Throughout the series, the Lakers were able to win the game mainly for several reasons, one is that the Lakers still have strong combat effectiveness when James is powerful, the second is that Davis alone supports the interior line in today's basketball trend and does not fall behind at all, and the third is that Russell really got rid of the impression of the playoffs crotch pulling around James.
First: James is old, but he is still extremely efficient when he is powerful.
James has never been Kobe, Jordan's type of player, playing alone has long been not James's regular style of play, James in order to maintain a longer career, as early as after joining the Heat opened the team basketball mode, as long as teammates give strength, James likes to share the ball and is willing to help teammates get good data. Such a player may lack exciting pictures, but there is never a lack of performance guarantees.
Throughout the series with the Grizzlies, James was a regular operation most of the time, and only in the final moments of the game would James stand up and use his physical advantage to break through and score, although the three-point shot on James played a sluggish throughout the series, but in attracting the bag after the score and helping teammates score on the entire series James's performance is excellent, when James needs to score points at key moments, his responsibility to stand up and bear the scoring responsibility is obvious to all.
So, with James, the Lakers' playoff prospects have become extremely bright, and even if they finish seventh in the regular season, they still have the strength to impact the championship.
Second: the prevalence of the small-ball era makes the weak interior no longer a team shortcoming.
It's hard to imagine that the Lakers who only have a pure No. 4 or No. 5 player in Davis have not suffered much inside losses in the playoffs, which has a lot to do with the league's prevailing small-ball tactics, like the previous Yao Ming, Howard, O'Neal This pure No. 5 player is not much, although Davis is from the No. 4 position, but can still use its physical advantage to escort the Lakers' interior on the inside.
Throughout the series with the Grizzlies, Davis' performance was impeccable, although there were times when he scored low, but whether it was interior defense or rebounding protection, Davis provided the Lakers with help that others could not provide. Throughout the West, with Davis, the Lakers won't suffer much on the inside.
Third: Russell no longer pulls his crotch and has proven his ability in the playoffs this season.
Russell's two-season playoff journey has not been smooth, and he has been called the biggest undercover agent in the playoffs by fans and other teams, but this season in the series between the Lakers and Grizzlies, Russell changed his crotch performance and became the team's main player in victory over the Grizzlies.
Russell's biggest change and advantage in this series is that he has incomparable self-confidence, even if the three-point shooting is inaccurate, it still does not weaken Russell's shooting confidence. This is extremely important for a team. Many good pitchers will not dare to shoot when they can't shoot, thus missing a lot of opportunities. Russell doesn't have to worry at all, as long as he is allowed to play, Russell can always maintain the confidence to shoot from beyond the three-point line.
James is willing to share the ball and Russell can have more shots, which is why Russell exploded this series. In the past, it was difficult for Russell to have the ball when he was not in good shape, but this season, even if the first three quarters were sluggish, when the fourth quarter came on, James was still willing to share the ball with Russell.
To summarize:
The Lakers were able to stand out in this series, first because of the excellent play of role player Hachimura, secondly, James' stability and Davis' interior protection gave the Lakers an inside advantage, and finally Russell and Rivers contributed a lot on the offensive end, and Schroder and Van der Biao contributed a lot on the defensive end. Facing the invincible backcourt combination of Morant and Bane, the Lakers' backcourt has completed defensive tasks well and maintained relatively good offensive efficiency.