The season is in full swing, and it's time for the chickens to replay the game for all fans and friends.
This article will bring an analysis of the Lakers vs Magic game. We will discuss the characteristics of Reeves' style of play, the performance of his career night and the subjective, objective, and environmental 3 aspects and 4 reasons for the continuous slump in the thick eyebrow offensive end.
Without further ado, let's go straight to the analysis!
Let's take a look at a set of data, Reeves' performance in the first half:
Coming on at 5:07 in the first quarter, the Lakers trailed by 7 points at 13-20, and Reeves scored 4 consecutive points after coming on;
At 9:57 in the second quarter, the Lakers stopped the Magic, and at this time it was 36-27 to win by 9 points, and Reeves contributed 9 points and 1 assist;
At 8:06 in the second quarter, the Lakers set off a three-point climax, 47-31 to stop the Magic again, Reeves contributed 2 assists;
At 6:52 in the second quarter, Reeves came off, 13-20 at the beginning and 47-34 at the end; +20 plus or minus;
At 4:50 in the second quarter, the Lakers were immediately played 6-0 after Reeves left the court, and played again after a 2-minute break; The magic climax continued, slamming to 12-0, Reeves made a foul to stop the bleeding;
Then in the remaining 4 minutes, he contributed another 7 points and 2 assists...
But behind Reeves' supergod, the author wants to write about the problem of thick eyebrows on the offensive end; This is a priority for the Lakers.
Thick eyebrows' recent offensive problems, to put it simply, the number of inside cakes has decreased significantly, and the number of individual singles has increased; In individual singles, the inefficient mid-range frequency increases after holding the ball frame.
Behind these, from the external reasons, it is mainly divided into Vanderbilt's offensive end problems after James' absence; Russell and thick eyebrows when blocking the problem. From its own reasons, it has to come down to more subjective factors such as feel and offensive choice.
And between them, intertwined influences, subjective, objective, lineup and position, etc. have led to the recent downturn of thick eyebrows.
Vanderbilt: The individual style of play is fine, but in the absence of James, the nature of dragging space is exposed
Looking at the picture above, this is a combination of Reeves and Davis strong side 2 to 2, Reeves on the flank, thick eyebrows in the middle. In terms of tactics themselves, this is clearly a round to clear the middle and block to create as many chances as possible for Davis.
But it didn't work out, why?
From the defensive side, Fultz did a good job of covering this time, and the defensive position remained very good; Carter's small space when handling passes is not bad for 1 defense 2. When Reeves used cover, the problem of insufficient absolute speed was exposed.
From the offensive side, this is actually a typical ball carrier after compressing the defense, or bursting halfway, grabbing the opponent's center position that is not up and down, and throwing the ball to the pocket after the thick eyebrow throwing to finish; Either burst into the depths and attract the center, and then give the air shuttle thick eyebrows to take off.
Of these two options, Fultz's good defensive cover pinched off the first idea; There is a second left, why did it not succeed, Reeves chose the first idea of continuing to seek risk in a smaller space?
Usually, when Reeves is already in this depth; And after attracting Carter and Fultz at the same time, he should directly do the left hand to send the air (even he appeared today a very beautiful left hand for right hand delivery), so that the thick eyebrows can step on the position of the approximate reasonable collision zone circle to end in the air.
But it's very clear in the picture above that Vanderbilt followed up inside and fought for rebounds, which led him to bring the opposite Banchero into the box; This also plugged the potential take-off area of the thick eyebrows, and Banchero only needed to step forward slightly when Reeves passed;
The chance for this ball is gone. As for the thick eyebrows ground catch, and then do the secondary processing in a small range of internal passes, it will be more difficult, and it is a later story.
Therefore, it is clear that this is Vanderbilt in the case of being paired with thick eyebrows, and without James; His problem with non-spatial points on the offensive end. If you simply stand in the bottom corner, it means that the level of struggle for rebounds will decrease; However, the defender's position can be slightly extended (in order to prevent the ghost zone to follow up and cut in).
And if this kind of standing under the basket, or sometimes the upper line blocking occurs faster, Vanderbilt still has time to squat in the bottom corner, the space inside is actually blocking the environment of thick eyebrow processing. Let him "fly" and can only do a duel on the ground to face more assistant defenses.
And this has to be linked to his recent poor personal state of throwing near the basket.
So why was the overall space of the Lakers actually worse before the trade happened, but there were no such problems; And what can James' return fix?
Before the trade takes place, the Lakers' starters are usually in the form of Lonnie/Walker + Schroder + Beverley + James + Davis; The specific selection of the three defenders sometimes changes, and Toub occasionally enters the starting line-up.
But the core James playing 4, thick eyebrows playing 5 offensive role (even if Tob plays 4 + thick eyebrows play 5, Tob can shoot three-pointers) is unchanged.
And this led to the fact that when James attacked with the ball on the outside and did the No. 4/5 block with the thick eyebrows, the No. 4 defense appeared on the perimeter to counter James. In other words, for example, Magic take Banchero to defend James, Carter to thick eyebrows; When these two blocks apart, the size of the player who assists in the bottom corner is not enough.
This brings two changes, one is that if the bottom corner is a player who can shoot three points (of course, this point has been proven by the Lakers with practical actions, the previous 3-guard lineup is not only small, but also inaccurate), it can directly limit the idea of the bottom defense. And even for a player who can't shoot three-pointers in the bottom corner, his opposing defensive body size is No. 1-3, which cannot effectively interfere with thick eyebrows.
In other words, with the current lineup of no Zhan. Although the Lakers project took a leap after the trade; But in terms of the personal environment of thick eyebrows in the penalty area (more No. 4 spots appear on the side of the auxiliary defense), it is actually more serious.
This is the qualitative difference. In short, it is the No. 4 position in the bottom corner itself, which can launch an attack on the upper line and block with thick eyebrows; This results in players in the new squat corners becoming smaller, or more accurate.
And this will be better with James' blocking chemistry when he is connected with Davis; And James is better at passing the air to thick eyebrows, and these other factors are combined, which we will explain in more detail later.
Then, from Vanderbilt's two no-ball options, squatting bottom corner or scramble rebounding + inside pass, the author is actually more inclined to the former.
Because when the strong side has a strong ball carrier and a strong block with thick eyebrows, the downward movement of thick eyebrows is bound to attract auxiliary defense players on the weak side; At the same time, Vanderbilt got the opportunity to follow up and finish. This kind of opportunity can put him in a better sprint and show his athletic talent.
After James' return, James, as a better breakthrough player, was able to further compress his position as a counterpoint and center; Thus forcing the defender to call the weak side to assist the defense if he wants to limit the thick eyebrows. (Regarding this part, we emphasize it in the blocking and demolition initiation effect)
In terms of lineup, after James replaced Troy Brown, although in terms of shooting percentage alone, Brown was much higher than James. But when defenders are facing each other, they will use to put a little space first and see how it feels, which is the reason for the production. But the strength of James and Thick Eyebrow blocking, James, Thick Eyebrow and Russell 3 on the line and the tactical richness of the bull horn; This hit rate gap is incomparable.
Therefore, the author says in the title of this paragraph that this is Vanderbilt's current playing style flaw; But it's not a problem with his performance on the field.
To put it bluntly, compared to the current dragging space, the Lakers need Vanderbilt's defensive ability and the level of the No. 3/4 star. Judging from the existing lineup, the breakthrough ability of Russell and others and the effect of launching a block with thick eyebrows, dragging space is inevitable.
Russell and Davis blocking, which is different from James and Davis blocking; and service prioritization for eyebrow removal
In recent games with thick eyebrows, we will see a decrease in the number of goals scored by its pure pie type; On the contrary, the proportion of individual singles is increasing. Due to the increased requirements of the external environment mentioned above for singles, as well as the sluggish personal condition, this is further extrapolated to his very low shooting percentage as a No. 5 player.
So behind this, there is a problem that has been intermittent after Russell joined: after the real blocking between the two, the next order did not give Davis many times; Eyebrow pulling seems to be more focused on prioritizing the former.
Let's first look at a blocking connection between James and Thick Eyebrows:
Of course, this is not a particularly apt example, because it also adds a layer of Beverley cover to create breakthrough opportunities.
Then when these two are launched, because James has a very strong breakthrough ability, and the ability to beat 1-on-1 without the help of blocking. This led to the fact that Davis tended to take the form of a fake cover advance when taking cover. The goal is to maximize personal opportunity.
Because James's strong level will quickly get rid of the original opponent and get stuck behind him; This also forces the opposing center to be promoted in advance and improve his defensive position. At the same time, the early downward smoothness of the thick eyebrows can catch the gap behind the center after the promotion.
From this, James only needs to force acceleration and throw the ball into the air; An aerial relay can be formed with a high probability. (It's clear in the picture above that the weak side is guarding the defenders, in line with what we said above)
In addition, even if it is some real cover, Davis will use the form of quick cover, a little hanging, and immediately going down. Just give James a space to accelerate. That's how Davis likes to work with breakthrough type players; And it's often a breakthrough opportunity, which translates into Davis' pie-eating goal.
Including when matching with Wei Shao, although Wei Shao's finishing ability declined after the breakthrough, and the ability to shoot and throw in the emergency stop during the march was not good. But Davis still likes to use fake cover for quick release.
The reason is that when a big center meets a guard who suddenly accelerates, and a center who goes down, it will inevitably fall into a short hesitation of choice; In particular, the regular season may not have explicitly emphasized zooming in and down on strengths and weaknesses. And once this happens, Davis' one-time empty connection will be generated again.
But Russell has different characteristics than the above two players, he is a ball-carrying starter who is known for projection.
In Russell's ball-blocking initiation, first of all, in terms of personal habits, he is actually more inclined to have a certain opportunity and give priority to himself. And in the finishing link of the blocking, because it does not have absolute breakthrough speed and finishing under the basket; It prefers to handle these more dexterous, projected range in the near basket, mid-range and three-pointer.
And this is very different from what we said before, the blocking habit of thick eyebrows in the past 1 and a half seasons. (Even Schroeder, who has weak passing ability after the blocking launch, is a breakthrough player in his own right)
Because of the projection type of defender, if the priority of blocking is to serve the individual attack of this type of defender first, or if the individual attack threatens to instigate. It requires very high-quality blocking, completely hanging the original opponent, giving Russell such as three points after using cover; Infiltrate and go around the two points of cover; Further tossing.
These are based on the need for high-quality dismantling. And at the same time, due to Russell's breakthrough threat and speed; In the example given above, his ability to quickly compress the defense line allows Carter to rise further. This also obliterates the opportunity for thick eyebrows to connect with each other.
Russell was a solid blocker, but a strong defender on the strong side defended well. His characteristic is no longer to further use breakthroughs to create opportunities for thick eyebrows; Instead, it's similar to passing some pretty far bottom corner passes from the picture above. That's the difference in player types.
Looking at the picture above, this is a lens that combines the two points we said above:
Thick eyebrows here use a cover that quickly goes down after flashing to Russell, and the effect is not very good; But Russell managed to get rid of a bit of defense with some tempo changes.
But Vanderbilt's ghost zone cut in, taking Banchero into the box as well. As a result, Banchero blocked Russell's breakthrough space, and he was forced to use throwing; And Carter was also liberated, continued to align thick eyebrows, and the idea of empty lines was aborted.
From an "afterthought" perspective, Vanderbilt here may be a better solution to act as a fixed-point cover wall for the weak bottom corner pitcher.
And obviously, in the connection between Russell and Thick Brow, it seems that Vanderbilt's ghost zone follow-up is not a good choice. As we said earlier, Russell's characteristic is not to quickly press the defensive line to make the defensive resources of the strong and weak sides chaotic, which is James's specialty; Russell's specialty is precisely finding opportunities in the bottom corner of the opposite side.
And the thick eyebrows were unable to activate the attack with eating cakes, which boiled down to two reasons.
We won't say much about the first one, James is a better choice for connecting from the 3 points of breakthrough type, thick eyebrow fake cover and chemical reaction between the two.
The second point is that in the blocking of Russell and Thick Eyebrows, whether to give priority to serving the former or the latter.
First of all, we must realize that although the author just gave examples of James, including the difference in the attack of Wilson and Russell, the probability of thick eyebrow opportunities is different. But that doesn't mean that non-breakthrough players can't complete a lot of empty connections with centers. Chris Paul is a good counterexample.
That is, if Russell is going to send more empty connections to the thick eyebrows, activate his pie-eating attack. While thick eyebrows continue to provide high-quality cover, Russell needs to do more cover after finishing from mid-range and finishing with a throw at the 1-step free throw line. By constantly exploiting the vacuum in this area, it is necessary to pull the defense of the subsequent center forward.
Thus, the effect similar to the rapid compression of the vacuum after a breakthrough is achieved.
This is a case where the opening game prioritizes Russell's individual offense, but then feeds back to the activation of the thick eyebrow's attack. And if Russell continues to pile up three-point shots at the beginning, it's another idea:
Through the opening of the personal feel, it is necessary to create a situation where potential opponents block and dismantle the online bag. This leads to a 4-on-3 off the line, or a direct finishing opportunity with thick eyebrows. But it depends on whether the defender lets Russell attack or something else...
(In some cases, the downward runner after the dismantling is initiated will be affected by the flank assistance and reduce speed; At this time, it belongs to the category of the outer line reaction to the inner line. But the author personally believes that the thick eyebrows are sometimes slower in the lower shun, and it seems to be a little "etc.")
From the perspective of giving priority to serving thick eyebrows at the beginning, the author personally feels that the current lineup seems to be a bit inadequate.
In recent games, the Lakers will also intentionally start the game by making a ball for Davis first and playing a few low for him; A few strokes of the elbow area let him quickly get into his personal state. And Davis tends to use jumpers to try his hand. But this type of offensive choice proved somewhat bad with a large sample of those two seasons.
Basically in, if the opening game is continuously shot, then "invincible"; If you can't cast it, then it's "finished", and you have to find some other way to enter the state.
In addition, there are some minor problems in the blocking and demolition initiation involved in thick eyebrows.
For example, the offense in the figure above; If the goal was to focus on blocking Russell's three-point chances after the shoot, then Russell's 45° position was fine. But if it is to grasp the thick eyebrows, it is obvious that the position should be more at the bottom corner and take the defense away.
And Davis always feels a little slow when going down...
Thick eyebrows' personal competitive state and some other brain-opening conjectures:
The competitive state of the thick eyebrows is a subjective aspect of basketball. In addition, whether the players have been affected by off-field factors and whether they have recently suffered physical discomfort, we do not know.
As shown in the picture above, the small throws near the basket such as thick eyebrows, and the outrageous basket against Banchero under the basket during the game; It seems that his recent state is very abnormal.
So what the author wants to say here is that for a player's on-field performance, it is actually a combination of various subjective and objective factors kneaded together, mutual influence and action.
From the existing lineup, and under the influence of Wuzhan , Vanderbilt is bound to become a more difficult dragging point to solve; And this will act in the tension of the space inside the thick eyebrow. The tension of the inner space will pinch off some of the thick eyebrows, and the difficulty of singles when the ground flows.
At the same time, Russell and thick eyebrows' blocking characteristics, Russell's blocking habits; And it will reduce the number of thick eyebrows and eating cakes directly down, such easy balls. And his cake eating activation failed, in order to open the offensive account, from the inside out, you must increase the proportion of individual singles, and take the lead in attacking the feeling. This is again extrapolated to the space of the inner line.
Along with that comes the poor feel of the thick eyebrows, and some debatable offensive options. There were exactly the same shots twice in this game, which impressed the author. Thick eyebrows left low to take the ball ready to single, just want to turn back; Wagner's assistant defense that found the bottom line has come, forget it, directly threw it in a retreat, hit the iron.
This is the result of the interaction of 3 factors, subjective, objective, and environmental.
As for the brain opening, it is some of the author's pure yy, fans and friends should have fun watching:
"After the thick eyebrows were absent due to stress fractures, whether the Lakers' medical team recommended the coaching staff to reduce the take-off and landing of the thick eyebrows wide opening and closing; It is more inclined to ground flow play. This is to protect the impact of thick eyebrows on the feet when they continue to fall at high speed..."
Finally, a brief conversation about Reeves' performance:
Let's talk about a few points, starting with the lineup.
In the last issue of the Lakers' loss to the Knicks, the author talked about two points: "Avoid Russell and Davis the same as above; 3 must have Russell in the line-up". After that game, Hamm actually maintained a rotation of roughly these two points.
Russell and Thick Brow staggered, and Russell used 3 defenders when he led the team alone.
And as shown in the picture above, the Lakers once again set off a very iconic 3-guard offensive and defensive period in the second quarter of the game: the joint defense protects the defensive body and defends the offense. Then the 3 defenders pushed the counter-attack to the ground, and all 3 could start or finish; The 3-line fast attack combined with the front line from time to time to play the attack beautifully.
For Reeves' foul-making, the author believes that his offensive habits are very good; Maintain the rhythm of fighting first, finding the body, and then shooting.
In this sense, his foul-making is actually very similar to Butler and Alexander. Both are extremely smart players who play; Before finishing, it is often not easy to die or "step on the 3 steps", but constantly have to add a lot of shaking and physical confrontation. Once the opponent is shaken, or the center of gravity is shifted, fight first, and then shoot.
Reeves' recent magic is that he can often turn these kinds of post-confrontation shots into 2+1; ignite the home court.
(Alexander)
in Reeves
Of course, what Reeves currently lacks is absolute breakthrough ability or shooting ability on top of raw talent. But perhaps, ball intelligence + learning ability + always able to put the ball into various strange movements is also a talent.
This kid is really a little "evil"...
(Text/Little Chick MJ)