Lakers G2 Preview!Ham will have adjustments, the two are expected to be reused, and Russell is hungry for redemption
The game between the Lakers and the Nuggets series G2 will start tomorrow, in the G1 game, the Lakers have a chance to steal a victory on the road, but the team was hit by the Nuggets in the third quarter, the team lost by 14 points in a single quarter, and the team tried to narrow the gap in the final quarter, but the Nuggets were always able to respond, and finally the Lakers lost G1, and the series score came to 0-1. G2 is a hard fight for the Lakers, if they return to their home court with 0-2 and then lose another home court, then the team will hardly see any hope in this round of the series, and G2 will determine the trend of this series to some extent.
In the G2 game, Coach Ham is bound to adjust his defensive strategy, and he said after the G1 game that he still has a lot of strategies to defend Jokic, because it is only G1, and all of them are not fully displayed. The Lakers' G1 strategy to defend Jokic is to let Hachimura defend the main defense, and then Davis assists in the defense, and other players interfere, but this obviously does not work, Jokic still easily got 32 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists Comprehensive data, scored 15 points in the second half, and became the biggest contributor to the Nuggets' victory.
In the G2 game, Ham is likely to let Davis defend Jokic, and then other players interfere, Davis's defensive ability is still very strong, which can consume Jokic's physical energy, but there is also an obvious drawback, that is, Davis's physical fitness on the offensive end may not be bearable, and the rest of the Lakers players need to step up, if Russell, Hachimura and Reaves can share Davis's offensive pressure, Ham may try to let Davis fully focus on the defensive end to limit Jokic's play.
In the series G1, Vincent and Dinwiddie didn't get many chances, the two players played 20 minutes, but 0 shots, which also led to the team's second team scoring only 11 points, and Prince got it, far less than the Nuggets. The Lakers' starting ability is still okay, but the team's second team gives too little help to the main team, in the G2 game, this situation is bound to change, Vincent and Dinwiddie will be more involved in the offense, there will be no 0 shots, if they can hit three points, then the Lakers will play a lot better.
Russell G2 is hungry for redemption, and after the G1 game, Russell said that he won't feel bad all the time, that he won't feel disappointed by it, and that he is excited about the upcoming G2. In the last five playoff games against the Nuggets, Russell averaged only 7.6 points per game, shooting 31% from the field and only 12% from three-point range, and the performance was a mess.
And in G2, Russell should have a better performance, because G1 is already terrible, G2 can't be worse than G1, he has a lot of room to rise. As long as Russell can shoot at least three three-pointers from the outside, even if the shooting percentage is around 40 percent, it will help the Lakers a lot. He's the third core of the team, and it's not enough to rely on James and Davis to win the Nuggets, he needs to step up for the Lakers to hope for a win on the road.