583. The point guard is still too young
JR-Smith dribbled to the Lakers' half, just now the Lakers were controlling the tempo, and now JR-Smith is deliberately speeding up the tempo, for him, only the faster, the better he can play, when he was at the peak of the Nuggets, he was played under George Karl's track and field run.
When it came to the Lakers' half, JR Smith beckoned, Derrick Williams immediately came up to cover, Derrick Williams stood behind LaVine, and JR-Smith cut in front of LaVine with a ferocious touch.
At this time, Monroe was pulled out by Derrick Williams, a big forward with projection ability, and Biyombo could only be tragically basketed by JR Smith......
In terms of defense, Bi Yongbo is very rigid and very bad in defense, but this single defense height is very bad! There is nothing there is to be done in the face of this kind of guy who rushes in directly.
Once LaVine came on the pitch, he wanted to stabilize the pace of the game as D'Antonidi asked him to do, and then attack as a team.
LaVine is really not bad, his personal talent began to show under the training of Nash and Magic for more than a year, but JR Smith is really good, in fact, he was so good when he arrived at the Cavaliers this season, as long as he plays comfortably, the team wins, and the fans don't scold him, he will work hard to defend, and his physical fitness is good, and the defensive effect is really good.
This makes the Lakers management look at Nick Young with dark eyes, the same style of play, the same wave shot, JR Smith can have above-average defense, to them this is a sieve.
LaVine is still too tender, and it's okay to deal with weak teams, but it's still a bit tender to deal with the Knicks' second team as a team commander.
Although LaVine has organizational talent, he didn't play as an organizational core in high school and college before, so although the talent is good, he can't show strong strength from the beginning like Wall, and the assists are as strong as Nash and Rondo, and he is not as good as LaVine at the beginning, and Nash only began to convert potential into strength in the fifth year, and LaVine is now able to have such a performance It is already good.
Then there was LaVine's repeated ravages on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends by JR Smith, who was at his peak...... Similarly, the Lakers' offense stalled because of LaVine's explosion.
Seeing that the score was overtaken, D'Antoni couldn't blame LaVine for not being angry, LaVine was a potential player who wanted to harvest slowly, but he was a little anxious, and seeing that LaVine was Nash's disciple, he wanted to train more, but it seemed that he was still too anxious.
As a result, D'Antoni could only call a timeout for substitutions.
Send Liu Renshang? D'Antoni still rejected this idea, although Liu Ren didn't consume much in the first quarter, he just ran back and forth, but Liu Ren's playing time had to be controlled, to be precise, he couldn't be too tired, the Lakers could have so many people, and he was the only player in the Lakers team who played more than 36 minutes like he did in the previous two years, and it is estimated that the management will eat him.
What is the current thinking of management? Isn't it just a super lineup, and then have a long and long-lasting fighting power like the Spurs? Don't you just want another superstar who has led the team for two decades?
D'Antoni knows very well what the management is thinking, and some people have always said that the Lakers are an ordinary team other than a few years after poaching a few superstars from other teams, and they are not as strong as the Spurs for more than ten years, so now that they have the capital, Jenny Buss wants to reverse people's perceptions.
Naturally, the pain will fall on D'Antoni as the manager.
D'Antoni sent Clarkson, McCollum, Ci Shiping, Green, and Monroe to the field.
The Knicks sent Louis Williams, Wade, Seraphim, Stoudemire, Porzingis.
It had been a long time since JR Smith started to replace Louis Williams in the middle of the first quarter, and it was time to take a break, and the fans in the stadium cheered as if they had seen the return of a hero.
Clarkson is now on the court again, using his speed to continuously change direction laterally, which is usually an effective means for Clarkson to destroy the opponent's defense, but today he can't squeeze in when he meets Wade.
Physical confrontation is not as real as the physical feeling outside the court, but it is also easy to see.
Generally, when the body is in contact, if one party can change the direction of movement of the other party, then this side is the one who has the physical advantage, and the weaker side is reflected in the fact that it looks softer and cannot obtain its own position according to its own ideas.
Clarkson has this effect in front of Wade, as long as he has physical contact with Wade, Clarkson will not be able to get the position he wants at all, and he will be suppressed everywhere.
Clarkson's breakthrough was unsuccessful, Wade's one-on-one single defense was still good, he couldn't deal with Kobe, and he still did a good job against Clarkson, a sophomore.
Clarkson had no choice but to pass to Green, who slapped the ball to the ground without stopping, and the ball jumped directly to the bottom line, and Ci Shiping received the ball and hit a bullish layup.
Porzingis really didn't dare to be hit by Ci Shiping's arm, not to mention, Ci Shiping's muscles were the strongest in the Lakers, and he couldn't run or jump, but that muscle really made the opponent afraid when he saw it, especially the thin bamboo poles like Seraphim and Porzingis, Seraphim didn't dare to do anything if he wanted to pull Ci Shiping, and he was run over alive.
Knicks offense, Louis Williams is in average shape today, so the main organization, speaking of which this year's Knicks' reinforcement is very in place, Louis Williams doesn't say that he has both offense and defense, when he works hard, the defense is passable, and he will not only score, he has averaged more than 3 assists per game in his career, Wade Bryant is not there to continue to dominate the offense, and Louis Williams is also doing well, passing the ball in a position that Porzingis is very good at.
Porzingis leaned on Monroe at this time, Porzingis, who received the ball, turned quickly, and then immediately cut in, and then went directly to the basket, Monroe jumped up to block, to be honest, Monroe's defense was far worse than Whiteside, Porzingis easily avoided interference and easily scored these two points.
Clarkson really couldn't do anything with Louis Williams, so Clarkson just obediently dribbled to the front court and waited for his teammates to finish running and pass the ball out.
D'Antoni watched Clarkson and LaVine still a little restrained when facing a real strong team, and suddenly began to miss Jeremy Lin again, although Jeremy Lin was beaten to the bench last season, but in fact, Jeremy Lin's role is really not small, the experience is much stronger than the two rookies, the potential strength of the two rookies is good, but the experience is insufficient, Clarkson is a little constrained in the face of a strong team when he does not have Jeremy Lin as a substitute who exceeds the average strength of the NBA point guard starters, Because there was no one to wipe his ass, he played a little badly, and LaVine was not afraid of anything, but his organizational talent had just begun to transform into strength, and he was still out of his power.
Originally, this season, D'Antoni wanted the two point guards to start taking the lead and share the pressure on the frontcourt for Green and other organizations, but it still seems that it will not work.
Sure enough, as D'Antoni thought, Clarkson passed the ball to Green's hands, Green is now playing against Stoudemire, a big forward who is now transformed into a floor flow with a very good long-range shot and technique, and at the same time in defense, although Stoudemire is not very good, but it is definitely not bad, and although the bounce explosiveness is lost, the speed is still very good, as soon as Green receives the ball, this Stoudemire sticks up tightly, waving a pair of arms up and down, It was as if a wall had been erected in front of Grimm.
In the face of this desperate defense, Green could only play to the advantage of his footwork, take a step back and accelerate again, and successfully passed Stoudemire, who had lost his explosiveness, and scored an inside flying layup.
But! Porzingis is sitting on the inside waiting for Green!
Green underestimated Porzingis a little, and was slapped down by Porzingis!