However, the Lakers are not without harvest in this game, although Hibbert's state is still slowly recovering, and he did not recover all of a sudden because of the nearly 20 minutes of playing time in this game, but their other new signing made the Lakers see something different, first of all, Matt Barnes's three-point shot cannot be compared with Ye Xuan and others, but the shooting rate is not too low, and secondly, his defense is indeed compared to Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill's gentle wayIf you have to be a representative, then Matt Barnes' defense should be the same as Beverley's, the same mad dog-like defensive attitude as the guys from the Bad Boys Army.

With the end of February, the situation of the top few in the East and West is now basically clear, the Lakers, Warriors and Pelicans are still in the top three in the West, but the Lakers' lead is still very obvious, and the Warriors have encountered some trouble, and they are likely to feel the pressure brought to them by the Pelicans behind them in the next period of time. And the Pelicans naturally need not say much, the prototype of a Big Four has begun to emerge, even if Holiday is not counted in it, then they are also the Big Three, plus a good bench, the Pelicans' goal this season must be the same as the Lakers, there is only one, that is, the championship.

As for the eastern side, the sudden rise of the Celtics team is indeed a surprise to people, under the leadership of Thomas Jr. and Horford, the Celtics' performance this season can only be described as excellent, their teamwork and tactical diversification have made everyone's eyes shine, and the tragic defending champion Cavaliers are still the same, eating the old book as usual, and there is no big change. If Celtics coach Stevens is the Popovich of the new generation of coaches, then I think Coach Lu can only be regarded as Scott among the new generation of coaches at most, except for the dead old Zhan and Irving, I feel that he has not been able to conjure up some other flowers, so we can see that the 32-year-old Lao Zhan's average playing time per game is still among the best, and we can see that Irving has begun to wonder whether it is time to start healthy basketball at this young age, because the body really can't bear so much load.

Of course, the most important point is that the Cavaliers have a very big problem on the inside, needless to say about the injury of Love, which has a huge impact on the Cavaliers, but at least they can have a Tristan Thompson as an interior pillar. As a result, they still underestimated the strength of the Kardashian family, as the Kardashian sisters of the league's best defensive player family, they are naturally very outstanding in defensive skills, under the defense of Khloe Kardashian, originally as a player selected by the Cavaliers with the No. 4 pick, his development future is very promising, but he didn't expect that he only won the championship last season, and he began to fall crazy this season. Not only is his performance on the field getting worse and worse than before, but injuries are also starting to increase, and he has missed nine games so far this season, which makes Lao Zhan a little annoyed.

Of course, what embarrassed the Cavaliers was not only this problem, but also the Pacers behind them who suddenly regained their feelings, after that wave of trades, the state of the Pacers is now starting to rise rapidly, and the Pacers, who have strong players such as Ibaka and Rose, have a winning percentage even comparable to the Warriors after the trade, and now they have chased the third place in the East. And they have unwittingly narrowed the win gap between them and the Cavaliers to just 1.5 games.

Behind the Pacers, the Raptors who are fierce in the regular season and in the playoffs, the state of the garbage brothers in the playoffs is still the biggest problem they need to solve now, if this problem can be solved, then the Raptors' combat effectiveness should still be very worth looking forward to.

The arrival of March means that the focus of basketball fans in the United States has shifted from the NBA to the NCAA, and the Sweet March game is also very much expected by many Americans, in fact, it really has to be said that the NCAA is the basketball league with the most fans, because their basketball game is clean and pure, unlike the NBA, which has been completely commercialized, pure basketball, is something that all basketball fans like to watch. Of course, this is also different from the domestic CUBA, CUBA now basically few people will continue to engage in the basketball industry in the future, the rhythm after their graduation, most people are still looking for jobs, getting married and having children, and the NCAA is a concentration camp that sends fresh blood to various basketball leagues every year In addition to the NBA, various basketball leagues in Europe also have a lot of players from the NCAA, so in addition to the fact that he is not commercial, he also has a characteristic, that is, he is very professional.

After entering March, the current situation of the Lakers has gradually become clear, their goal now is very simple, while staying healthy, as much as possible to adjust the state of the game for the players, as for the outcome of the game, the team that can defeat the Lakers is not very much now, especially now that Ye Xuan and others are playing more and more stable, it is becoming more and more difficult to beat the Lakers in an upset, unless it is like the Clippers last time, not only the inside and outside are blooming at the same time, And it also successfully contained Ye Xuan's counterattack.

But it's not so easy to say, in the first game in March, they ushered in a strong opponent, away to challenge the Celtics, which is undoubtedly a challenge for the Lakers, the last time they played against the Celtics, although the Lakers won the final victory, but that game was actually more because of the opponent's early surrender, if it continues to die, then the Lakers will definitely have to spend a lot of energy.

And in this game, the Celtics are fighting on their home court, and naturally they will not give up the game in advance again, so the Lakers also ushered in a tough battle in this game, after the first three quarters of the game, the Lakers only scored 77 points, and the Celtics only scored 76 points, both teams did a good job of defense, and the Lakers only led the opponent by one point into the final quarter.

However, in the last quarter, it is time to compete with the combat effectiveness of the all-star players of the two teams, although Thomas Jr. is the king of the last quarter of this season, but in the face of Ye Xuan, his combat effectiveness must have decreased, and although Ye Xuan's ability to handle the ball at critical moments is also very good, but this game Smart made Ye Xuan feel very unhappy, and the feeling of being defended by him was very similar to when he was defended by Tony Allen two years ago, which made Ye Xuan very uncomfortable, But fortunately, at this time, the Lakers also had a key gentleman to step up, Wade was substituted with six minutes left in the fourth quarter, and then began his most successful performance of the season, first singled Thomas Jr. twice in a row, successfully extended the margin to 3 points, and then after the opponent hit a three-pointer to equalize, he immediately returned the color outside the three-point line.

Although it is said that Wade, as a historical scoring guard, his three-point shooting ability is a little insufficient, but the three-point shot at the critical moment, Wade is still not soft, and after this-for-tat three-point shot, Wade's performance is not over, in the next few rounds, Ye Xuan assisted Wade twice to make a layup that cut inside into the line, and calculated that Wade, who was replaced on the court in the fourth quarter, and 5 shots and 5 shots, scored 11 points, and then the Lakers gradually grasped the initiative on the court. The Celtics were only forced to start a three-point gamble, but at the critical moment, it was Wade again, after the opponent hit three points again, he used the fast serve to directly sneak attack again, so that the Celtics instantly lost the confidence to chase the score, and in the final stage, the opponent was forced to only foul tactics, and Ye Xuan's free throws were naturally not a problem, all four free throws were hit, ending the game, the old Wade played 6 minutes in the last quarter, and scored 13 points on 6 shots and 6 of 6 shots also made everyone shout, The Flash is back.

But when they continued to travel to the away team to challenge the Pelicans, who have become the most luxurious team in the league, their luck was not as good as this game, the Pelicans, who have the league's No. 1 center and the league's top three power forwards, can put endless pressure on the Lakers on the inside, and this game also made Ye Xuan realize that his team still has a lot of unsatisfactory points.

In fact, in the process of the game, the Pelicans did not play particularly smoothly for various reasons, such as at the beginning, when the Lakers did not feel smooth on the outside, the rhythm of the Pelicans became very bad, and they were able to use the advantage of rebounding to play a dozen, but the Lakers' rebounding advantage did not seem particularly useful when they were on time, but because Gasol and Randle also floated on the outside of various blocks and dismantles, so the Pelicans' defense seemed to be a little chaotic.

However, when the Lakers' hand began to decline, their lead began to eat away from the Pelicans, and when the Lakers were leading the most, they even led by 12 points, but after the feeling went down, the Pelicans used the interior play with a higher success rate to gradually narrow the point difference, and when it came to the fourth quarter of the second half, the Pelicans finally overtook the score after three quarters of hard play.

And after that, the Lakers never found a chance to regain the lead, on the defensive end they were caught by Anthony Davis or Cousins from time to time to grab the frontcourt rebounds, so that the Pelicans' secondary offensive score was 18 points higher than that of the Lakers, and on the offensive end, due to the disadvantage of the inside, they could only float on the outside to shoot, but the result was indeed some problems, and Ye Xuan, who felt the only online hand, was strictly guarded, So in the end, the Lakers lost this game between the best teams in the West.

In fact, the Pelicans still have a lot of problems in this game, such as they have some different opinions on the distribution of the ball, Cousins' arrival means that he will get at least 15 shots per game, and Buddy Hield and Terrence Jones, who were used to trade him, only averaged less than 10 shots per game, so the remaining shots were basically divided from Anthony and Holiday , but Anthony obviously did not adapt to this change, So he still has a lot of singles after receiving the ball.

Of course, if he can shoot the ball smoothly, then this is not a problem, but his single efficiency is obviously not as high as that of Kao Shen in the interior with the ball, so the Pelicans will be so passive in the first quarter, and even fell behind by a double-digit point difference, but fortunately, the Lakers' hand did not last until the end, at the beginning of the second half, the Lakers' hand began to decline, in the first half their three-point shooting rate reached 57% of 21 shots of 12, but in the second half, They shot just 28.5 percent of their three-pointers on 4-of-14 shooting.

Of course, in addition to the problem of the distribution of tees, the playing time of several stars has also created a lot of trouble for Alvin Gentry, he needs to reasonably allocate the playing time of the four stars to ensure that one or two of them can play with other parts of the bench on the court, because this is also a weakness of the Pelicans' lineup, that is, their bench lineup is indeed a little too weak, they are not like the Lakers, the bench lineup is strong enough, So they need one or two core points to play together, and although the Lakers will also let Wade be replaced early, and then play with the benches at the beginning of the second quarter, there will still be a long time for the benches led by Clarkson to face the opponent alone, and they will not fall behind.

The last question, and the most critical thing, is that the interior has two monster-level players, Cousins and Anthony Davis, which makes it necessary for one person to make concessions between them, both of them can pull to the outside to catch the ball, and both can give the opponent heavy damage on the inside, but the interior is just such a little space, if both of them are crowded on the inside, the interior offense will become very difficult, of course, in fact, in general, for this luxury Pelicans, In fact, these three problems can only be regarded as happy troubles, after all, it is not easy for other teams to have the opportunity to have such troubles.