Chat ball does not flicker, there is a picture and the truth.
The regular season enters the final sprint, and teams in the playoff seat competition circle, any game will directly affect the ranking. "Coin Chat Basketball" restores the winning and losing elements of important games in the way of "pictures and truth", interprets the focus topic, looks at the excitement, and also looks at the doorway.
Just yesterday, "There is a picture and there is a truth" did an analysis of the Lakers' battle with the Jazz (
), praised Lao Zhan fiercely, but in the conclusion part, left a question-
"Jen Sr. once again proved that he can still play at his peak in some games, but the sustainability of this form remains to be seen, and tomorrow's derby against the Clippers will be a big test."
Now, the test results are in, and James didn't do well, although he got 33 points on the books.
Without further ado, let's start with the picture.
In the last two quarters of this Los Angeles derby, the Lakers scored 66 points, the Clippers scored 54 points, the Lakers won by 12 points, and the Lakers lost 19 points behind in the first half to dig too deep and try to fill it up.
The person who dug the hole was James himself. The Lakers lost by 19 points in the first half, and the efficiency value of Old Jen was -25 during the game, which was embarrassing.
Jen showed fatigue in the first half, and the Lakers played back-to-back, played the Jazz in Salt Lake City, and flew back to Los Angeles to prepare for the derby.
Against the Jazz, the Lakers had a chance to win in regular time, but they squandered a 10-point lead in the final 1:43 of the fourth quarter and were dragged into overtime by the Jazz. James was forced to "work overtime", and although he shot a quasi-kill in overtime and blocked Tucker against the defense, the physical exertion was really great, and the physical slots were empty.
As a result, in the first half of the Los Angeles derby, James presented a "power-out" version, his breakthrough was not supported by explosive power, some dodged the defense, and the penetration into the box dropped more than one gear.
After the first step, you have to stop the ball and then give an unobtrusive pass.
Unable to get in, forced to stop the ball, risk splitting, mistakes are broken, the Clippers fight back, this mode is the most hurtful.
Similar scenes appeared many times in the first half, which can be explained by teammates not receiving well, but Old Zhan's pass was too sudden and teammates were not mentally prepared.
James was hoping to break the game by looking for thick eyebrows when exhaustion hit, but the Clippers were prepared to cut off James' eyebrows. After Zhan Mei blocked and dismantled, the anti-thick eyebrow player retreated, and at the same time the two wings recovered, and the anti-James player chased around the cover, encircling Zhan Mei in a small space, making mistakes to fight back.
In the first half, James, in a state of not being able to shoot and pass badly, to add insult to injury, his iron and mistakes, was caught by the Clippers several defensive counterattacks, the most afraid of the game is to let the opponent continue to play a conversion offense, and there is a danger of collapse when it comes and goes.
Objectively speaking, James in the second half gave the limit adjustment under physically limited conditions, and scored 30 points on 12-of-14 shooting in the second two quarters. Compared with the first half, in the second half, the elder Jen first shot three points (4 of 5), forced the Clippers to expand the defense, and then rushed to the end.
However, firstly, the hole was too deep in the first half, and secondly, the Clippers bench firepower exploded, and the Lakers did not have equal response. The thick eyebrows weren't aggressive enough, and in addition to the tired factor, the Clippers' targeted defense also played a role.
The Clippers once adopted Leonard's defensive mode of thick eyebrows and Zubac guarding the basket during the game. This kind of routine can use the flexibility of the striker to interfere with the thick eyebrow catch, the second can quickly go around the cover to continue to interfere, and the third is that if it is blocked and changed, Leonard can directly face James, who is holding the ball and launching the block, leaving Zubac to guard the box.
For example, in this ball, Reeves gave thick eyebrows two consecutive covers, but Leonard still went around and continued to affect thick eyebrows' shooting, Zubats guarded under the basket, thick eyebrows could not enter and could only force dry, the Clippers' defensive purpose was achieved.
This issue of "There is a picture and there is a truth" conclusion
James's "cold start" in the first half caused the Lakers to fall into a difficult situation in a very passive way, although Old Jen adjusted back in the second half, but the overall offensive advantage of the Clippers, for the blockade of thick eyebrows, made Old Jame's 30 points in the half just in vain.