Beijing time on January 27, the Los Angeles Lakers will challenge the Philadelphia 76ers tomorrow away, this game is crucial for the Lakers, because their Western Conference ranking has just been surpassed by the Clippers, fell to the ninth in the West, considering that it has entered the second half of the season, if the Lakers do not want to play play-offs, they need to win more as soon as possible, otherwise once the record with the top eight in the West is getting bigger and bigger, the next game will be more and more difficult to play.
The good news is that in the last Game of the Lakers to beat the Nets, their All-Star interior anthony Davis has officially returned, although the overall playing time is not long, but from the thick eyebrow opening air shuttle dunk can be seen that his physical condition is very good, not only that, many fans also note that the thick eyebrow seems to have become a lot thinner, and according to the latest news, the thick eyebrow is indeed a success in weight loss.
Today, Lakers reporter Jovan Buha talked about Lakers forward Anthony Davis in a podcast show. Buha said: "Based on what I was told, Anthony Davis lost some weight. He spent a lot of time in the gym, trying to lose some of the weight he gained last offseason. ”
There are two pieces of information that are very noteworthy, in addition to the thick eyebrows have lost some weight, the most important thing is that the thick eyebrows are actually the weight gained in the offseason, a large part of the reason may be that the Lakers decided to let the thick eyebrows play the fifth position this season, in order to enhance the confrontation ability in the inner line, the thick eyebrows chose the appropriate weight gain, but the results of this practice is not appropriate, the thick eyebrows playing the five position not only failed to liberate Wei Shao, but also let the thick eyebrows themselves lose their previous flexibility and shooting feel.
The Lakers' current record and Westbrook's poor performance, has proved that the Lakers let the thick eyebrows play the No. 5 position strategy is wrong, so the thick eyebrows choose to lose weight at this time, it should also be the Lakers internal consultation and communication, in the next game, the Lakers may choose to let the thick eyebrows return to the No. 4 position, and use Howard more to play center, restart the twin tower lineup, although this style of play does not necessarily work in the playoffs, but recent seasons have also proved that the twin tower lineup in the regular season, It was one of Vogel's killing moves.
Of course, if the Lakers re-use the twin-tower lineup, this means that they need to sacrifice some of Wei Shao's offensive space, but for Wei Shao now, his contribution on the offensive end is limited, rather than spending a lot of money trying to activate Wei Shao, it is better to find a way to make others play more efficiently. And according to the latest news, the Lakers management has allowed Vogel to coach Wei Shao more severely, and if necessary, he can also let Wei Shao sit on the bench, which is enough to show that the Lakers' next strategy is no longer to line up around Wei Shao.
As for the thick eyebrows, the benefits of weight loss for him are self-evident, he can reduce the risk of injury, reduce the pressure on the knees, and at the same time restore flexibility to help him play a better defensive role on the defensive end, in the last game he just returned to contribute 4 blocks, let people vaguely see the omnipotent, defensive end of the thick eyebrows. If thick eyebrows can finally get back to that state in the 2020 playoffs, then the Lakers this season are still promising.