What does it mean that the Nuggets have a higher three-point shooting percentage than a shooting percentage?
After losing to the Kings, the Lakers were given three days of rest, which is good news for the Lakers with an older lineup. The away challenge to the Nuggets, who were also hit by injuries, was a great opportunity for the Lakers to get out of the losing streak, however, the Lakers still failed to seize the opportunity. Moreover, the Lakers not only did not seize the opportunity, but also lost the game by a score of 96-133, suffering a 37-point defeat, and the biggest point difference in the game even reached 42 points at one point.
LeBron James scored a team-high 25 points on 9-of-23 shooting from 8 three-point range, plus 7 free throws, and scored a team-high 25 points on 9-of-23 shooting, plus nine rebounds, two assists, and two blocks, but unfortunately couldn't help the team win. Russell Westbrook, who had previously had a sluggish hand, found the feel, and on 7 of 15 shooting, including 2 three-pointers, 1 plus 4 free throws, 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and there were no mistakes. However, the normal performance of Wei Shao also failed to help the Lakers win. Wei Shao played badly, the Lakers could not win; Wei Shao played well, the Lakers still could not win. It seems that the Lakers' problem is not a problem with Wei Shao.
Let's take a look at the Nuggets' data first: in the whole game, the Nuggets shot 51.6% from the field, which is very efficient, but there is something more surprising, the Nuggets shot 23 three-pointers with a 57.5% shooting rate, if it were not for the last quarter of the training moment to pull down the shooting rate, the Nuggets' three-point shooting rate throughout the game should be more than 60%. Well, three-point shooting rate is higher than shooting percentage, what is this concept? Looking at the data again, from the 83-84 season to the present, the Nuggets have a total of four single-game three-point shooting rate of not less than 55%, three-point shooting of not less than 20%, and the game with the Lakers is one of them.
Therefore, the Lakers should be more humiliated, and the simple downturn on the offensive end can be forgiven, after all, there must be ups and downs in the state of the players. But what about the Lakers' defense? When the Nuggets hit three-pointers again and again, where is the Lakers' defense? What is even more unacceptable is that the Lakers have not changed this situation at all, and have been watching the Nuggets shoot three points from beginning to end. In the fourth quarter, the Nuggets' worst three-point performance was 7 of 16 in the fourth quarter, and the other three-quarter games had a three-point shooting rate of more than 55%. How bad the Lakers' defense on the outside is self-evident.
So, after the game, many people will ask where is Nashon Hyland? He had 27 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on 5 of 15 three-pointers, including 8.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per game, shooting 36.9% and 34.4% from three-point range, respectively, for Hyland, who averaged only 8.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per game in the season, shooting 36.9% and 34.4% of three-pointers, the game against the Lakers was simply a superstar experience ticket. And he is just a player with the twenty-sixth pick in the first round of 2021, a rookie.
Then, it was veteran Jeff Green's old husband who talked about juvenile madness, scoring 26 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 10 of 14 shooting, including 5 three-pointers, 2 free throws, 2 free throws. MVP Nikola Jokic didn't even sweat much, he had 17 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists on 7-of-12 shooting, and the Lakers' basket was simply the sea in front of the Nuggets, and the defensive pressure was not even as good as in training games. In an interview after the game, Wei Shao said: "Sometimes, we have to make the decision to play harder, regardless of the team system and game plan, other teams just play harder. In fact, Wei Shao has already pointed out the problem, no one has taken the lead in doing a good job in every offensive and defensive round, and the Lakers may only be able to maintain this state.
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