In the first quarter, the Cavaliers relied on the bench lineup, that is, Morris. Williams + Jefferson scored four points each, and then scored a total of 10 points. 10 points in a single quarter, which is not a particularly good score no matter how you look at it. Is the Cavaliers a team that averages more than 104+ points per game this season, with 10 points in a single quarter? It's too low.

All the starters in this quarter did not play well, although James tried his best to organize the team and connect the team in the first quarter, but the Lakers' defensive system was too meticulous, and he wanted to pass the ball too much, in fact, it made the team unable to open. Including his best transition offense, he didn't make it in the first quarter. This is an absolute sign of aberration.

On the other hand, the Lakers played steadily and steadily, although the pace was slow, but they still scored 22 points. For other fast-paced teams, 22 points in a single quarter is actually a bit low, but for the Lakers, it is not low at all. They haven't averaged 90 points per game so far this season. This is a "great anomaly" and "a huge heresy" in this alliance.

Much like the Bulls and Grizzlies in front, the only difference is that the Lakers are stronger and win more, so no one can blame them too much. At least until the big dip in results, it's hard to do anything. Otherwise, how do you want the team in the east to live? The top three in the West have a higher regular-season win rate than them.

If it weren't for the fact that the Warriors and Spurs were so terrible this season, the Lakers wouldn't have looked relatively "mediocre". So far, only 12 games have been lost, which should not be bad in any season. It's just that this season's West is just too wild.

Internal friction is extremely serious. But the discerning person can also see it. The first group in the Western Division has already taken shape.

There is nothing wrong with the Warriors + Spurs + Lakers forming a Western seeded team, or a league seeded team. The rest, including the Thunder, also began to decline in the regular season due to a change of coach and a wide range of injuries to the team, although they are still in fourth place in the West, but they are getting bigger and bigger from the above three teams. If you want to catch up, you don't just play well and win more, but you also have to see whether they lose or not in the top three.

Now these three teams want to lose, it's really hard.

Unless it is infighting, mutual internal friction.

Someone has calculated that these three teams, in addition to internal friction and killing each other, have lost only a handful of times, so ...... The cruelty of the Western Division, do you need to explain more? If you're going to play the Warriors four times, the Spurs four times, the Lakers four times a season, think about it, what kind of mood and mentality do you have? It's basically not started yet, and we're going to concede at least 10 games this season. Therefore, to be born in the West, it must be wild.

Not wild, you can't even squeeze into the edge of the playoffs.

Look at the Rockets, who claim to be Morden Combo, but they haven't touched the top eight now.

Going into the second quarter, bench time Larry. Brown didn't seem to be going to spend it easily, and he began to take the initiative to change his moves and set up response tactics, which felt much more serious than the first half of the game. The energy is starting to increase its investment. It's also a common coaching process for managers. Because they also need to slowly transform their thinking and coaching thinking into playoff intensity. It's not a blink of an eye, it's all about gradual transformation. Doing this in one breath can only disrupt the rhythm of your own team and increase the risk of injury to your team.

In the second quarter, the Cavaliers gave James a little more rest, using Irving to take the lead and play with the team's bench. That's also the benefit of the three All-Star players, if they can all attack independently, that's even better, they can all play with them. The Cavaliers' defense has been so poor in the league in recent years, but they can repeatedly reach the Finals, which has a lot to do with their style of play. At any time, at least one star player with independent offensive ability can be maintained on the field.

In this way, the team will not have a shortage of independent offensive points and firepower gaps, and the stability will be high.

This team's style of play is actually the way the Heat team played that year, with James as the core system, Irving is similar to Wade back then, and Love is similar to Bosh back then. Although the defensive ability has declined, the scoring ability is still above. Because these players were still very young, Wade didn't maintain his peak scoring ability for too long. Except for the first two years, the level of singles is no longer as good as that of Irving this season. Moreover, Irving has three points and a basket.

It can open up the space even more.

This section Larry. Brown seemed to anticipate the opening style of the Cavaliers, and quickly turned into an EAK defensive tactic + assistant defense double clip. This is against Irving on the opposite side, because the Lakers' bench No. 1 position is not playing well, especially defense, which has repeatedly become the opponent's chasing point. The previous games have confirmed it. It's either that Famar's defense is not hard enough, or that he lacks pure personal hard ability, which is difficult to fill no matter how hard he works and how he uses his attitude. So before the start of the quarter, Larry. Brown set up this tactical play on the sidelines to specifically restrain Irving's solo time.

When Irving breaks through, he resolutely executes the help defense and forces him to pass the ball to the rest of the team, preferably inside. Because the inside offensive ability of the opposite side is not strong, whether it is the starter or the substitute. Tristan. Thompson and Timoffey. Mozgov is a typical blue-collar player, and the Lakers can play more tactical responses, and their individual offensive ability is not enough. If you really let them fight more, especially if they attack independently, it will definitely not be possible to have too much damage. The defense of Lakers players, Larry. Brown is still very sure of his training ability, not to mention ability, his attitude is leveraged! Uh, actually a bit of nonsense, you Larry. Brown puts so much emphasis on the defensive end that you want to play more and you can't afford not to step up, unless you're really a superstar, Iverson, that. Otherwise, no one can escape. Besides, the team bosses are so committed, what else do you have to say? If you want to increase your playing time and chances, you have to strengthen your defense, at least your defensive attitude.

This is the same as last season, when D'Antoni was in charge, the attacking attitude and attacking determination must be the same.

What each coach asks for is also completely different. If you as a player don't have the right to resist, you can only accept it. There is no second way. Even if it is said that the NBA is a league of players, not a coach-oriented league like the NCAA. However, this "player" is also conditional, not all players can, specifically, it is just a star, a superstar player.

As soon as Irving broke through with the ball, he was met with the Lakers' strong co-defense and double defense, which made him unable to score for 2 solitaires, and he could only choose to pass the ball to the rest of the people. But if you look at these guys, Mozgov has 6+ points this season, no three-pointers, and Iman. Shampert, who averaged 5+ points per game this season, shot 2 to 9 three-point shots, less than 30 percent, and Jefferson is no longer the star player who can easily cut down an average of 22+ per game. He's only averaging 5+ points per game now, he's mostly used as a shooter, and his singles and individual offensive abilities are close to total degradation. There is only one Morris left. Williams can also fight on his own. But he has a very bad habit, that is, as long as he gets the ball, he likes to attack without brains, obviously passing and vision are okay, but he often "goes crazy", blindly hits a few shots, and shoots blindly. And he's too short, the Lakers can easily hit his misalignment. It won't be too difficult for Keyang to cast against him. Williams' defense has always been close to the level of the "black hole".

In this case, just use another person to focus on Williams, and it's OK.

Larry. Brown is also ruthless enough, and actually directly used Covington, the best person in the bench defense, to defend alone. Williams also wanted to rely on his speed and flexibility to "play small", but he underestimated Covington's individual defensive ability first, and secondly, he overestimated his current physical condition. Judging from the original time and space, this is his last season, and his physical fitness has deteriorated a lot. Don't think that everyone is the kind of endurance of the supergiant in history, most ordinary NBA players, after the age of 30, is a significant decline. Especially for a small man like Williams, the threat will be greatly reduced when his speed and agility are reduced. Don't talk about him, he is as strong as Iverson, known as the fastest breakthrough master in history, and he can only maintain it for so many more years. Once there is no guarantee in these aspects, it will decline rapidly and be oblivious to everyone.

This setup put the Cavaliers' offensive operation in a bad position, and Morris. Williams couldn't open at all, and after shooting 0 of 3, the Cavaliers still let Irving come directly. Owen is not the Owen of previous years, he is in the fifth grade, and he has matured a lot overall. So I quickly adjusted according to the situation on the court, began to reduce personal strong bursts, and chose to block and dismantle. Save energy and reduce the difficulty of breakthroughs.

The Lakers' response has already been arranged, using "eaking" to target the pick-and-roll defense. Irving's blocker blocks the other side, and puts Owen on the side of the blocker. The reason why this is done is because Owen's breakthrough ability is top-notch, and you want to block it easily, which is basically impossible, not to mention that it is exhausting and exhausting, and it is easy for the opponent to "counteract", use your defense to be too utilitarian, and stab and break up in one fell swoop. Don't doubt that Irving's singles level has been very high in recent years, and by James's side, he doesn't need to learn anything to share the ball, just give full play to his individual singles ability.

So, simply let go of the side and let the opponent go in the direction of cover. In this way, it is easy to have defensive initiative. Of course, want to guard against this season's Carey. Owen, this is not enough, so there needs to be a follow-up. When Irving's blocking and dismantling direction is closer to the sideline, the method of forcing the sideline is adopted to delay Irving, so that teammates in the three-point line can have a longer time to respond and react, and increase the difficulty of Irving's breakthrough to finish. You have to know that in the NBA, if the players are all ready, you want to be more than a dozen people, it's really not an easy thing to do. Don't say anything about Owen, the superstar supergiant is coming, it's the same, it will never be easy. What if Owen was going to block the pick-and-roll in a more modest location? Also simple, Larry. Brown asked the Lakers to directly adopt an abnormal pick-and-roll approach, not to do traditional chase and change, and not to maintain a one-on-one defensive position between the pick-and-roll and call pick-and-roll players. Other words...... Directly take the method of "dead pinching" to call the blocking player.

Lakers Nick. Yang + Famar did not throw aside the Russian Mozgov at all, and directly pinched Kairi, who held the ball. Irving! This made the home commentators of the Cavaliers shout loudly: "Mistake! Defensive blocking error! ”

Defensive Errors??? Larry. Brown laughed off the court and said, "Who told you it was a defensive pick-and-roll error?"

Irving caught the ball in a double bag, and he didn't expect the Lakers to dare to do it, and almost made a mistake, but he still relied on his ball control to barely hold on, and then passed to Mozgov, who was unguarded on the side. Mozgov shot, but unfortunately this ball is not empty at all! Because the moment Irving stabilized the ball, he had already given the Lakers time to strain and come out, and the ball was easily saved and interfered with, and the Lakers were stuck in their respective positions to protect the rebound.

This is to make it clear that you want to strangle Owen and fight yourself! And it's bullying you Owen is too short to pull out his hand like Joe Comai who doesn't need any shot space! You pass the ball, you can, it's up to you guys to score! Don't forget that the Lakers' defense, even if it's the bench, is very disciplined and definitely not messy. That's what a really strong defensive manager can do.

Not only trapped in the main force, substitutes, but also strengthened.

Irving played another pick-and-roll later, this time with even more ineffect, hitting the Lakers' "EAK" defense. He was selectively put to the left by Famar, which was actually a change of direction and provocation. Because few people know that Irving, who shoots with his right hand, is actually a player with a strong left hand, and it is even rumored that he is left-handed. Irving really called the pick-and-roll preparation, but the quality of the pick-and-roll this time was not high, and not every team's pick-and-roll level was as fierce as the Warriors. Covington seized the opportunity, he did not follow the direction of the opponent's cover, but deliberately slowed down in the back, found another direction to stand still a little, and waited for a second before starting to act.

This looks like Larry. Brown feels that he is more and more not wrong about the person, this base salary boy, defensive understanding and talent, is really good. This is a kind of impromptu decision, not to follow the traditional anti-blocking and dismantling, but to take a slow step to keep up, to control the offensive line of the ball carrier in disguise! This person who has no ability can not play like this at all, and no one can be less in prediction and personal ability, otherwise it will be a huge joke to do so, and it will make the opponent clean you up, and directly pass one and two, tearing the defense.

Then Owen was really judged by the other party, and the breakthrough was greatly delayed, Covington relied on his height and the prediction he had prepared in advance, and almost made Owen unable to jump and was hit by a hat.

After turning around, the Lakers scored a mid-range shot, and there was no way, and the Cavaliers could only call a timeout.

Because they didn't get a single point in this section.

Defended by the Lakers.

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