On January 16, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Nuggets played against the Lakers at home. The Nuggets are sixth in the West and the Lakers are seventh in the West, in other words, this game is a real card battle, one game when two games come to play, and when the final competition rankings are made, it is necessary to calculate the relationship between winning and losing and scoring small points. The final result is reasonable, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 96-133, suffering three consecutive defeats! Now this Lakers, really every problem is not the same, and it seems that it can not be solved, and today, I really want to talk about Old Zhan.
Old Zhan played 31 minutes today, 9 of 23, 2 of 8 from three-point range, and had 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, plus-minus -17. This is not surprising at all, because in the game, Teacher Su Qun and Teacher Wang Zhaofeng both expressed the same view: James is too lazy on the defensive end and is used to being lazy. To give two examples, the game went to the third quarter, the Lakers once chased only 14 points, the Lakers position battle defense, Jokic free throw line holding the ball, the old Jan inexplicably came up, not a pinch, but missed his own opponent Jeff Green, Jokic immediately passed the ball over, Green blasted three points! Immediately after 2 minutes, Barton stormed the basket, old Zhan was in a semi-defensive state, but he did not move, Barton did not force the attack, but passed to Gordon in the bottom corner, Gordon hit another three points, against the defender, or old Zhan.
In fact, Lao Zhan's performance of 30+ consecutive games in the past ten or so games is indeed gratifying, as a 37-year-old veteran, it is very rare to maintain such an efficient offensive state at this stage of his career. But for a star of James's level, we naturally have higher requirements, not to keep his concentration in every defense, or to keep up with the ball carrier, but James' defensive end really affects the entire Lakers defensive system. Howard or Jordan Jr., when James has a traditional number five position around him, he rarely goes to the basket guard frame card position, although the old Zhan rebounds the most, but the rebounding and card position confrontation are two concepts, such as Westbrook's rebounding and Adams's card position. In addition, James' defensive aggressiveness is not high, which can have a more serious consequence.
Today, the Nuggets opened the outside line early, including Hyland, Reed, Gordon, Jeff Green and others almost no shots, why? Defensive intensity is not enough, Munch and Bradley are indeed active, chasing the defense all over the field, Westbrook and Old Zhan these two points, frequent leakage, taking into account the first point, taking into account the second point, the Nuggets passed the ball more, the opportunity came out, immediately bombed three points, how to solve? The opponent feels like it is played, how to limit it on the offensive end? James is on the floor, he can still respond with his own score, he is not on the court, the Lakers offense and defense are gone, that is not a fiasco and what is it? The Lakers have set the tone this season to sacrifice the defensive end, but maybe not this model of abandoning defense altogether, right? I think even the fans of Lao Zhan and the Lakers, if they really watch this game, they will not be satisfied with the overall performance of Lao Zhan!
In addition, Westbrook no longer passes, Old Zhan's assists are not much, the Lakers today's tandem is the best munch, he is constantly feeding the ball to Howard, Ariza, Westbrook, which also makes people not very adaptable, the Lakers are now from one extreme to the other, before it was too many ball carriers, send away Rondo, reduce The right to play, Old Zhan also does not stand up to control the court, so let Munch preside over the overall situation? That being the case, it's better to go up to Tucker and let him single in the transition and rush to the Nuggets' basket. It can be said that Vogel now borrowed the east wall to make up for the west wall because of Wei Shao, and the whole house collapsed. The defensive end loses concentration, and the players have their own thoughts, the offensive end has no rules, in addition to Wei Shao's strong attack is the old Zhan singles, the basic tandem and cooperation are not, what are the Lakers doing this half season?
I don't know how the Lakers can change in the future, Westbrook's current state, there will be no team willing to accept him. Until Davis returns, Old Jen will always sacrifice the defensive end and attack with all his might. The Lakers' role players have greater ups and downs, there is no stability to rely on, Munch and Bradley are very tired, and the bench transition section has not been stable until now, Stanley Johnson said that it is not necessary, Ellington, who has performed well before, can not get too many opportunities, if I am Vogel, I will resign on my own, do not play, this Lakers is too chaotic, Vogel is now like a puppet of the Lakers, you can't grasp it!