The hottest team in the league is the Los Angeles Lakers, and recently, there is news that the Lakers management has had some conflicts with the core of the team, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, in terms of transactions.
— Mingji reveals why the Los Angeles Lakers are reluctant to trade or even reinforce before the trade deadline.
It is reported that this is because lakers management told James and Davis that the team is unwilling to send future assets and pay luxury taxes to supplement.
"The team, from the boss to the management, believes that LeBron, Anthony Davis, Westbrook, Anthony, are all future Hall of Famers, this is the list and team you choose, so everyone should work hard for it, and the team should not supplement it with future assets or pay luxury taxes."
Objectively speaking, this behavior of the Lakers has shown the attitude of the management, that is, it does not care that it can continue to maintain the championship competition this season, in this case, it is impossible for the Lakers to return to the forefront of the West by changing the player lineup.
As for how the Lakers should play in the next schedule, it can only be expected that the Lakers can suddenly wake up.
Of course, no matter what the management thinks, what the outside public opinion looks at, the Lakers have to play this group of players, the current Lakers are not ranked well, they must focus on the current efforts for the card position battle.
The Lakers' recent poor record, only 1 win in the last 5 games, and even lost to the direct competitors of the playoffs, the Clippers and Blazers, which led to a sharp drop in the morale of their players, fortunately they got three days of rest to find a state, this time, the Lakers appear to be very serious.
Coach Vogel also asked the players to practice on the free throws after the training game, in order to stabilize the confidence of the players in the free throws in the following "devil" schedule.
The Lakers can't afford to lose now, the rebuilding Blazers and the Pelicans after the big deal are chasing after them, once the Lakers lose two more games and fall out of the top nine in the West, they will even lose the playoff qualification, which is absolutely unbearable.
If you lose the game against the Jazz, the Blazers can almost touch the Lakers in terms of record, so this game with the Jazz, the Lakers can not afford to lose.
However, the Jazz will not leave too many opportunities for the Lakers, although they have played a 6-game winning streak in the recent past, but the Nuggets and the Lone Rangers are very tight in terms of record, and the Jazz also need to rely on this game against the Lakers to stabilize the ranking.
The last Lakers vs Jazz ended with the Lakers' victory.
It is reasonable to say that although the Lakers are in a loser state, they should have a psychological advantage, you know, this season's last game against the Jazz, the Lakers are also in a losing streak, but still defeated the Jazz 101-95 to win, even at that time Anthony Davis has not returned, the team lineup is not yet complete.
Therefore, this time the Lakers play with a complete lineup, there should be no "fear" emotions.
However, there is a saying that the Jazz team at that time had some small situations in the game, that was not their normal level, their three-point collective misalignment was the main reason for the loss, this time, the Lakers can still have such good luck, it is really difficult to say.
Will the Lakers' Stanley still show his form last time against the Jazz?
Last game against the Jazz, the Lakers were still behind in the fourth quarter, in order to chase points, they used a very effective "small" lineup, composed of James, Tucker, Munch, Johnson, Reeves composed of "points".
In that lineup, Stanley Johnson became a "surprise soldier" — he led the team to a 15-5 scoring climax in the fourth quarter, when Stanley bounced without a shot, hit the basket to create a kill, and anything.
It was at that time that the Lakers reversed the game with a wave of rhythm, and in the end, the decisive moment, bradley hit a three-pointer, and Wei Shao attacked 2+1 to lock in the win.
In fact, stanley was in a "bursting" state at the time, this set of small lineups, the offensive end, Stanley was extremely efficient, LeBron James attracted the attention of the defense, he took the opportunity to shoot inside and outside, becoming a good endpoint.
Defensively, the Lakers all rely on him in the penalty area to fight Gobert, the Jazz three-point error, and there is no way to rely on the inside line to score, can only sit back and watch the point difference is quickly closed.
In this way, the Lakers got the opportunity to reverse the Jazz.
So, the question is, in the new game, can Stanley still play the previous efficient performance?
It's hard to say.
Anthony Davis needs to stand up.
So if Stanley can't maintain the state of the last game, who does the Lakers need to rely on to take responsibility for the attack and defense of the interior?
Simply put, when the Jazz's three-pointer is normal and the last game is in a truce, can Anthony Davis, who is sitting on the inside, show a sense of presence?
In fact, in order to beat the Jazz, you must first match the height of their lineup at the beginning, and use role players to consume Gobert, but also test the Jazz's outside firepower.
Therefore, Ariza, Howard and others will have a certain amount of playing time, according to Vogel's employment habits, the first half of the sacrifice of a large lineup means that the Lakers will frequently use small lineups in the second half to share the playing time.
Therefore, in the following game time, Anthony Davis is bound to become the main player against Gobert.
It is very worrying that in the previous games, although Anthony Davis has been doing well in terms of enthusiasm and defensive intensity, his offensive ability is not satisfactory, as if he has been sealed, he can't see that he was once a very aggressive interior star.
Once Anthony Davis can't take responsibility on the offensive end to open the situation, then his role is not even as good as Gobert, and the Lakers' use of the lineup with him as the core of the interior line will lose its meaning, at that time, the Lakers will definitely suffer a serious loss.
Therefore, how to get Anthony Davis activated on the offensive end should be a problem that the Lakers should pay attention to.
The Lakers' guard and forward group are not worth worrying about.
LeBron James has always been very good at adjusting, although in the previous few games, his efficiency has been a bit sluggish, but as the break time gets longer, we can still believe that he can play a good performance again.
- Many rotation players, including Munch and Tucker, they all determine the intensity of the data by their feel, as long as they can open the three-point skill pack early, the Lakers will benefit a lot.
Aside from these guys, Russell Westbrook is one of the most noteworthy players.
It's still a "cliché" — he needs to control his mistakes; try to control the court to create opportunities for Anthony Davis; reduce the number of times he breaks through to the basket; strengthen his shooting performance, and so on.
We can't expect him to focus all his attention on the defensive end to become a "defensive master", but we also want his position to be a little more stable, and it would be very satisfying if he could play the same performance as he did in the last game.
This game is very critical, if the Lakers can win this game with the Jazz team will be very helpful to their future schedule, at least the confidence will be improved, and even the players' tacit understanding will become stronger.
Therefore, I hope that their joint training in these days is not in vain, at least to consolidate the opportunity of the play-offs, otherwise, there is really no hope this season.