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With two hours left, the G5 battle between the Lakers and the Nuggets will kick off, if you want to bring the game back to Los Angeles, the three necessary conditions are indispensable, James and thick eyebrows have to play hard, split Reaves and Russell, and the referee's blowing scale.
The Lakers Nuggets G5 battle is about to begin
The absolute workhorses of the Lakers: Thick eyebrows, James, Hachimura, Reaves and Russell.
The absolute workhorses of the Nuggets: Mr. Jo, Gordon, Porter Jr., Pope and Murray.
From the perspective of strength, Sensei said that the Lakers, throughout the league, basically no team can call the Nuggets, which is why they can lead 3-1, and the domestic and foreign media are unanimously optimistic about the cornerstone of their ability to defend the title, so, in the case of a very low error tolerance, the Lakers must do the following three points if they want to win, just take G4 as an example.
1. Zhan Mei plays with his life.
In the G4 game, the 39-year-old James was close to 39 minutes, and almost all of them were impact inside and back-to-back singles, which was very physically exhausting, but there was no way, if James didn't play hard, the Lakers would have no hope of winning at all.
詹姆斯G战30+5+4+3，拼了老命了
In the G4 game, the thick eyebrows played extremely aggressively in the face of Jokic, not only on the defensive end of one-on-one defense, but also on the offensive end against Jokic's lack of athletic talent, if so, he hit 25 points and 23 rebounds and a big double-double to prop up the interior.
The thick eyebrow series averages 30+ per game, which is hard enough
Only James and thick eyebrows show the spirit of playfulness, the Lakers have the strength to challenge the Nuggets, and only the dual-core spirit can drive the whole team to fight bravely, which is the cornerstone of the Lakers' hope to win.
2. Split the two.
As he said after the last game, one of Coach Hamm's fine-tuning was to win halfway through the first quarter and the final minute of the final quarter, and in the remaining three quarters, he split Reeves and Russell, for two reasons.
1. Reeves and Russell are both ball-holding style of play, need to have the ball in hand, James must also control some of the ball, both at the same time on the court, if it is not a bursting hand, the offensive efficiency will be reduced, and split the two: in the second quarter, Reeves scored 7 points in a row to take on the responsibility of the third offensive point; in the final quarter, Russell scored 8 points alone to help the team, and the split use of the two brought their offensive expertise with the ball into play.
Hamm needs to continue to split Reeves and Russell
2. Reaves and Russell's defense has been proven to be substandard, both are on the court at the same time, the Nuggets can always use the block to find one of them, and finally tear apart the Lakers' defense; after splitting the two, one of Vincent or Dinwiddie stays on the court, partnering Reaves or Russell, the Lakers can hide the weak links of the defense as much as possible, so as to improve the overall defense.
Although it is difficult to completely hold down the Nuggets' offense, splitting Reaves and Russell can improve the backcourt defense as much as possible, and one of the indispensable factors for the Lakers to win.
III. Trial Blowing.
The home whistle is inevitable, but, it still depends on the referee's blowing penalty scale, if this game is to encourage confrontation, the Lakers are older, the Nuggets are in their prime up and down, James' physical fitness will be unbearable, once G2 at the last moment of the third quarter, thick eyebrows and James strong burst not to give fouls, but also blow thick eyebrows offensive fouls, the referee a few home whistles, it will kill the Lakers, after all, their margin for error is extremely low.
There are three referees today: No. 60 Williams, No. 24 Scott and No. 50 Petradis.
Only if the referee's blowing is biased towards fairness will the Lakers have any hope of stopping the Nuggets.
As mentioned above, the Lakers are expected to bring the game back to Los Angeles with the help of all three elements, and without one of them, it will be difficult for the Lakers to avoid a 4-1 end to the series.
In the end, I hope that the series can continue, after all, Lao Zhan's ball is really one less game.