Judging from the scene of the game, the Lakers have been pressing the Wizards almost all the time, but even if you don't look at the stage when the Twin Towers are overdrawn in the second half of the game and only Kobe Bryant is struggling to support it, and only excludes the period when both players are physically strong in the first two quarters of the game, the Lakers do not occupy an absolute dominant position.

There are two main reasons, one is on the three-point shot and the other is on the bench.

Let's talk about three-point shooting first, no matter how lethal the interior players are, their offensive style is a two-point shot after all, and on the Wizards' side, Curry, Thompson, George and even Leonard all have three-point shooting ability, and their shooting percentage in the first two quarters of the game is not low.

A two-point shot can be scored in three rounds, and a three-point shot can be done in just two rounds.

Admittedly, the three-point shooting percentage can't be compared to the two-point shot, but in the Wizards, the efficiency of three-point shooting is not low.

In the first quarter of the game, Curry shot 3 of 5 and hit 3 three-pointers, Thompson shot 1 of 3, Leonard shot 1 of 2, and George shot 1 of 1.

The four starters made six three-pointers in the first quarter, shooting 6-of-11 from the field and shooting over 50 percent!

You may not feel much when you watch the game, but when you see the data in detail, anyone can't help but gasp.

What does it mean to shoot more than 50% of three-pointers? You must know that the vast majority of guards in the league today do not shoot more than 50% from the field, let alone three-point shooting?

In addition to the three-point shot, the Wizards also have a bench lineup that is so luxurious that the whole league will be jealous.

Caron. Butler plus Antoine. Jamison, when these two were the main core partners, the Wizards' record was not very good, in the days when Arenas was injured and reimbursed, although both of them averaged 20+ points per game in the season, but the Wizards missed the playoffs, after all, neither of them belonged to and was not suitable to be the leader of a team.

But when the two came to the bench, the concept was very different.

With the strength of the two, even if they are too old, they can be qualified to start most teams in the league.

And the firepower that the two showed after coming off the bench at the same time was extraordinary!

After the whole game, Caron Butler played 24 minutes. Jamison played 27 minutes and the pair scored 12 and 16 points respectively, shooting over 45 percent from the field.

Just two of them scored 28 points, which is already more than the entire score of the Lakers' bench.

And on the Wizards' bench, there are Beverley, Jimmy. Butler and other players.

In the whole game, the Wizards' bench scored 37 points, compared to the Lakers' bench players who scored only 21 points, which is a full 16-point difference!

The huge gap in the bench forced the Lakers to send their main team in advance, and without enough rest, it is natural that the Lakers twin towers are overdrawn.

"It's a non-war loss, the Lakers lost to the poor play of the bench lineup, and they lost to the difference of being younger and more energetic, and the Wizards players are young, young enough that they can run around the court with impunity, completely ignoring the physical exertion."

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Regardless, the Wizards won their first win of the new season from Staples Arena, home of the Lakers.

And that's just the beginning!

On December 27, the Wizards defeated the Atlanta Hawks 111-87 at home.

On December 29, they won 102-81 away against the Milwaukee Bucks.

On January 1, they won 115-92 away to Orlando Magic.

This was followed by back-to-back home defeats over the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-88 on January 2.

In the blink of an eye, the Wizards won a wave of five consecutive wins at the beginning of the game and topped the league strongly!

No one thought that after replacing almost half of last season's starting lineup, the Wizards in the new season would run in the lineup so quickly!

Clay. Thompson, Cowai. Leonard's two rookie players did not have any discomfort in the Wizards' starting lineup, and they performed very well, especially Thompson, who was simply at home in the small-ball tactical system based on shooting three-pointers.

Over the course of five games, Thompson averaged 2.6 three-pointers per game on 39 percent shooting, averaging 15 points per game.

In the entire team, apart from Curry and George, he is the third highest scorer.

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Paul. George had a tough start to five games, and the power forward position made him a little uncomfortable, and he struggled defensively against a taller and stronger interior player.

However, the loss on the defensive end has become his advantage on the offensive end.

Faster pace and longer range than traditional power forwards make it easy for George on the offensive end, and over five games, George has averaged 19 points per game, a big improvement from last season.

Of course, with George's tempering after a season and the tireless training of Wang Xiao's coaching system, it is more than enough for him to average 20+ points per game, and the reason why he is not like that is because there are too many scoring points in the team......

Among the starting five, there are four players who score double-doubles, excluding Thompson, who averages 15 points per game, and George, who averages 19 points per game, and the remaining two are Leonard, who averages 11 points per game, and Curry, who averages 31 points per game!

Leonard on the court, the role of defense is far greater than offense, but even so, he still got a lot of opportunities, at the beginning of his career, Leonard's offensive ability is not strong, and he has not developed any particularly strong offensive moves, but simply finishing the offense, Leonard is not soft at all.

In another time and space, when he first joined the Spurs, Leonard shot as high as 49.3% from the field, and the vast majority of them were dunks or layups that directly finished the offense under the basket.

On the Wizards, who focus on long-range shooting, it is not too easy for Leonard to get a chance to cut to the basket and catch the ball for a layup.

And the main reason why he directly has a lot of finishing offensive opportunities is the main core of the Wizards, Stephen. Curry.

In his third season, Curry's abilities have been further improved, and more importantly, he has finally acquired another time and space's closest partner with the Warriors, Klay. Thompson.

Although this Thompson and Curry are not familiar with each other, and his personal ability is far from mature, the shock he brings on the outside is far from Danny. Green can be compared.

Whenever Thompson actively runs off the ball, it can be said that he gives Curry the greatest cover support.

This is the first two years of Harden and Danny. Green can't help Curry anyway!