38.7 seconds before the finale, Kristaps Porzingis received a three-point pass from Tomash Sartoransky to help the Wizards gain a six-point lead, which was almost a three-point kill for the game. Throughout the fourth quarter of the game, we saw the shadow of the unicorn again, he made 16 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 7 shots and 3 free throws in a single quarter, almost single-handedly leading the Wizards to complete the reversal.
Porzingis played the best game since joining the Wizards, when the Lakers sacrificed the death of the five small lineup, Porzingis's height of 2.21 meters became a natural advantage, the Lakers' defense is nothing more than a scope for him. This height gap must be acknowledged, but is there no problem with the Lakers' defense? We might as well take a look at Porzingis' key three-point shot against the Lakers' defense.
Satoransky held the ball at the top of the arc, defended by Russell Westbrook, then Porzingis came to block Satoransky, and Porzingis was defended by LeBron James. This is a very simple blocking tactic, and there are no more than two ways to defend, one is delay, and the other is to change defense. To be honest, Porzingis's blocking was just a cover, Satoransky broke through from the right, while Porzingis's block was on the left. So, Wei Shao followed Satoransky.
In general, James has two options, one is for him to delay Satoransky a bit in advance, and the other option is for him to change to Porzingis. However, James gave a third option, and he may have realized that Westbrook could not catch up with Satoransky's footsteps, so he chose to retreat. As a result, Wei Shao chased Satoransky to defend, and then Porzingis outside the three-point line gained an empty seat, and Wei Shao was too late to return to the defense, and could only watch Porzingis hit three points.
Obviously, the Lakers' defense has been labeled as a failure. Westbrook's defense would have been no pressure, so Satoransky would have directly taken advantage of the position, and then James did not delay Satoransky, nor did he change defenses to Porzingis, and finally the Lakers' defense had problems, and the opponent directly hit the three-pointer. Well, in fact, this is just the epitome of the Lakers' entire season, and they often have no way to do anything when they face the end of the blocking and receiving the ball.
After losing to the Wizards, the Lakers have played 71 games, and the data is no longer a small sample data. In these 71 games, the Lakers' opponent's goal-blocking catch-up hit rate reached 60.8%, the highest in the league, and only the Lakers' opponent's opponent's goal-blocking catch-up end hit rate reached 60%+, and the opponent could get an average of 1.24 times per blocking and receiving round. 71 games can already represent the performance of this season, it can be said that throughout the season, the Lakers have not solved the opponent's blocking and receiving the ball to end.
Frank Vogel is a defensive coach, it is reasonable to say that the team's defense will definitely be taken seriously, but unfortunately the Lakers have been such a bad performance all season, will Vogel really not know? Now that the Lakers' record is bad, Vogel has endured huge doubts, in fact, the Lakers' problem is far from being solved by Vogel. Like this kind of defensive demolition end of the round, is it difficult for Vogel to emphasize in each game? Perhaps, Vogel has already seen through the answer, and he has been emphasizing the return of Anthony Davis, because after Davis returns, the Lakers' defensive system will be reconstructed.
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