The Lakers swallowed their second loss of the season, which naturally exposed a lot of problems. However, Wacker is not angry, on the contrary, he is satisfied with the final adjustment of the starters.

Although this was unexpected by everyone, whether it was Zhang Yi or others, they all knew the temper of head coach Wacker. If you say that you don't get angry, you don't get angry, and you will never find trouble behind people's backs.

This defeat was unexpected, if not reasonable. The East and West say that there is a big gap in strength, but in fact, it is just because there is a super strong Golden State Warriors.

Other than that, the gap between the other teams is not huge. Even the New York Knicks' wins over other strong teams in the West are high.

This is partly because they have a devil's home field. On the one hand, it is also because their style of play belongs to the kind of team that wants crazy output and output ability, and wants to defend and defend.

The ability to attack quickly and defend quickly can already promise the vast majority of teams in the league. Not to mention that the pace of the game is too fast now. It's not the era of positional teams at all, and the New Yorkers are at the top of the fast-paced pace and can naturally play very good records.

The Lakers adjusted well in the final moments of the game because they slowed down and then pursued a balance between offense and defense.

If it weren't for Zhang Yi and others' hands suddenly feeling a little cold, the result of the game would be really difficult to say. The Knicks won't have it easy at all.

And they basically didn't feel the joy of winning, because if it wasn't for Thomson's two fairy balls in a row, they would have confessed to this ball.

At the end of the game, Thomas left the game early. He knew that the Lakers won the process, and even if the Knicks won the result in the end, the next time they met, if they couldn't come back, they would only lose back.

The result doesn't matter now. No one is going to talk about the results of the regular season. Take last season as an example, because of the Warriors' various normal rotations, this is also to take care of the team's veterans.

So the team's record in the regular season has a waterloo, but who would have thought that in the end they would be in the fifth place in the West, and they won the championship all the way to the West by the way.

What's the use of the Knicks getting 60+ wins in consecutive seasons? Now people have understood that if you play well in the regular season, you will have no problem in the playoffs, and you will still not be able to pass the Warriors in the finals.

This applies to the Lakers as well. After all, they still firmly occupy the first place in the league.

If it weren't for these two scorching defeats, they would have even set a record for consecutive wins in the NBA's all-time season. One would certainly like to see the record born. But there is no blind worship of the record.

Just like before this game, most people's focus was on the old and new generations of super point guards.

Compared with Valanda and Curry Jr., the Knicks' No. 1 star, Glade, is famous, but he has not been able to become the core leader of a team until now.

For that alone, he had been left behind by the Valanda duo. It's not hard for a point guard to be the boss in itself.

After all, he had the ball in his hands from the start. Not to mention that even if the quarterback and small forward steal the show, there is no control of him as the offensive initiator.

But it is simply impossible for others who have offense to play successful offensive tactics. So the point guard has always been the brains of the team.

A qualified point guard also dominates the team, and he can not be the top scorer. But it's an indispensable role on the field.

Glide has always relied on Thomas, and even Thomson in the small forward position. If it weren't for these two players converting his passes into assists. There could be a big jump in his personal data.

That didn't bother Varanda and Curry Jr. In the eyes of ordinary fans, what these two people did was absolute control of the field.

Whoever wants to score and who can score is in their hands. This is not particularly evident in Curry Jr.'s case. After all, the Golden State Warriors have put the task of scoring on him in recent seasons.

The other players in the starting line either have singles skills or can only catch and shoot from the outside. Even if Curry Jr. wants to control, it has to see if other people on the court have this strength.

So most fans still think of it as an offensive defender. But Valanda is the best example of how to dominate the field.

The Nets team he plays for not only has Morris, a super shooter who has made a name for himself with Valanda, but also has a bunch of talents who can catch and shoot under the basket and the bench.

Although the overall combat effectiveness of the Nets is not strong, no matter what the final result is, after getting the super point guard of Valanda, their team has become a strong team.

Some players can change the situation on the field by themselves. For example, Zhang Yi, Simpkins, Curry Jr., etc., all have this ability.

But players who can change a team on their own are rare in history. In addition to driving his teammates on the field, Valanda also combines his teammates closely through his own training and life off the field.

That's why the former Nets boss is now happy to play for Valanda. Even Zhang Yi can't do this now.

Although he trained hard, he was still a lot worse when it came to charisma. Compared to Valanda's experience and his influence in the locker room, Zhang Yi is now learning.

Although he practiced his ball skills with Wang Long since he was a child, he did not learn the aura of the Eastern Emperor. I think Wang Lung was a powerful figure in the NBA back then.

Even if it's only been one season, his story is everywhere. Even thorny players like Wacker in the Lakers locker room are convinced of Wang Lung.

It can be seen that Wang Lung's personal charm is strong. If Zhang Yi was put on the Lakers team that year, he would definitely be bullied to death by Wacker and others.

Not to mention that the current players are too old and lack personality. In the past, those thorny players have long been controlled by the rules of the league and lost their individuality.

Such balls are also the reason for getting more and more ugly. The NBA is supposed to be a battlefield. Players with weak personalities or weak skills don't deserve to survive the ravages of these people.

Although Zhang Yi's skills are strong, compared with his external ability, his inner strength is also one of the important reasons why a player can play well.

This is also the reason why Wacker has trained Zhang Yi in training again and again, even at the expense of all kinds of rudeness.

Wang Lung put the disciples he valued most into his hands, and Wacker had an obligation to make him strong!