On April 17, 2024, Beijing time, on the first day of the NBA play-offs, the Los Angeles Lakers challenged the New Orleans Pelicans away, and the Lakers blasted a 34-16 shock wave in the second quarter, in which the Lakers crushed the Pelicans at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and held the game advantage in the final time, defeating the Pelicans 110-106 and getting the playoff ticket on the following grams.
The Lakers, who got the No. 7 seed in the West, will face the No. 2 seed Nuggets in the West in the playoffs, in the Western Conference finals last year, the Lakers were ruthlessly swept out of the game by the Nuggets 0-4, which made the majority of fans unacceptable, although James averaged 27.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 10 assists per game The quasi-triple-double performance is also powerless, and can only look up to the sky and sigh The emperor is old, in the regular season this season, the Lakers are still clean sheets, without a win, and the thick eyebrows Davis has never been able to overcome the mountain of Jokic, how can he win in the playoffs？
Restrict Jokic from tandem with teammates
In the 2023 Western Conference Finals, Jokic can average a triple-double performance of 27.8 points, 14.5 rebounds and 11.8 assists per game, and the offensive end can be said to be what he wants, not only to complete his own interior killing, but also to connect his teammates to score, and the thick eyebrows are miserable, if the Lakers don't want to be swept in this playoffs, they must first limit Jokic's tandem, Jokic averaged 9 assists per game in the 2023-2024 season, and in the 24 games he lost, he only averaged about 7 assists per game, only let him fall into singles mode, and I also admit it when he scored 40 points, but other teammates don't want to score, if the Lakers can limit Jokic's tandem effect, and victory is not far away.
Limit Murray's play
In the 2023 Western Conference Finals, Murray can average 32.5 points and 3 steals per game, and completely crushed Russell on the offensive and defensive ends, allowing Russell to average only 6.3 points per game. If the Lakers want to win, they must limit Murray's scoring to 20 points.
Adjust your starting lineup
Although the Lakers' outside lock Vanderbilt is still injured, Vincent and Dinwiddie are excellent weapons to limit Murray, the Lakers don't want to lose the lead at the beginning, so the starting lineup must be adjusted, Russell and Rivers can only keep one, James needs a shooter next to him, and Russell averages 3 three-pointers per game, averaging 41.5% three-point shooting per game, is the starter that James needs.
Vincent and Dinwiddie chose one to enter the starting lineup, and given that Vincent efficiently cut 9 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal today, and his form has picked up, he can be considered to be included in the starting lineup, after all, the experience of the finals is still very important.
The decisive moment
If the difference in the last 5 minutes is still within 5 points, entering the decisive moment, the Lakers will adjust the lineup on the court according to the state of the players, Zhan Mei + Rivers + Hachimura + Vincent, is the final lineup, if Dinwiddie is in better shape, he can replace Vincent, and the last 2 minutes can be dynamically adjusted according to the current Lakers' strategy, the offensive round is replaced by Russell, and the defensive round is replaced by Vincent or Dinwiddie.