Chapter 437: One Man Against One Team
The Lakers' biggest problem now has only one, and that is how to limit Sean, who has explosive scoring ability!
Even Zhang Yi, who has the strongest defense in the team, can't limit Sean's offense well when he joins forces with Robert now. This was something that WACKER did not expect at the beginning of the competition.
Zhang Yi's personal defensive efficiency is one of the best in the league. After all, he has this athletic ability, plus the defensive training he received since childhood.
Back then, Wang Long was a player who was both offensive and defensive, which is why he won the regular season MVP trophy in his rookie season.
Following such a defensive god who has been training since childhood, Zhang Yi's personal defensive habits have long been tempered. Later, he studied with the defensive titan 'Smiling Butcher' Wacker.
Whether it is single defense ability or co-defense awareness, Zhang Yi shows a state on the court that is enough to compete for the best defensive player.
Although his defensive radius is still much worse than the real DPOY, after all, his game experience is still a lot worse.
It's just that people are also very optimistic about the future, Zhang Yi will become a man like Curry Jr. who wins the regular season MVP, scoring champion, and DPOY!
After all, the word comprehensive is not just lip service, if Zhang Yi wants to truly become the successor of Little Curry, he must show the same level of results!
Like an absolute superstar like Michael Jordan back then, although the trophy does not represent their strength, future generations cannot stand with them without the trophy!
The current state of the Hornets is typical of strong offense and weak defense. When the Lakers were playing their normal offense, no one other than Sean could defend at all.
That's why they are conceding more points per game than they are scoring. With a player like Sean who scores explosively, they could have played with endless possibilities on the offensive end.
Who makes other players infinitely lag behind directly affects the offensive and defensive performance of the whole team. It's not like the Hornets don't have a chance to play well, provided that all the injured players return.
It's the rarest of the story, because they don't have minor injuries, and it's still unknown if they want to make the playoffs. Shawn can now defeat some teams that are not strong in overall strength by himself, but there is really no solution in the face of a team like the Lakers.
No matter how provocative Sean is. Zhang Yi no longer has one-on-one with him, because such senseless consumption itself is meaningless. If the game goes into garbage time, he can.
It's just that in that case, the duel loses its original meaning.
Sean said that these trash words stimulated Zhang Yi, and it was also to buy respite for the team through his own strength. After all, the biggest problem with these players is not that they don't have the quality, but that they can't get into the groove right away like the starters.
Whether it's the Lakers or the Golden State Warriors. Their rotation lineup is already luxurious, but no one dares to say that their bench lineup can play its original strength as soon as it comes on the field.
It is indeed the type of offensive strong player who can hit at the first opportunity. Of course, these are all strong contenders for the league's best sixth man.
But even such a player is very difficult to play top defense right away. After all, the reason why they sit on the bench is often not because they can't attack, but because they don't have good defensive awareness and ability.
Sean's previous routine was to first fight him through his own singles and provocative opponents, so as to give his teammates a chance to breathe.
This time, Zhang Yi, as his old rival, of course, understood what Sean meant, so he faced the heavy responsibility given to him by Wacker to win. Of course, they will choose to jump out of their own personal wins and losses and pay attention to the team's wins and losses.
As long as the Lakers are attacking players other than Sean, they will easily get offensive opportunities. That's where the Lakers are strong as a whole.
The Hornets have neither a personnel to adjust nor a stronger option. The only thing the manager can expect is Sean to be able to make tackles as the opponent passes the ball.
Of course, this is easy to appear on an offensive weak team, and for a team like the Lakers, the league's No. 1 team, it is really difficult to play their own defensive dominance.
If Zhang Yi and Sean switch teams now, he will definitely not play better than the latter. After all, whether it is offensive or defensive, the current Sean is no weaker than Zhang Yi.
On the contrary, after strengthening his strength and technical training, Sean is far more deterrent than Sean. Although as a white quarterback, he is inherently less popular with black people in basketball.
But compared to Zhang Yi's yellow physique, he still has an advantage. If Zhang Yi can reach heights that are difficult for ordinary black players to achieve, then he will not admit defeat.
In the face of the Lakers' offense, Sean can only wait for others to play form. This in itself is not a sure thing, after all, if they are given time to reach a good level, then these people will not be reduced to the level that no team wants to want.
Everyone is saying that the weakness of teammates just sets off Sean's strength! And from him, people saw the figure of Thomas, who led the team to the finals that year!
It's just that the New York Knicks, where Thomas is located, also relied on team basketball to play a certain foundation before they began to suffer injuries in the opening stage.
This is different from Sean, as a rookie, at the beginning of the new season with a remnant of the team, even fighting for the playoffs.
Coupled with the fact that the Knicks are in the relatively poor East, it is relatively easy to break out of the playoffs.
If Sean can lead the Hornets out of the West this year, which is full of masters and strong teams, then the titles of Curry's successor or superstar no longer exist.
Because even Curry Jr. didn't do such a feat back then, and if the Hornets can break out of the West, there is a high probability that they can win the championship.
Then Sean could be the real Rookie of the Year. Of course, all this is only if, as it stands. They didn't just get out of the Lakers.
Not to mention the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs, who are pulling out their full strength. Reaching the playoffs can already establish Sean's status as a star.
If you can go through even the first round, the team owner will probably sigh that he has drawn a lottery.
After all, in the current situation, even if you bring Curry Jr. to the Hornets, you may not be able to play like Sean is doing now.
With the offense of the two teams, no, it should be said that Sean is fighting against the Lakers on his own, and the scores of both sides have risen alternately, which also proves Sean's strong ability to resist pressure!
If it were the other players who were faced with no helper, they might quickly throw up their hands and surrender......