On October 7th, Beijing time, the NBA preseason continued, and today the Lakers sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Suns, although the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves in the first game of the preseason, but Zhan Mei did not play in this game, and the two cores of this game returned, and the Big Three on the side of the Suns also all played, through this game, the Lakers' chemistry is better, and the Suns' problems are still very obvious.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, thick eyebrows and Reeves led the team to a 7-3 start, Booker Beale combined to score 6 points to help the team catch up with the difference, and then the two sides fell into a stalemate, and at the end of the quarter, James turned on his personal mode, and he attacked and passed to help the team play an offensive climax, helping the team lead by 9 points at the end of the first quarter. Beal and Jones scored in the second quarter to help the Suns chase down to just two points, but then James dominated the game again, and he scored 15 points in a single quarter to give the Lakers a 12-point lead at halftime.
Grayson, Allen and Royce O'Neale scored successively to help the Suns chase down to only 9 points, and then the Lakers scored successively under the tandem of Reaves, Reddish and Hachimura scored, and they reextended their lead to double digits, and at the end of the quarter, Damian Lee and Monte Morris scored successively to help the Suns chase down by 7 points to end the third quarter. Iguodalo and Okogie became the odd players in the final quarter, and the two helped the Suns overtake the Lakers, and the key one was to defeat Neckett, and finally the Suns narrowly defeated the Lakers 118-114.
The Suns defended too poorly
The Suns agreed to start Jones at the beginning, and finally Jones joined the team, and as it stands, if Beal didn't come off the bench, it might not be a good thing for them to sign Jones. Now Jones starts with Booker and Beal, so the team is a three-guard in this situation, and the defense is not good at all. If that is to be solved, then Beal would be the smart choice to come off the bench to play sixth man and put Royce O'Neal in the starting lineup.
And the Suns Big Three all need the ball to be able to play, which leads to their problems last season, the ball is not enough when the three are on the court at the same time, whoever holds the ball wants to go alone, Jones can't play his own value at all, so the team's offense still has no chemistry, Durant shot 3 of 10 in this game, 0 of 3 three-pointers got 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Beal got 11 points and 2 assists on 2 of 7 shots, Booker got 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 2 of 12 shots.
After Jones left the court with three cores, he led the bench to play more smoothly in the second half, and he shot 3 of 4 from the field, 3 of 3 from three-point range, and got 9 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, with only 1 turnover. Iguodaro, the Suns' second-round pick this summer, played well, with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 6-of-8 shooting.
The Suns build a team around three pure scorers, and it is indeed difficult to build an offensive system, and the team's lack of success last season is not only Vogel's problem, but now the coach is not feeling the direction, but their strength on paper is too strong, and it should not be a problem to make the playoffs in the new season.
James' dominance is still the same, and the new positioning of thick eyebrows is eye-catching
James played a very good dominance in this game, shooting 8 of 12 from the field, 2 of 3 from three-point range, and got 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks. In the second quarter, James and Bronny ushered in the father and son on the same stage, but the effect was not ideal, Bronny played 4 minutes and sent 4 turnovers, Redick replaced him off the court, until the second half of the bench battle, Bronny did not return to the court, he scored 0 points and 4 turnovers in this game.
The thick eyebrows played very well, when Redick took office, he said that the team will focus on the thick eyebrows in the new season, as a result, this game Redick showed the role of his new system, thick eyebrows on the three-point line with the ball, he not only showed a better offensive deterrence, but also good response ability, now that the old Zhan is old, the team does need the thick eyebrows to make more on the offensive end, this campaign thick eyebrows played 17 minutes, 7 of 10 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers got 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
In addition to the changes to the thick eyebrows, now the positions of Reeves and Shuila have also been adjusted, Shuila was the starting point guard last season, Reeves was the No. 2 position, since the preseason Shuila has become a scoring guard, Reeves has become the No. 1 position, and the effect is not bad now, Reeves got 7 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals on 2-of-10 shooting, and Shuila got 14 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-11 shooting.
In addition, Hachimura scored 13 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist, and Kneckt got 7 points and 3 assists. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current Suns and Lakers? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.