Chapter 479: The End of March

After ending their 5-game winning streak, the Lakers players didn't have time to be sad, because they were about to set off again and set off for Phoenix to challenge the Suns who had just played against them, and the Suns were also sad, just pressed to the ground by the Lakers and rubbed a game, which was not two days later, and immediately had to play against the Lakers who had just been flattened, and now the Suns became like the Lakers' gas bucket.

The result of the game was not what everyone expected, and the last meeting was almost the same, in this game, the Lakers still pressed the Suns to the ground from the beginning, but the difference is that Ye Xuan's offensive desire in this game seems to be stronger, so after the end of the first quarter, Ye Xuan actually didn't have an assist, but he used 11 shots to get 19 points, Lao Ke's side is a little self-sacrificing, because the first quarter is basically Ye Xuan attacking, so Lao Ke's number of shots is not much, There were only 4 shots and 6 points, but Lao Ke seemed to have changed his style of play with Ye Xuan, and today Lao Ke's assists were already 4 at the end of the first quarter.

Needless to say, Ye Xuan still focused on offense, and Lao Ke also began to brush up assists, at halftime, Ye Xuan's 37-point score has attracted various media again, but this time, they are destined to be disappointed, although the halftime score was as high as 37 points, but soon after the start of the second half, Ye Xuan was directly replaced, because the Lakers were already 20 points ahead of the opponent, and there was no Markieff Morris to stand up to help the Suns chase points in this game. So the game quickly turned into garbage time, and Ye Xuan's score was finally fixed at 44 points.

Although Ye Xuan's 44 points were scored in only 26 minutes of playing time, it still disappointed the media, they were still expecting Ye Xuan to score the highest score this season, the current highest score this season is 57 points held by Ye Xuan and Kao Shen, Ye Xuan's 57 points were still in the Pacers, the super triple-double, and Kao Shen got this score in the January game. Ye Xuan had a good chance to break this record, but in the end, he was unable to achieve his goal because of the opponent's poor strength.

After ravaging the Suns again, the Lakers are back in Los Angeles and will play at home for the next two games. On the 26th, they welcomed the Nuggets who were about to enter a rebuilding at Staples Arena. Last season was a disappointing season for the Nuggets, proving once again the theory that the triangle offense is outdated! The Nuggets, who were still very effective last season, were directly signed as soon as they were coached by Reinshaw, which did not meet the team's expectations at all.

Let's start with the good stuff, the dismal Nuggets still had bright spots last season. In the second half of the season, Gallinari came back and played better and better, as if he had returned to the tough little man who dared to fight two years ago. The team spotted the young center Yusov, and he could safely and boldly send Mozkov away. The team was lucky enough to pick up CBA guard Moodier at this pick, a young talent who can be used as a core to develop, and his athleticism is no worse than Lawson's. The team seems to have returned to the track and field team that could run and jump on the plateau two years ago.

Let's take a look at the problem, first of all, Faried, who has not grown as expected this season, or has stagnated completely. All the inside line who went to the U.S. team, as far as he didn't improve, it can be seen that his ceiling is here. The team's previous indiscriminate 10-man rotation is now only eight, and the attrition must have a big impact on the team that relies on impact to break down the opposing team, and Nelson's form is also a problem. In the long run, the team should actually have a good way of working.

Chandler's ability to play a similar role in Gallinari is a luxury, and if one of the two is on the bench, it is a luxury...... Faried, again, does not have the rim protection of a centre-forward. Although the young center Yusov is good in attack and defense, it is a pity that the speed is slow, and he still belongs to the feeling of a traditional center forward, and whether he can keep up with the speed of the team is also a problem. The 3 defenders in the backcourt are all small and strong dual-purpose guards, and the body of the defense No. 1 position suffers, and any of the three people who defend the No. 2 position is a disaster.

On the other hand, the double strikers do not have the ability to swing downward, both of them are pure small forwards, barely making cameo appearances in the big front type, once they swing downward, they will suffer a big loss in speed. Looking at the pure interior line, except for Hickson, who can only play the third interior line, Yusof and Half-Orc have no range, which is difficult in modern basketball that pays attention to space! So this season's Nuggets record still hasn't improved at all, and if they don't find a way to solve this problem, then they still can't make a breakthrough in the future.

This game is basically a show of Ye Xuan and Kobe, because the Diggers' forward combat effectiveness is relatively strong, but Moodier on the guard line is not able to prevent Ye Xuan's ability, so the game is basically Gallinari's side constantly causing trouble for the Lakers, and the Lakers are constantly using Ye Xuan's point to impact the opponent's inner line.

Faried's evaluation of the first two seasons was still very high, because he was still on the rise at that time, but he didn't expect that he had reached the limit so quickly, and this limit was not able to satisfy the Nuggets, because in his current state, he had neither excellent projection ability, nor good protection for the basket, plus now the athletic power forward has less and less room to live, so the Diggers have begun to trade him.

In the end, the Lakers won the final victory in this game, the Lakers with Ye Xuan Kobe and Clarkson still have a very impressive winning rate in the face of teams that are not particularly strong inside, and Ye Xuan's data in this game is once again a cool one, although the score of 31 points is not high, but it is not low, and he has 11 assists in this game.

After losing to the Grizzlies, the Lakers won two consecutive victories again, the news is still very good, but it will be a little difficult for them to win the next few games, first of all, they are facing the Wizards, although Ye Xuan ravaged the Wizards when he was on the Pacers, but it does not mean that Ye Xuan's current Lakers team still has the strength to confront the Wizards, although the Wizards team this season has lost some immediate combat power, such as Pierce and others, but their core is still there, double guns in the backcourt, The Brazilian Beasts and the Polish Hammers still keep the Wizards quite competitive. Wall was also selected as an All-Star starter this season because of Ye Xuan's injury, and Irving was also on the All-Star Eastern bench for this reason.

This game is really as Ye Xuan expected before, due to the lack of the inside line, so the Lakers basically have no power to parry, and because Wall doesn't know if he had an epiphany when he played against Ye Xuan last time, so the current breakthrough is extremely sharp, Ye Xuan can't guarantee that he can defend against the opponent, plus the Lakers' inside line is empty, and there is no one to protect the basket, so Wall's breakthrough is easy to score.

The Lakers played very hard, at the beginning it was an outside attack, and it was relatively back and forth, but then the Wizards' two major interior lines began to exert their strength, one time Gortat won a series of singles on the inside, and the other time it was Wal's wonderful pass to the Brazilian beast to catch the air, and the Lakers' defense line was completely crushed in a few clicks, and at halftime, although the Lakers were only 9 points behind, it was not completely defeated by the opponent, but on the field, the Lakers basically had no chance of winning.

Sure enough, soon after the start of the second half, the Wizards' side was powerful, Porter and Beal's outside shooting rate began to increase, and Gortat and the Brazilian beast on the inside kept putting pressure on the Lakers, and in an instant the Lakers' defense was tense, and as soon as the defense collapsed, the point difference was instantly opened, and at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers lost another 9 points in a single quarter.

The fourth quarter of the game has become garbage time, the game is over, the Lakers lost at home to the Eastern powerhouse Wizards, although Ye Xuan's performance in this game is very good, he played 31 minutes in the whole game, got 34 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, and also scored 3 steals and 2 blocks, the data is very comprehensive. But Lao Ko's performance was not very good, maybe the game was relatively tight a few days ago, so the state was not adjusted, and after the whole game, he only made 6 of 16 shots, and got 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

After this game, the Lakers have to start again non-stop, and like the last back-to-back, this back-to-back is also home and away, and they will immediately usher in the game with the Jazz on the 29th. In fact, the Jazz have also been stupid in the last two seasons, although they have now exchanged for Evans, but the effect has not met their expectations, the team has three players with good offense and defense, but there is no way to play their full strength.

And the health of the team is also a problem, at the beginning of this season, the team's core Gordon Hayward missed 11 games due to injury, and then the interior offensive core Favors missed another 16 games, plus now they have just injured Rudy Gobert, it can be said that the main force of the Jazz team has basically been injured all over again, so although it seems that their starters have strong strength, but they have not been able to maintain this combat effectiveness, That's why they're still teetering on the brink of the playoffs so far this season.

However, this game is also an opportunity for the Lakers, after all, the opponent's main center was not able to play because of injury, and their backline, only Evans and Hood, but not enough Ye Xuan and Kobe Bryant, as long as Randle and Buss and others can defend Favors well, this game will be stable.

At the beginning of the game, the opponent directly let Favors start to attack with the ball inside, which made the Lakers players tired of defending and packing, which also disrupted the Lakers' offensive rhythm, causing the Lakers to fall behind by as many as 11 points at the end of the first half.

Just when the Lakers' substitutes gradually fell into habitual losses and gave up the game, Ye Xuan stood up, at the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Ye Xuan completely dominated the game, and continuously hit the inside line to cause Favors's fouls, and also continued to hit difficult shots on the outside, Ye Xuan basically wiped out the 11-point difference in the single quarter of the game, and the most exaggerated thing is that Ye Xuan actually got 28 points in this section of the game. Although there is still a gap from Ye Xuan's own 34 points in a single quarter, this data is already amazing enough.

In the fourth quarter, the morale of the two teams completely dropped one by one, on the one hand, it was inspired by the momentum of Ye Xuan taking the lead and turning the tide on his own, and on the other hand, he was scared by a lone hero. It's not far from the Timberwolves, so it's likely that the Magic team got the pick was not the top pick they hoped for, but an ordinary lottery.

In fact, it was very difficult for the Lakers to win this game, but this also reflected Ye Xuan's strength as a top star from the side, with 28 points in a single quarter, a total of 49 points and 11 assists in the whole game, and the super data reappeared again, and this was still a back-to-back game, which added color to Ye Xuan's legendary data.

But it didn't take long for them to be happy, they ushered in another opponent, this is the Heat team abandoned by Lao Zhan, although the Heat team is now very sad, the main big former Bosh was recently diagnosed with a disease that is likely to threaten his life, so he can only be suspended indefinitely, but they are also relatively lucky, Hassan Whiteside, who was signed back with a base salary, has gradually grown into an All-Star level inside, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

This game is also the last game of the Lakers in March, maybe because I feel that the opponent's lineup is not strong, maybe because the opponent is full of injuries, so the Lakers, including Ye Xuan, and other players seem to be a little underweight (I don't know why I look down on the top five teams in the East), the result was naturally pressed to the ground by the Heat, Wade contributed 21 points, Bai Bian and Dragic were not far behind, a 23 points and 19 rebounds broke the Lakers inside, a 17 points and 9 assists, Although it is not as good as Ye Xuan's data, it is enough to defeat the opponent.