On November 1, Beijing time, the 7th round of the NBA regular season continued, and the Rockets challenged the Lakers away. In this campaign, Lakers bench center Howard chose to take a rotation due to neck discomfort, due to the loss of a capable player on the inside, Lakers head coach Vogel simply played five small tactics, thick eyebrows as the No. 5 position, James was pushed to the No. 4 position, and the backcourt was paired by Westbrook, Bradley, and Bazemore. In terms of the Rockets, head coach Silas continued to use regular starts, with 5 people named Tate, Wood, Theis, Green and Porter.
The 2021 list show Jaylen Green, as well as Porter nicknamed "Harden Jr.", the Rockets backcourt double gun composed of two potential rising stars, and the big three combination of Lakers James + Westbrook + thick eyebrows, have become the biggest attraction of this game. After four quarters of fierce fighting, with the huge lead established in the first half, the Lakers finally won 95-85 against the Rockets to achieve the first two consecutive wins of the season. 23+4+3，15+7+8！ The attitude of the two veterans to the game is worthy of serious study by Rocket Green.
Throughout the game, the initiative is firmly in their hands by the Lakers, and the lead has remained above double digits for a long time. It is worth mentioning that the reason why the Lakers with a serious aging lineup can suppress the Western Youth Army Rockets is inseparable from the excellent performance of Anthony and James. According to statistics, the 37-year-old Anthony played 25 minutes off the bench today, shooting 8 of 14 and 5 of 8 from outside the three-point line, with 23 points + 4 blocks and 3 rebounds; 36-year-old James started 34 minutes, shot 6 of 19, 3 of 4 free throws, and had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.
One person is responsible for organizing the tandem and revitalizing the entire team, the other is responsible for playing the offensive endpoint, the three-point line outside the knife down, the shot is particularly bold, and the two veterans helped the Lakers win the game in the simplest and most efficient way. Although it is only a regular season game, the opponent's paper strength is relatively weak and in the reconstruction stage, but this does not affect the attitude of James and Anthony to this game, as long as Vogel puts them both on the court, the two veterans will go all out and deal with every offensive round, especially the defensive end.
Anthony seemed to be dreaming back to the top today, sending out 4 big pots, including a frontal interception of Green. Seeing that the good brothers are so powerful in the defensive end, how can James drag his legs, although today's hand feels a little cold, but James once again showed his solid defensive skills to the outside world, 4 beautiful steals, often can be converted into the Lakers' fast attack score. Compared with Anthony and James, the Rockets' performance of the show Green today is slightly sluggish, and it can even be described as bad. The data shows that Green played 31 minutes today, shooting 2 of 8, including 0 of 4 from three-point range, with 7 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
From the data point of view alone, Green seems to have handed over a very comprehensive answer sheet, with rebounds and assists, but the cultivation of watching the game should be experienced, and Green's enthusiasm for the game at this stage is indeed not high. First of all, on the offensive end, if the ball is in The hands of Porter, then Green will basically choose to ambush on the weak side and wait for his teammates to pass, there is no sense of running space, Vogel hardly expends much energy, let Green float outside the entire tactical system of the Rockets. Then there's the defensive end, which is also Green's biggest problem at the moment.
As we all know, Green's original body is relatively thin, easy to be targeted when facing strong guards, coupled with Green's often careless attitude to defense, more than once in today's game, Lakers players easily completed the score in front of Green. Honestly speaking, the physical disadvantage can be improved through the efforts of the day after tomorrow, but if the mentality is not correct at all, feeling that you are the core of the team, and the defense should be the work of blue-collar players, then it can only be said that Green's NBA career is not optimistic.
Yes, your physical talent is indeed very strong, can run and jump, but Green you don't forget, James and Anthony even if they have the NBA's historical level of physical talent, they also know the importance of defense, may grow with age, sometimes can not keep up with the pace of young people, but they will never be passive defense, James and Anthony's attitude to the game, defense, worth Green to seriously study. Thank you for reading and paying attention, welcome to leave a message to discuss.