On October 30, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers defeated the Cavaliers 113-101, avoiding two consecutive losses, while allowing their record this season to come to 3 wins and 3 losses, the winning rate returned to 50%, currently temporarily ranked ninth in the West, although such results are not ideal, but compared to the Clippers in the same city, the Lakers are now in better shape, record or team tacit understanding, and really are getting better.
If it weren't for the carelessness of the last game, which led to a reversal of 26 points by the Thunder, and the final 8 points to lose to the opponent, the Lakers are now in a wonderful 4-game winning streak, but the last 4 games of 3 wins and 1 loss are also worthy of the Lakers' joy, as Wei Shao and others said, now the whole team is constantly familiar with each other, figuring out how to play with teammates, and eventually will grind together.
In fact, not only the players are still running in, Lakers head coach Vogel is also experiencing pain, due to the lakers' lineup changes this season, resulting in Vogel must rebuild the system and determine the rotation, which is not a problem that can be solved in a few games, but also led to the Lakers' previous games always appear different lineup collocations, the problem is also continuous, so that Vogel is questioned. But now, Vogel is also slowly clarifying his thinking.
The Lakers' defense this season is not good, many people think that Vogel is not powerful, but in fact, Vogel really according to the team's poor defense to slowly fill the loopholes, a noteworthy point is that in this game, Vogel increased Bradley's playing time. In the last game, Vogel only let Bradley play for 16 minutes, and finally the team was overwhelmed when the Thunder set off a counterattack, regretting the loss. In this game, Vogel gave Bradley a full 23 minutes of playing time, and the Lakers finally won the game.
And in the second half, Bradley got 6 minutes of playing time in both the third and fourth quarters, and in the crucial fourth quarter, Bradley helped the Lakers hit a 10-0 scoring climax at 2:29. In the whole game, Bradley played 23 minutes, 7 points and 3 rebounds on 3-of-5 shooting, and the plus-minus value was the highest +30 in the whole team! It is simply the king of the efficiency of the team, and many fans joke that after this game, Vogel is stupid enough to know that bradley should be used more.
After the game, when asked why the team turned the tide in the third quarter, Vogel also showed off directly, naming Bradley: "Avery Bradley is on the pitch and I think his defensive intensity is infectious. ”
In the offseason, the Lakers claimed Bradley, who was cut by the Warriors, and most people at the time believed that the Lakers only used Bradley as a temporary worker, and when Nunn and other players returned, the Lakers would choose to give up Bradley. But now it seems that Bradley obviously has a strong fighting ability, so far in the season, he has averaged 5.2 points and 1 rebound in a limited 14 minutes per game, shooting 55.6% from the field and shooting 60% from three-point range, making him a perfect puzzle for the absolute championship.
There is no doubt that the Lakers should keep Bradley, and according to the current situation, Bradley is one of the most suitable starting guards for the Lakers, especially his and Westbrook's backcourt, which can fill the shortcomings of the Weishao defensive end to a certain extent, and his mid-range and three-pointers are picking up now, with the big three can both open up space and enhance defense, which can make the Lakers play a strong offensive and defensive performance at the beginning. If Bradley continues to play like this, maybe Vogel should really consider switching starts.