After a long talk for most of the night, Ye Xuan didn't fall asleep until after three o'clock in the morning, the next day the Lakers had a back-to-back game with the Hawks on their home court, but fortunately, Ye Xuan didn't play long in the game with the Pacers, so his physical strength was still good in all aspects, plus he was still fighting at home, so he didn't have to worry too much about it then.

Speaking of the Eagles, this Eagles team is very different from the Eagles that Ye Xuan is familiar with, and after a 60-win season, the Eagles' record last season has declined. The team averaged 84.4 shots per game and shot 45.8 percent from the field, ranking 15th and 11th, respectively. They are not good at making free throws, averaging only 20 free throws per game at the bottom of the league, but with 28.4 per game, the Hawks are able to lift their true shooting percentage to 55.2% (tied for seventh) with a seventh-best three-point shooting average and a 35 percent (tied for 15th) three-point shooting percentage.

But offense isn't the Hawks' forte, and the team is averaging 102.8 points per game to rank 12th, which is still based on a high tempo (tied for eighth). In fact, the Eagles scored 103 points per 100 possessions, placing them in 18th place. In addition, the defensive rebounding rate (19.1%) and the second-highest turnover rate also dragged down the Hawks' offense. The second-highest assist rate of 19.1% not only highlights Mike Budenholzer's tactical thinking born from the Spurs' system, but also somewhat reveals the lack of superstars on the offensive end of the Hawks.

In contrast, the Eagles have taken their defense to the extreme. While limiting their opponents' shots wasn't a great deal, they pushed opponents to the lowest and sixth-lowest overall shooting percentage (43.2 percent) and three-point percentage (33.8 percent) in the league, and opponents were limited to 22.1 free throws per game against them (tied for sixth). With the bonus, the Hawks concede just 98.8 points per 100 possessions, ranking second in the league behind the Spurs.

Horford's departure is the biggest loss of the Hawks offseason, but fortunately, they have previously added Howard, who intends to prove himself again in front of his hometown parents, which is also the biggest attraction of the Hawks in the new season. Another notable change was that the Hawks orchestrated a three-way trade to send Teague away to correct Dennis Schroder. "German Rondo" had been eyeing the starting position as early as last offseason, and finally got his wish after being appeased for a year.

Teague was injured last season, and despite his improved three-point shooting, his overall offensive efficiency declined, and his shooting percentage fell below the 40 percent mark in the playoffs. Budenholzer, who has been immersed in the Spurs for a long time, will definitely "sell on the bargain", not to mention this year's lotto show. In order to ensure the smooth handover of the No. 1 position, the Eagles brought in veteran Jack to make up for Delaney, who had worked hard in overseas leagues for many years, with a two-year contract.

Schroder's ankle injury in training camp gave the Hawks a red light, for which they signed last season's NBDL assist king Margate, which can be regarded as adding "three insurances" to the No. 1 position. In addition, the Hawks used a four-year contract to retain Bazemore, who more than doubled his average points per game last season, and played a career masterpiece in starts, playing time, shooting percentage and rebounding.

On top of that, of course, they brought in Atlanta native Dwight Howard in the summer, and when they return home, Warcraft will inevitably be compared to their predecessor Horford. In this regard, Schroder and Humphries have both publicly stated that the defensive and layup lethality of the pile-type monster is stronger than Horford's, and his presence will be a blessing for the Hawks' outside shooters, but in the eyes of the industry it is a different matter. This brings up a central question: whether the Eagles' offense should shift from a pick-and-roll to a traditional inside-out approach.

Born out of the Spurs, Coach Budenholzer has held high the banner of overall basketball in Atlanta for the past three years. The team's pick-and-roll is not an end, but a means, from which to derive precision-guided passes. In addition, the Eagles are good at controlling the playing time of their players, and the players score more evenly. However, after the arrival of Warcraft, Budenholzer must consider whether the introduction of a center with a single offensive means but still a threat should increase the blocking and dismantling efforts and make him an offensive hub?

Judging from the lineup mix alone, Paul Millsap, who played a career masterpiece in Atlanta, is versatile and has outside projection, which is a suitable partner for Warcraft. Schroeder has a strong impact ability, and his breakthrough will also create a killing opportunity for Warcraft. The technical characteristics of the Eagles' two aces in the post-Horford era can be seamlessly connected with Warcraft, which is a major advantage of the team.

In addition, the changes in Warcraft itself are also a top priority. One of the big changes Howard has made before and after this year's training camp is that he has increased his outside shooting practice, saying, "The coach is confident in my shot, so it's not a problem at all...... It's just about mentality." But even so, the industry is skeptical that the monster, which has never mastered outside shooting and has an average distance of less than 1 meter from the basket in sports warfare, can practice an outside shot so far in his career. In terms of enriching offensive means, Warcraft's move is understandable, but is it necessary for the eagles to let him do this?

Whether it is with Warcraft as the axis, I expect him to participate more in blocking and dismantling; Still insisting on passing the ball, hoping that the monster will "steal" Horford, and appear at the top of the free throw arc and on the weak side, the Hawks will take a certain risk, but they have no choice. And after the introduction of Howard, they will face a more awkward situation, their free throw count may get a rapid increase, but this increase is not necessarily a good thing for them, because at that time, their opponents use the 'slash shark' tactic, and the free throws of the Monster have always been a meme, so how far the Hawks can go this season, everyone can only wait and see.

However, in the first four games of this season, the Hawks played relatively well, except for the loss to the Warriors, they won all three other games, including even defeating last year's defending champion Cavaliers, but Howard's position in the team has not improved. In these four games, he still averaged only 9.5 shots per game, although he was able to average 13 points and 11.25 rebounds per game, but the shots still limited the play of the Monster, and it can be seen that he is not particularly satisfied with his shots, and Mike Budenholzer still needs to study and improve a lot in the future.

The game started soon, and the monster unexpectedly pressed Gasol to slap the ball into Xiao Huangmao's hands, but Xiao Huangmao had obviously just been entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and he was still a little uncomfortable, so when facing Ye Xuan's defense, he did not pass the ball to Howard according to the established plan at the beginning, but dribbled a few more times, and these few times also gave Ye Xuan a chance, a grabber almost forced the opponent to make a mistake, and he could only pass the ball to Korver on the side in a hurry, but as soon as the ball was out of his hand, he knew that it was bad, Because the Lakers also have a steal master - Wade, Wade's side suddenly started, broke Xiao Huangmao's horizontal pass, and began to play a fast break with Ye Xuan, Xiao Huangmao and Bazemore and others began to chase back, but the speed obviously couldn't keep up, and they could only watch Wade easily send the ball to the rebound, and Ye Xuan burst into a dunk and succeeded.

Xiao Huangmao also knew that it was because of his own mistakes that caused this conceded goal, so he didn't dare to be careless in the next round, and immediately passed the ball to Howard who was in an important position on the inside after controlling the ball to the front court, and the point that decided the outcome of this game was actually Howard, although the Hawks didn't rely much on Howard, but the Warcraft was now the only advantage they had in the face of the Lakers.

The monster received the pass, and immediately sank down to hit Gasol with his back, but Gasol is not a vegetarian, although he can't bear Howard's back hit, but some defensive skills are still good, Howard's side is also a little careless, playing and suddenly being removed from the chair by Gasol, almost falling down too hard, and only being able to pass the ball out in a hurry, it is obviously too late to regain the singles, and can only see how the teammates on the outside play, but I have to say that Korver's shooting is still very stable, after receiving the ball, hit this three-point directly with the help of Bazemore's cover.

In the next few rounds, Ye Xuan was still testing the strength of the opponent, so he did not directly choose to attack with the ball, but he found that although Xiao Huang Mao was very active in defense, it was very easy to eat feints, and Bazemore's side seemed to be easy to pack, which gave Ye Xuan an offensive idea, first he attacked with the ball in two consecutive rounds, once he shook off Xiao Huang Mao and hit three points directly, and once he made a foul with a fake move after the opponent, after two consecutive attacks, When Ye Xuan continued to attack with the ball, Bazemore came over to wrap it up, and Ye Xuan was ready to be trapped, and directly sent the ball to Solomon Hill's hands with a behind-the-back pass, and Hill received the ball and scored three points.

The Lakers relied on Ye Xuan's excellent play at the beginning to play well, and the Hawks were a little depressed, although Millsap was able to beat Randle alone, but the success rate was relatively average, and Warcraft has not been the Hawks' important point, although Howard also scored 4 points in 2 of 4 shots in the first few rounds just now, but it was not able to satisfy Mike Budenholzer, so when the game reached the first TV timeout, the Hawks decisively replaced Howard and replaced it with his old routine, Although Horford is missing, at least his tactical system has not been destroyed.

But although the idea is good, but you want to use an old routine that is not as strong as the previous two years to deal with a team that has the strength to impact the championship, isn't it a bit whimsical, sure enough, after the timeout, although the Lakers replaced Wade, but the combat effectiveness has not been reduced much, but because of the enhancement of an outside firepower, the efficiency has increased.

After a few more rounds between the two teams, the Lakers completely occupied the top, after all, there was no need to divide troops to help Gasol against Howard, so the Lakers played more easily, and the Hawks were completely dumbfounded at this time, they only cared about their tactics fluently, but did not take into account Howard's ability to contain the opponent's attention on the offensive end, as a result, a substitution completely liberated the opponent, and his defense line was easily defeated by the opponent, and although the offensive end played a tactical out, However, the opponent's defense is a bit tough, so the success rate of the attack is still miserable.

Ten minutes into the first quarter, the Lakers had an eight-point lead, and if it weren't for Korver and Bazemore's two three-pointers in a row, the Lakers would have been able to lead their opponents by double digits. At this time, the Lakers took the initiative to call a timeout, replaced Ye Xuan and other main forces, and replaced them with substitutes, which is also a substitution tactic established by Wharton Jr. in order to ensure that Ye Xuan is physically strong, Ye Xuan generally plays 18-20 minutes in the first half It is more reasonable, of course, if the opponent is less powerful, then Ye Xuan is estimated to play a soy sauce in the second half.

Although Ye Xuan has some thoughts about this, he doesn't care too much about playing for one or two more minutes, after all, the opponents he is facing now are not particularly strong, and the really strong opponent will be the away game the day after tomorrow, and their opponent on November 5th will be the super terrifying giant team, the Warriors, which is also an unprecedented team with two regular season MVPs at their peak.

There have been two regular season MVPs in history who appeared on the same team, such as Magic and Abdul-Jabbar back then, but at that time Abdul-Jabbar had entered the end of his career, and the Magic was still a young man, of course, the same was true of the later Rockets. Of course, the most recent one was actually last season, after Ye Xuan was traded to the Lakers, they also had two regular season MVPs on the team, but that was Lao Ke's last season.

After playing for a period of time in the second quarter of the game, Ye Xuan was finally replaced again, although the Hawks also organized a wave of counterattack during this period, but in the face of the Lakers benches led by Wade, they still only had the power to parry, and there was no chance to fight back. The Hawks have also lost the idea of continuing to struggle, and they will continue to challenge the Clippers in Los Angeles tomorrow, so it makes more sense to give up as soon as possible in this game, which is basically impossible to catch up.