the Timberwolves, the Lakers rebounds in frontcourt were exploded by the Timberwolves, Vogel did not waver in his determination. It turns out that James' strategy of playing center has worked wonders, and the team has won consecutive victories.
Secondly, it is Vogel who chose to make Munch the starter of the team, before in the interview Vogel said that he is very much looking forward to this adjustment, he believes that Munch can have a good chemical reaction with James and Westbrook in the starting lineup, and everyone has seen that Munch has completely ushered in an outbreak, playing better than the other, in yesterday's Lakers' victory over the Eagles, Munch is a new high of 29 points next season.
In the end, it was Vogel who finally decided to remove Tucker from the starting lineup and let him play as a substitute, before Vogel insisted on letting Tucker start the decision attracted a lot of criticism from fans, in the starting lineup, Tucker's offensive and defensive efficiency was too poor, but after returning to the bench, he completely let go of the pressure, the more he played, the better, in yesterday's game, he also cut 19 points, and the performance in recent games has been outstanding.
There is no doubt that Vogel's recent adjustments have been very successful, and at the beginning of the season, he was angrily sprayed by the fans for various changes and miscommandment, but now he is starting to prove himself again and slowly. If you think about it, maybe it's not that Vogel himself is too bad, but that he was pit by Pelinka. Since Vogel took over the management of the Lakers, the team has been changing blood every season, and Pelinka's signing has been controversial, resulting in the team's lineup is actually very strange, this season the problem of guarding piles up will be a headache for any coach.
The lineup has changed blood every season, the team's chemistry has to be re-cultivated every season, the tactical system and rotation lineup also need to be rebuilt, which has led to Vogel has always been able to use the game to test the lineup, from the beginning of the season to the present, the Lakers have actually experimented with at least a dozen sets of lineups, in the continuous change of lineup, the Lakers can still be in the top eight in the West is actually very good, the Lakers' poor management is the real problem.
The good news is that now that Vogel has been tested for more than half a season, coupled with the gradual return of the Lakers injured, the team chemistry is getting better, the lineup rotation is more stable, Vogel can finally lead the Lakers to a good impact on the record, and then it may be time for him to prove himself completely.