Chapter 1205 [Straightforward and fast-talking, continue to win streak]
The Warriors lineup has changed, and the overall strength is a little weaker than the Warriors joined by Durant in the parallel world.
Middleton can attack with the ball weaker than Durant, and Redick's ability to play off the ball is also a weakened version of Klay Thompson.
The Warriors' interior lineup is a bit stronger than in parallel worlds, with two defensive strongmen, Rudy Gobert and Draymond Green, David West joining with a base salary, and the addition of veteran Nowitzki.
With these four people, Kevon Looney, who is very physical, can still only be a fringe man this season. However, the Warriors' interior players can't provide consistent offensive firepower, which can't be compared to Durant.
Durant has lived a very comfortable life after joining the Lakers, which is much better than joining the Warriors and having a conflict with Green. The selfless Horford and Durant are well acquainted and have signed a contract extension with a high salary, and the two have no conflict of interest in terms of ball or money.
Green's current hostility is Gobert, who has had multiple arguments in the locker room this season and has been exposed by the media.
Green was often unhappy with Gobert's performance and was reluctant to partner with him. He said that when Brook Lopez was the starter, the Warriors won two straight championships, and the team started losing after Gobert increased his playing time, trying to label his teammates as a cancer.
Isn't that? After Gobert increased his playing time, the Warriors did not defend their title, which was obviously due to Guo Xu's comeback. Even if they don't sweep the Nets, they will win easily.
The Golden State media said that Green was just outspoken, and he always thought that Gobert, a Frenchman, was an "outsider". This guy is angry and dares to yell at the referee on the field, he has not been banned once or twice, and he has no ill will towards his teammates.
ESPN experts have questioned why the outspoken Green is targeting Gobert alone. It's true that Green is an emotional person, and no one pays attention to his hot brain, so have you ever seen him scold Curry and Middleton?
Yes, Green has some impulses, but he's not stupid, and he knows very well which players on the Warriors are vital to the team and which are dispensable.
When you Gobert was a marginal man, didn't our Warriors still win the championship? At this point, I provoke you, just as you left in the summer, leaving me with a big contract in the future.
No matter how you look at it, Green and Gobert don't suffer from quarrels. The two of them have been competing for a long time, both are good at defense and have no range, Green can handle but is too short, and management prefers to keep a tall man.
Green is a dirty player on the court and not clean off the court, and he knows how to use his "upright" personality to his advantage. He quarreled with Gobert over his contract renewal, which involved tens of millions of dollars in income. And he knows very well that his stats will drop dramatically without the Warriors system, and he doesn't want to be traded.
Gobert rejected the team's early contract extension, and as long as he stays with the Warriors this summer, it will definitely be a big contract, and the media expects it to be around $110 million for four years.
In short, the Warriors are now conflicted internally, the players are not aligned, and the two interior players who are playing in their years are not suitable to play together. Nowitzki's defense is much worse when he comes on the court, and his offense is mostly based on catch-and-shoot shots. West is also strong in attack and weak in defense, playing for a while when playing small ball tactics, he can only play big forward, and he can't defend the penalty area with the height of a center.
After the Warriors gave up Lopez, their strength was weaker than last season, but the Lakers were stronger overall than last season.
And Curry lacked confidence in the face of Guo Xu and was abused out of the shadows. He has never won Guo Xu heads-up since his debut, and his teammates must help with the clip, otherwise Guo Xu will have to fight him back to 60+.
In the playoffs, Curry was abused by Guo Xu very badly, and Guo Xu averaged 50+ per game in that series. It's too exciting for a player who has won back-to-back MVPs, and it's impossible for Curry to improve on the defensive end, and he's 29 years old.
There was no suspense in this game, Guo Xu and Durant took turns to hold the ball, Horford was responsible for the response, Adams covered, and the Lakers casually played three quarters to lead the Warriors by 20 points.
Guo Xu played another 5 minutes in the final quarter, leading the team to lead by 26 points to seal the win, and the final game was 113-92, and the Lakers led the Warriors 3-0 in the regular season.
Carter and Wade have reduced their playing time this month because of the need to develop young players, and the coaching staff prefers to let Booker play.
Robertson was right to leave, and to stay was a marginal man. The Lakers have PJ Tucker in the team, and Robertson is not needed to strengthen the wing defense, Tucker can not only defend but also shoot three-pointers, and is an excellent 3-and-D player.
Guo Xu locked up the regular season MVP early, and no one could compete with him. People found out that the Lakers really could play a horrible record of 82 regular season wins this season, and there is no solution.
If the Lakers can't do this just because they have a strong roster, the key is that other teams have varying degrees of weakness, which creates a good opportunity for them to break the historical record. The Lakers' overall strength is significantly stronger than last season's 72-win Warriors.
Therefore, more and more people spray Durant, saying that he threw himself into the enemy, and the peak huddle led to a complete lack of competition in the NBA game. Durant didn't care at all, and every time he explained it was "I'm learning James." ”
This is really hurtful, what is worse than the lack of competition in the league due to the huddle, that is, after the peak huddle, he still can't win the championship, and he can't compete with others. After the All-Star Game, the James-led Nets slipped to fifth place in the East and were overtaken by the Wizards.
Last season, Jammy liked to spray Howard to drag the emperor back, and finally sprayed Howard out of the contract and left, and after Lopez was injured this year, the Nets didn't even have a person who could defend the restricted area, and they lost when they encountered a team with strong attack power in the low post.
In order to strengthen the interior line, they even signed Larry Sanders, who retired because of art. Sanders didn't make any money in art and was willing to come back to play basketball, but unfortunately he hadn't trained systematically for nearly two years, and he was a rough brother and couldn't play anymore.
James is unhappy with the team's operations and is ready to force the palace in the summer, and he is a complete free agent after this season, and will enter the free agency market to wait to see the Nets trade. If he can't find a teammate who satisfies him and can compete for the championship, he will have to make decision two.
The Lakers play everyone like a weak team, and when they deal with playoff teams, they take it seriously, and they play the lottery team. Guo Xu broke through the ball to assist his teammates, and often shot three points from a distance in the middle of the positional battle.
After the win over the Warriors, only the 76ers and Clippers have created a little threat to the Lakers this month.
The 76ers fought with the Lakers to the end, with amazing depth of the lineup, and the offense and defense were not much worse than the Lakers.
They lost in the individual ability of the star, and Guo Xu and Durant were particularly stable when they played key shots in the final quarter, and they couldn't be prevented without wrapping up. The 76ers are short of super-scorers, with Gallinari and Kemba Walker both lacking in shooting consistency.
The highlights of the 76ers were Jokic and Russell, with Jokic recording a triple-double of 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Russell played 26 minutes off the bench and finished with 21 points and four assists on 7-of-14 shooting, 5-of-9 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws.
The Clippers lost to the Lakers by 7 points, the Lakers role players played abnormally and relied on the stars to score, and the Clippers didn't seize the opportunity, and the core Paul was beaten up by Guo Xu.
Guo Xu shot 13-of-19, 7-of-11 three-pointers, 11-of-12 free throws, 44 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. Paul finished with 14 points, three rebounds and five assists on 5-of-18 shooting, 0-of-8 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws.
If Paul can't break through, the organization will also be affected, and his speed is getting slower and slower, barely able to keep up with Guo Xu's rhythm.
He's set to go this summer......