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"What do you understand?" Kenny Smith asked curiously.

But O'Neal is a little dull today, maybe because Liu Ren doesn't have many opportunities to perform, or maybe because Kobe Bryant is also old.

"I looked closely, Kobe Bryant has actually been doing well most of the year this year, but he's struggled against opponents who are taller than him, and he didn't play well in the late stages of the game, especially against defenders like Chandler Parsons and Louis Armonds." Barkley spoke his mind.

Kenny Smith was surprised and said, "This ...... It seems that this is really the case, Kobe Bryant played very well against Wade, who was shorter than him, and one or two balls were not scored because of physical fitness, but when facing Louis Armondez, the state was surprisingly bad! ”

"Kobe Bryant is still old after all."

"Yes, last season he probably held back the momentum of wanting to win the sixth crown, so he maintained the tail of his peak, and even if he rested so many games last year, his performance should not be at his age last year......"

O'Neill decisively turned into a stuffy gourd today, listening to the discussion between the two without accompaniment......

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The Knicks played the best game with J.R. Smith, frequently under the double cover of Lopez Jr. and Luis Armondes, breaking through into the interior, or various swing shots, and quickly scored 10 points in a single quarter in the second half of the third quarter.

Without Liu Ren, the No. 1 defensive gate on the outside, Antetokounmpo was suspended again, and no one on the Lakers could stop J.R. Smith.

In comparison, Kobe Bryant's performance on the court was really not good.

D'Antoni looked at Kobe Bryant, with a hint of guilt in his eyes, could he not see even the things that Barkley could see?

Indeed, as Kenny Smith said, Kobe Bryant was at that age two years ago, and he really shouldn't play like that, even if he has that strength, he should play dead in the regular season like Duncan, and fight again at a critical moment in the playoffs.

But in the first two years, Jeremy Lin, McCollum, Antetokounmpo and other outside lines have no ability to replace Kobe, LaVine, Clarkson are even rookies, in order to win the championship, for a better record, can only let Kobe Bryant come back when he was injured in those two years to become the first scoring point except for Liu Ren, and even the first tactical scoring point that is higher than Liu Ren in terms of tactics.

But the cost of playing Kobe Bryant is huge, just like the 2013-2014 playoffs Duncan was severely depleted and Duncan played the worst performance of his career last season, there is no other impact, that is, he is old and played too hard last season.

Although D'Antoni has minimized Kobe's playing time and appearances, Kobe's age is there, and his style of play, which does his best to reduce appearances, only slightly slows down the degree of aging.

If Liu Ren's original time and space, Kobe Bryant was due to a faulty decline caused by three consecutive seasons of season reimbursement, and Kobe Bryant in this time and space began to decline in a faulty decline after striving for his sixth championship.

Of course, this time and space is not as serious as Liu Ren's original time and space, but it still surprises many people, Kobe Bryant's performance is too far from last season's!

The data is indeed about the same, the average score per game is even a little higher than last season, but last season, Kobe's shooting rate exceeded 50% for the first time in his career, and this year it is only 41%, and last season Kobe Bryant was close to averaging 25 points per game, only to play a little less time in the second half of the regular season, and then slowly declined.

When the score was tied at 85 by the Knicks, D'Antoni finally couldn't sit still and began to adjust.

A wide range of substitutions, Lavinson, McCollum, Liu Ren, Green, Biyombo played.

The Knicks also made substitutions, bringing on J.R. Smith, Shambaugh, Anthony, Derrick Williams, and Lopez Jr.

D'Antoni is ready to defend against the Knicks, and he is replaced by a small lineup that does not exceed two meters and six, ready to run to death the Knicks, a group of guys with old arms and legs.

However, Fisher on the Knicks' side was wary and also replaced two defensive giants, Shambaught and Lopez Jr.

After the timeout, the Knicks really strengthened their defense, because the Lakers' three-point ability was average, so they were very firm in their contraction.

Liu Ren came up and shot directly outside the three-point line with the first ball, and Shambaugh had no choice but to watch Liu Ren shoot with all his strength.

The feel is good, and Liu Ren's three-point shot in the third quarter continued the good feel in the second half of the second quarter and fell straight to the basket.

Shambaught didn't dare to defend Liu Ren when he took a step outside the three-point line, otherwise Liu Ren would cut directly from him and cut inside, which had been verified many times in the first half.

Fighting defense with the Lakers, the Knicks have no other way, Wade almost played the whole first half, only rested for three minutes in the first half, and continued to play half a quarter in the second half, although he is really in good shape this year, but after all, he is there at his age, and there is no way to continue to lead the Knicks to play offense, so they replaced Jr Smith and Anthony, wanting to rely on overall defense and two singles kings to continue to maintain the advantage after the start of the third quarter.

Why is the combination of giants so strong that opponents feel hated?

It's because they have a lot of strong points, and being able to call them a giant combination shows that these strong points can't be guarded by an opponent and a player!

It's even more terrifying when these two strong points don't care about teammates stealing points.

JR-Smith can indeed be regarded as a top player in heads-up, and Anthony is even more so, let go of the obsession with data, Anthony's goal now is only to win the championship, and he doesn't care if his average points per game fall below 20, JR-Smith is very strong as long as he is happy, and he is willing to listen to the coach's arrangement when he is happy.

When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, Anthony advanced to the front court with the ball, Liu Ren immediately defended it, and then Anthony passed to Jr-Smith.

There is no choice but to watch Jr-Smith ravage LaVine.

LaVine does have defensive talent, but he is too thin, too young and too young, even if it is another year, his muscles will definitely come up after the defense comes up, just like Anthony Davis in the third and fourth grades, the muscles come out and the defense skyrockets, but being young is a sin!

And the Lakers' defense on the guard line has always been a problem, and McCollum's defense can only be considered okay, above average.

What is above average? It's not bad when the defensive offense is an average level opponent, but in the face of scoring masters, it's actually useless, last year Kobe Bryant's defensive efficiency was not bad, and now Kobe Bryant obviously can't make him contribute on the defensive end, and the best defense on the Lakers' guard line is only Antetokounmpo.

Liu Ren was pulled to the strong side by Anthony, and he didn't dare to help LaVine defend on the weak side, so he could only watch Jr-Smith ravage LaVine to attract McCollum to the bag, and then Shambaugh caught the ball in the open position and hit a three-point shot.

Tied at 88, the Knicks continued to bite the score.

The Lakers attacked, and in the first half when the Knicks sent a defensive lineup, Liu Ren didn't play, so he didn't feel it intuitively.

At this time, Liu Ren found that the Knicks were defending...... That's good!

JR-Smith knows his strengths, so he bullies LaVine with his body, you must know that Jr-Smith's physical fitness during the Nuggets period can be compared with Iguodala, Shannon Brown and others, who performed very well in the dunk contest back then, and now although he is a few years older and 30 years old, he is still very strong physically, often turning over and folding violent dunks, and the young LaVine is far worse than Jr-Smith in terms of muscles.

Anthony don't look fat, it's okay to concentrate on defense, it's okay to defend against McCollum in terms of speed, it's really not good to prevent McCollum from one-on-one singles, but to prevent McCollum can only be said to be general without the ball, Anthony's defense is enough.

This time Shambaugh was very tight, and it was a big deal to let Liu Ren break into the inside, at most it was a 2+1, Liu Ren's three points really scared Shambaugh, which was as terrifying as Curry and Thompson.

Liu Ren had no choice but to hand over the ball to Green, the strength of the Knicks' inner Lopetz Jr. is really not as bad as Bi Yongbo, and he is half a head taller than the younger, Derrick Williams, a guy with average skills, is not good at anything else, and his physical fitness is there, much stronger than the interior combination defense of the aging Stoudemire and the young boy Porzingis.

Seeing this line of back, D'Antoni was a little less appreciative.

LaVine and Clarkson are young, this can't be helped, but McCollum, who is already quite mature, mature is mature, comprehensive is comprehensive, and he came back at a very small price, no matter what, it is not a loss, and it is a big profit, as long as he is not blind, he can see that McCollum has All-Star potential, but it is not so suitable for the Lakers' lineup.

In D'Antoni's view, McCollum is a bit redundant in terms of comprehensiveness, and is obviously at least a second-in-command play, but the Lakers don't need such a second-in-command, and the Lakers' second-in-command is clearly Green.

"If CJ is replaced by Klay Thompson or Kawhi Leonard or Paul George......" D'Antoni thought about this and suddenly thought of another thing, "What do I care about so much, what does the future of this team have to do with me?" ”

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