Chapter 308: The Lakers' Princeton style of play
Zhang Yi is still the tactical core of the Lakers, but it is now a little more complicated than the simple tactics at the beginning. Because it prevents further mistakes. Vali has now mentioned the position of starting as a playmaker in the high post.
In fact, in Wacker's vision, the Lakers' tactics in the future will be dominated by Princeton tactics. Although this tactic is already considered antique. But one day there is a basketball game, there will be this tactic.
Although Wali's current ability to respond has not yet been fully developed, it is obvious that with Zhang Yi's important firepower attraction, their off-ball play is much more powerful than other teams.
When Oscar and Robert began to run without the ball, the overall defense, which had been focused on Zhang Yi, was instantly scattered in many places. Coupled with Zhang Yi's air cut after going around the cover, Vali directly blocked Cosma behind him.
Without this biggest defensive threat, Zhang Yi's basket after receiving the ball is much easier. Because the Wizards' center doesn't have a very large defensive radius. Even if he let go of Vali to follow him in order to prevent Zhang Yi's quick down, it was obvious that the speed and quality of the cap were far behind Cosma.
See the Los Angeles Lakers' change of formation. The on-site commentary was also surprising. In their opinion, Vali's height and weight are not stellar, and he doesn't have flashy back-to-back and rim-attacking skills, so everyone doesn't take him seriously.
Now it is both logical and unexpected that WACKER is being used in this way. From this attack, it can be seen that this Vali is very fast. And I don't know where the overall situation comes from, it's not a mechanical look for an opportunity to feed Zhang Yi the ball.
The Wizards didn't call a timeout right away, because even if the opponent's offense was better, Princeton's key playmaker needed a lot of tactical literacy, and no one believed that Vali could make the right judgment every time quickly.
And because of the presence of Valanda, the Wizards' offense won't have problems. The Los Angeles Lakers' defensive lineup isn't good, because of the combination of Robert and Oscar, who aren't very good at defense.
Valanda himself has a strong offensive ability, and Nopton under his leadership is basically waiting to shoot, and then the goal is empty. Because it's a simple run between the two of them that can shake off the defense.
At this time, it may be better to give up Robert and replace it with a new 3D player. But WACKER will not let Robert miss out on the opportunity to exercise, after all, he will become a standard workhorse in the future.
Although both Robert and Vali were initially in the WACKER plan to be put in the rotation, Robert's ability on the offensive end after these games was really beyond his expectations.
It's just that now, the Lakers' offense relies on Princeton's tactics a lot easier, and there is never much of a problem with Zhang Yi.
After a round of hesitation, Wacker pressed Robert to the bench to take a break. The opponent did not change the lineup in a targeted manner.
The Wizards' current starting five are not too much of a problem, although there is a lot of room for improvement in each position except for Valanda. But the biggest problem now is actually the bench.
Because of the mess, the Wizards have accumulated a lot of garbage contracts. A lot of the retired players are with the Wizards, and many of them are either on season reimbursement or simply no longer have been NBA-caliber players.
Therefore, in the first three games, the Wizards' main team took the lead to open the score, and once they entered the rotation, they would lose back. If it weren't for the performance of Valanda and others, they might not have won three consecutive victories.
Now the Los Angeles Lakers have the capital to make personnel changes. The Wizards can only continue to use the main force. When Valanda said he didn't need to change the lineup, the head coach still saw him as a bit of a middle two, or at least a little impulsive.
Although now Valanda has proved with his own strength, there is no big problem with his original statement. But now there is a problem with the team's rotation, and even if it can be supported in the regular season without changing players, it will wait until the playoffs. Regardless of whether the starting five will have injuries, even if everything is normal, it is impossible to go too far.
Based on Valanda's recent performances, the Wizards owner actually has the idea of bringing in stars. If Washington was a black hole in the basketball world before, now the big sun of Valanda has illuminated the future of the team.
If you do recruit good players in free agency, it should be much easier than it was in the first offseason.
When the Lakers were attacking, their position was changing all the time. The so-called man moves the ball. Wali still looks a little nervous as a playmaker. But in cooperation with Zhang Yi or Oscar, he seems to be very experienced.
The Wizards couldn't find a way to solve the Lakers' offense at all, so they could only watch this Oscar run out of the open spot and shoot a three-point shot steadily.
And in turn, the situation has become even more unfavorable for them. Because Robert, who is good at offense but not good at defense, was taken down. The defensively focused No. 2 position now also spells big problems for Noopton.
The defense, which used to be able to be shaken off with a single block, is now stuck to him like a dogskin plaster, so that the outside coordination between Valanda and him can't be played at all.
In addition, Oscar, who is accustomed to Valanda's offensive mode, can also use his own experience to analyze and block some passing routes, which makes Valanda, known as the 'magician', play every ball very hard!
Now the game is gradually tilting to the side of the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite the cheers from the home fans, it was clear that there was still a big gap in the depth of the squad between the two teams.
Even if the Wizards coach wants to make personnel adjustments, he is facing a situation where no one is available. They can only rely on the existing line-up, and now they are playing like this.
At the end of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter, the Lakers gradually gained the advantage of the score. And it's clear that Valanda is still doing efficient assists and scoring. But he alone is still unable to support himself.
Zhang Yi did a good job of limiting Cosma's offense, and Nopton was pressed and beaten by an old defensive fritter. Although Wall-E is not particularly good defensively against the center on the inside, it is more than enough to deal with a second-rate space center.
"It's not a problem with Valanda, the gap between the two teams is still too big!" The on-site commentary also said helplessly. Because after coming up with the Princeton tactics, the Lakers played the ball more and more fluidly.
And Vali did a good job, disappointing those who expected him to make a mistake and self-destruct his tactics......
In the first official match against Zhang Yi, Valanda undoubtedly showed a more comprehensive performance, but this does not represent the team's victory or defeat.
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