The fiasco gave the Nuggets 37 points, the Lakers seemed to expose all the problems overnight, the most controversial of which was James's defense, which in many rounds, James habitually asked the referee to complain and was lazy and did not defend, causing the opponent to fight back more and less, behind this, is James's emotional collapse.
In the third quarter of this game, the Lakers in three consecutive defensive rounds of positional warfare, James's three defensive methods are the epitome of the Lakers' defensive ability.
Round 1:
The Nuggets played a high block on the left side, Morris attacked with the ball, Gordon covered in front, and changed Westbrook to Morris, and Gordon played Munch with his back, which was an absolute crush.
In this round, James chose to pack Gordon, Gordon immediately played the ball, passed to Green who slipped the bottom line, Munch changed defense one step late, Jordan Jr. failed to protect the paint area, and Green dunked to the end.
Round 2:
The Nuggets launched exactly the same tactics, exactly the same position, Gordon successfully faced Munch again, but when the block was launched, Munch quickly pounced on Green in the bottom corner on the right, James changed defenses to Gordon, and Gordon single James failed.
Round 3:
Or high block demolition, this time the Nuggets replaced by Morris and Jokic blocked, Jokic took the ball on the front and faced Munch again, James tried to give up the bottom corner of Green came to pack Jokic, but Jokic deserved the teacher's name, a pass bottom corner of the fake action made James stunned, James saw that Jokic did not pass, when trying to wrap Jokic again, Jokic passed, Joe Teacher passed, Green big empty three-point easy hit.
In these three rounds, James's bag was clipped once, the defense was changed once, and he hesitated once, and it was easy to judge James's brain activity in your body movements.
This frustration is with us throughout the game, and with James's career, and James fans know very well that every season, there are always a few games in which James is not in a good mood, the offensive end is messy, the defensive end is leaking, and as he gets older, the frequency of this situation may increase again.
But for the Lakers, from the beginning of the season to the present, there is still no solution to the problem of blocking and demolition, which is related to the Lakers' personnel collocation.
When Howard and Jordan Jr. are on the floor, the Lakers' defensive strategy is still to meet the cover to change defense, which gives the opponent two offensive strong points, a small hit, a breakthrough, shooting can not be prevented; a big hit small, down, encounter the assisted defense pass is also a big trouble. Isn't it over if the cover is not changed?
The problem is that it is not okay to change the defense, and the Lakers' small guards will not squeeze the cover! It is what we often say about going to the line, Westbrook, Munch, Tucker will not, Bradley is the only Lakers player who can qualityly complete the cover of the line squeeze, as long as he can squeeze through, he can still follow the ball owner, Howard and Jordan Jr. can also face the big center, so under the assumption, the Lakers can stand up on the first wall of the defensive end.
But opponents are often aimed at Munch and Wei Shao, both of whom are accustomed to going down the line, and the opponent throws away with an acceleration, and when he encounters a shot, under the cover of the center, it is a three-point empty practice. When encountering a love breakthrough, an arrow step throws away and faces James.
In the game against the Bulls, Grizzlies, Suns, and Nets, James was repeatedly stepped over by the opponent's guard, and even dunked by the next person, which was the same as the previous treatment of thick eyebrows, because the defense of the outside line was out of position, and the inside line was forced to make defensive choices, pounced on the opponent's pass, and did not pounce on the opponent directly.
The choice of thick eyebrows is to pounce on it, so the bottom line is crazy leaking, and at that time, the fans scolded the thick eyebrows for attacking, and even the defense could not be prevented, in fact, the thick eyebrows were wiping their butts. Now James is the same, his defensive footsteps and coverage area is not as good as thick eyebrows, and even in defensive choices, it is not as strong as thick eyebrows, so sometimes it is up to empty the bottom line, and sometimes it is directly abandoned to watch the opponent dunk.
You imagine that in the third round above, James pounced decisively, how effective was it?
Or the bottom line! Green can shoot whenever he wants, and it's okay to burst in (it already happened in the first half). So why not pounce on green?
Teacher Yo: Look at how I stand with the septum Munch!