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In the Lakers' 113-105 win over the Knicks, from 7 minutes and 30 seconds to the last 40 seconds in the final quarter, the team had "clean sheets" against the Knicks in the past 7 minutes.
James led the Lakers to a 24+5+5+2 win over the Knicks
1. Flanking Brunson.
Randle and Arunobi were absent, Brunson fought single-core, 25 points and 9 assists in the first three quarters, and Coach Ham responded in time and began to implement a pinchback in the final quarter.
Flanking Brunson 1
Prince and Reaves caught between them, and Brunson gave the ball to Hart, who had limited individual problem-solving skills.
Flanking Brunson 2
Even as we can see, before Brunson could block and move three meters from the three-point line, the Lakers were already on the pinch to force him to hand over the ball.
The reason why the Lakers dared to hit Brunson like this is because they have a double core.
Second, Zhan Mei is at the bottom.
Thick eyebrows have absolute basket protection ability, Randle and Arunoby are absent, James also has an absolute advantage in the face of Achiuwa, and the two can complete the defense at any time, two typical cases:
James single-handedly defends Brunson
In the chaos, Brunson was finally able to hold the ball and play alone, but as a result, he faced James, and the 39-year-old man had to defend him with his life, after all, the brothers had done it to the extreme.
Thick eyebrow basket
Another example is this defense, Brunson was quickly out of the ball when he was pinched, DiVincenzo had already burst to the basket, but the thick eyebrows squatted under the basket, not only scared Devon to pass, and then completed the block on Harten.
James can make up for the defense at any time, and the thick eyebrows finally play the role of an iron gate, and the Lakers dare to pinch Brunson's background, note that there is another variable in this, DiVincenzo's second core role.
3. Rising star Christie has made contributions.
Knicks lineup today, only Christie can provide help with the ball, 7 minutes and 30 seconds of three-pointers, the last 40 seconds of the middle distance, the team's first and last two goals were created by him, in response to this, Coach Ham made an important decision today, sent Christie, effect:
Christie hat DiVincenzo
Prince and Reeves hit Brunson in the bottom right corner, Hart responded to the breakthrough, James and Reeves immediately formed a second pinch, Hart outside DiVincenzo, Christie destroyed the first time; Hart shook and then three points, was ruthlessly blocked by Christie, the source of the team's defensive momentum, very morale at the same time, let DiVincenzo's offensive confidence shake.
Cut DiVincenzo off contact with his teammates
In the next nearly 6 minutes, Christie, as we saw, basically cut DiVincenzo out of the Knicks' offensive system, leaving Brunson completely isolated.
At this point, looking at the Lakers' offense of the Knicks in the last 7 minutes, as above, Prince and Reaves sandwiched Brunson, James and thick eyebrows behind the bottom, the team's new star Christie completely pressed DiVincenzo to build a miracle, you know, after all, this is his rare critical moment, the second offensive figure of the main defense opponent, the defensive effect is basically perfect, it is not easy!