Paper Guiluo City | Detailed explanation of the Lakers' starting tactical system Ham has always been the biggest shortcoming

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Against the Trail Blazers, the Los Angeles Lakers changed lineup again, and due to Prince's injury, Ham promoted Hachimura to the starting lineup. It was also the 12th starting line-up of the season. The Lakers eventually beat the Trail Blazers.

So what's the difference between this starting lineup and the previous one?

I've summarized before that there are three types of Lakers starters:

1. Double guard and three wings (including forwards and centers) type:

This lineup has strong offensive firepower and a lot of ball points, but the disadvantage is that the back line is well targeted and the defense is poor.

After Wei Shao left last season, the Lakers used this a lot. I used it at the beginning of the season, and then I used it for Russell and Reaves defense, so I dropped it, and now it's back to good effect.

2. One guard and four forwards:

This defender can be Russell or Reaves, this lineup has average offensive space, firepower is not as good as two guards and three forwards, and defense is stronger than two guards and three forwards.

3. Five-front type:

James, thick eyebrows, Prince, Vanderbilt, Reddish (or Hachimura), this lineup has poor offensive space and few ball holding points, James has too much pressure on the ball, and thick eyebrows are forced to increase the amount of ball holding, and the offense is mainly counterattacking, and the advantage is that the defense is hard. This lineup is completely anachronistic, even if the players are extremely incomprehensible and even questioning Hamm, so a locker room crisis broke out. And this lineup was ineffective, and soon I didn't dare to use it.

At the beginning of the season, Ham wanted to improve the offense, played 8 games with two guards and three forwards, relegated Reeves to the bench, and then alternated between one guard and four forwards, two guards and three forwards, and five forwards, which was extremely chaotic, and returned to two guards and three forwards in the last two games.

Now it seems that Hamm's thinking has completely fallen in favor of the two guards and three forwards.

There are also different uses of the double guard and three wings:

The double guards are mainly Russell + Reeves, and there used to be Christie + Russell (this is used during the transition period when there is an extreme shortage of personnel and the two ghosts are not there, and now they basically won't be used).

In addition to James, the other striker has four options: Prince, Reddish, Vanderbilt and Hachimura.

Prince starts the most common start this season, and Prince has both space attributes and defensive use, so he is slightly better than the other three.

Reddish's starters have also been used, including Reddish's "double guard and three striker" approach, which has been used 3 times this season, with a record of 1 win and 2 losses.

Vanderbilt's starters were a common starter last season, and because Vanderbilt's condition was not as good as last season's, and the offensive end was too procrastinating, this season has not used this kind of "double guard and three striker" method that includes Vanderbilt.

Although Hachimura has started this season, it is mainly the "one guard and four forwards" and "five forwards" starters, and the "double guard and three forwards" method is used for the first time.

Prince, Vanderbilt, or Reddish's "double guard and three strikers" are all very large defensive proportions, and the offense can also be used to block and pick and roll in turns. However, Russell and Reaves were constantly named by opponents by the double leakage of the defenders, which could not be solved by relying on the three strikers.

Prince can at least contribute a little catch-and-shoot three-point tactics, and after Prince's break, there are only Fan, Ray, and Eighty-three, who should be chosen?

Although Fan and Lei have strong defense, they are too much to delay the offensive space.

And Hamm, after repeated games, chose Hachimura because he has certain spatial attributes and some autonomous offensive means, although his lateral movement is slow and his defense is poor.

Hachimura's starting line means that it is necessary to engage in a full-attack starting lineup and fight for firepower.

The Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 27 points, and the offense recovered, shooting 39.4% from three-point range (31% against opponents), scoring 23 points on turnovers (15 points for opponents), and 35 points on fast break (8 points for opponents), which is an offensive score that is in line with the era and beating the Trail Blazers.

On the contrary, the Lakers are good at scoring 60 points on the inside and 58 points on the opponent, which is about the same on both sides.

So is it meaningful for the Lakers to change formations?

It's not a big deal. After all, the Trail Blazers are a team in the lower reaches of the offensive and defensive league, coach Billups is clumsy, and Brogdon, Ayton, Grant, and Simmons are strong, but they are still "happy basketball".

The fundamental problem of the Lakers is: poor offensive system, piecemeal play, although the offense plays more ball-holding points to block and dismantle, but lacks weak side running tactical coordination, often taking turns to block and dismantle and single, which means that the offensive end relies on individual ability (especially Zhan Mei), and the three-point shooting ability is unstable and the overall poor means that the team relies heavily on attacking the basket.

It can be seen from the last game against the Nets that on the offensive side, the Lakers suddenly lost power in the second half, and the Nets made a big effort to shrink the joint defense and curb the Lakers' offense. As a result, the Lakers scored 48 points inside, 8 points less than the Nets' 56 points.

Looking at the opponent's Nets, the offense is more reliable, and in the second half, you can't prevent it, especially a player like Thomas, who has an explosive scoring point, is almost incomprehensible, with a three-point shooting rate of 40.4% (Lakers 36.4%), and a three-point score of 57 points (Lakers only have 36 points). Ham didn't call a timeout in time when the Nets were up, until they overtook and called again, and the opponent had picked up his hand and reversed the Lakers.

Judging from a narrow defeat to the Nets and a complete victory over the Trail Blazers, the Lakers are still a play-off-level team. Under the premise that Coach Hamm is still in the position of coach, if you want to improve immediately, you can only rely on trading!

And the Lakers' bargaining chips for trading Hawk Murray are only Russell + Schifino + first-round picks, which simply allows the Hawks to hang up the phone directly, so whether the deal can be successful or not has to go through protracted negotiations with the ball, and the two sides will fight each other.