Chapter 281: Tactical Adjustments

D'Antoni kept testing the lineup, but there were always problems. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The first is the increase in speed, the starting lineup must be Pekovic, Gasol, Wu Di, Kobe and Fisher, this lineup is not fast at all. It's mainly a problem with Gasol and Fisher, Gasol is slow-paced, and he is understandably on the inside, after all, the inside line is not good at speed.

However, Fisher's slow pace made D'Antoni a little unbearable, but Fisher is a meritorious veteran of the Lakers, and he can't propose to trade Fisher like management, which makes the Lakers seem impersonal. Even if Bynum is traded, the Lakers have to worry about the dissatisfaction of fans, after all, Bynum is also the hero of the dynasty.

However, there are a few rookies that make D'Antoni very optimistic, and Klay Thompson is fast and shoots well. And there is a certain sense of passing, that is, he is too tall to play point guard, otherwise D'Antoni wants to train him to play as a starter.

Jimmy Butler is also good, but his strength is still lacking, and if he trains for a year, he will definitely be able to become a good player.

The starting lineup D'Antoni can't move, so he can only find a way to rotate the lineup.

The rotation lineup in the second quarter was arranged like this, Gasol, Sun Yue, Wu Di, Klay Thompson, and Daniel Gibson. The other rotation lineup is Pekovic, Sun Yue, Klay Thompson, Kobe, Daniel Gibson.

As for Caracott, Andrew Goodlock, and Jeremy Lin can only play in garbage time.

On December 20, the preseason began, and there were only two preseason games this year, and the Lakers played the Clippers in both games.

The Clippers have been strong this season, and Chris Paul joined the Clippers this year and formed a combination with Griffin to fight for a championship. In addition, the Clippers also signed veteran Billups and Mavericks small forward Caron Butler.

Together with Morris Williams, Randy Foyer, and Jordan Jr., they form a strong team.

Because the tactics are still changing, plus a few newcomers, the Big Three are fighting harder. The first quarter was okay, and it was still playing according to the Zen master's tactics, but when it came to the rotation, it was different. In the second quarter, the Lakers were accelerating, and Gasol was running back and forth, not necessarily able to get the ball.

If it weren't for Wu Di's improved physical fitness, no one could stop him from attacking the inside, and even Griffin would have been squeezed away by Wu Di. Relying on Wu Di's own play, the Lakers defeated the Clippers twice!

There are also certain flaws in the coordination between Paul and Griffin, Paul's passing is in place, but Griffin's shooting space is too narrow, and Paul needs to attract defenders before Griffin can play a role.

On December 26, the Lakers played the Bulls in their first game.

The home court of the Lakers held a ring ceremony before the game. Luke Wharton's retirement ceremony also began. Originally, Luke Walton didn't want to retire, but if he didn't retire, the Lakers would definitely trade him, he didn't bring any effect to the Lakers, but he took a lot of money every year, and the Lakers definitely couldn't stand it.

The Bulls were eliminated last year and are looking to challenge for a championship this year.

However, there was a setback in the first game, and Wu Di was unstoppable, whether it was Luo Er Deng or Noah, they couldn't stop Wu Di. Relying on Wu Di himself, he overturned the entire defense line of the bull and beat the bull to the ground.

Wu Di was on fire, but D'Antoni was a little dumbfounded. He originally arranged for the second quarter to be bombarded, but Wu Di did it alone, and Gibson, who he was optimistic about, did not touch the ball a few times at all.

The ball won, but D'Antoni was a little upset. But he can't say that Wu Di is not, Wu Di is now the Lakers' leading player, Jeanie Buss once directly told D'Antoni that Wu Di has unlimited license, as long as he can win, he has no problem shooting.

But in this way, there is no way to implement the tactics arranged by D'Antoni.

In fact, his worries are not right, Wu Di can play any tactics, but now the Lakers' lineup is a bit difficult to run. Gasol and Fisher are slow, Kobe Bryant is back to the level of the previous bad shooting king, Daniel Gibson is only good at breaking through, the rookie is unstable, and it is easy to make mistakes when shooting quickly.

Moreover, the triangle offense played by the Lakers before will take a certain amount of time to turn into a run-and-bomb all of a sudden.

After the victory over the Bulls, the Lakers went to play the Kings the next day, and this season was a shortened season with a tight schedule. The Lakers started with back-to-backs, playing three days in a row.

The tight schedule makes it a test of physical strength, and it also tests D'Antoni's tactical arrangement even more.

Truth be told, the simpler the tactics this season, the better, and the players don't have time to practice complex tactics. Run-and-shoot is the easiest tactic, which is why the Lakers hired D'Antoni as their coach.

However, the Lakers' veteran players have become accustomed to using the triangle offense, and it is difficult to change for a while.

Although the tactical adjustment was not very smooth, the Lakers were still winning. Wu Di's strengthening this season has benefited the Lakers a lot, as long as others do a good job of defense, the offense only needs to rely on Wu Di.

The Kings' interior line is not necessarily capable of power, and Cousins and Jason Thompson are both a little sluggish against Wu Di.

Wu Di's increase in strength has attracted the attention of various teams, and the media has also raised the news that Wu Di's strength has increased, speculating that Wu Di may have learned more powerful Chinese kung fu during the shutdown. They got some training materials of Wu Di during the preparation of "Heavenly Soldiers", and they qualitatively gave Wu Di's strength increase to these trainings.

The increase in Wu Di's strength has also made experts speculate whether the Lakers will continue to win championships this year?

According to their analysis, although the Lakers lineup has almost been reorganized, the main players have not changed much, only one less Bynum, but Pekovic has taken the vacancy of Bynum. The UAE is also about to return from injury, and the Lakers' interior strength will be almost restored by then.

Rookie Klay Thompson, in particular, played well, and his shooting was excellent.

On the 28th, the Lakers defeated the Jazz.

Although Al Jefferson and Millsap had heard that Wu Di's strength had become stronger, they had not expected it to increase so strongly. Caught off guard, they were all squeezed by Wu Di.

Relying on Wu Di's brute strength, he rushed out of a bloody road with the Lakers in the period of change.

On the 30th, the Lakers once again shouted 23 points to the Knicks and won four in a row.

There are a bunch of Knicks stars, Anthony, Smalls, J.R. Smith, Tyson Chandler, Mike Bibby and a bunch of other stars, just want to win the championship once. They have been piling up stars with money over the years, but the results have not been satisfactory. Even now, they are the same, and they still haven't won the championship with a bunch of stars.