Chapter 509: The Lakers' Bench
In these two games against the Lakers, Kerr has already made up his mind and is only ready to fight for one game, and he is really worried about the health of the Warriors' Big Four, especially Durant and Curry, who are often injured......
These two can be said to be the absolute core of the Warriors' Big Four, and if either of them is injured, it will definitely be a catastrophe for the overall strength of the Warriors......
In this case, Kerr naturally did not dare to risk fighting hard in both games......
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For the next two quarters of the game, the Lakers still resolutely implemented the tactics of the little Wharton, reducing the pace of the game to the point of breaking down the fans......
In the two quarters of the game, the Lakers still did not take a huge lead, leading by three or four points in each quarter......
But the accumulation of small amounts, coupled with the three-point advantage in the first quarter, the Lakers still got a double-digit lead at the end of the first three quarters of the game!
The current score between the two sides is 72:62, and the Lakers are leading by ten points!
It looks like a 10-point lead, which is really not a big deal for a team like the Warriors, and under normal circumstances, if the Warriors play well, they can recover the 10-point difference in two or three minutes......
When it comes to grabbing points and chasing points, even the Lakers, who are now in full swing, have to be convinced by the Warriors......
It's just that the current Warriors match is the Lakers, which is not a general situation, but a special situation!
If you want to chase and grab points, you naturally need to raise the offensive rhythm and play as many offensive rounds as possible, so that it is possible to recover the point difference!
Lakers head coach Wharton Jr. naturally understands this truth, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, not only did not reduce the defensive intensity, but the defensive intensity increased a lot!
Cole sighed: "It's really a church apprentice, starve to death master, little Wharton's current tactical literacy is really amazing!" ā
Speaking of which, little Wharton and Cole are really masters and apprentices!
"This game, let's let it go, it just so happens that the physical fitness of the main players has not been greatly affected, and the next game will be fought to the death!" Although Cole was unwilling, he could only accept the current situation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In this game, the Warriors' Big Four didn't have much playing time, and they all nodded for about 20 minutes, and their physical fitness was not affected.
More importantly, what Cole doesn't want to admit is that he's a little underestimated......
Before the game, Kerr did not make too many pre-war arrangements for the Warriors, such as the Lakers' tactics to reduce the pace of the game, Kerr knew that Wharton Jr. would do this, but he had confidence in the Big Four, and felt that this situation could be resolved with the strength of the Big Four......
But judging from the live game, the Big Four have not been able to find the rhythm they are good at......
Just a minute or so into the fourth quarter, Kerr won all the main lineup, and then put the bench on top, it seems that he is really going to give up this game......
At this moment, Cole is sitting on the sidelines, although he looks like he is watching the game, but there are many thoughts in his mind, he is thinking about how to counter Wharton Jr.'s tactic of reducing the pace of the game......
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Seeing that the Warriors gave up the game, Wharton Jr. sat on the sidelines with a satisfied smile on his face!
Defeating the team led by his mentor Cole will undoubtedly greatly improve Wharton's qualifications for Wharton, who is still young!
The Warriors sent a pure bench lineup, and Wharton Jr. naturally didn't want to kill his old club, so he also sent the bench lineup......
Theoretically speaking, at the moment, if both sides send substitutes, it is really hard to say who is the winner, after all, there is still a full quarter of the game, and it is very common for the substitutes to play a wave of attack climax and recover the difference of ten points!
It's just that Wharton Jr. is very confident in the Lakers' bench lineup, and in terms of the depth and thickness of the bench lineup, the Warriors can really sit firmly on the first throne in the league!
On the other hand, the Warriors, because of the signing of the Big Four, resulting in the depth and thickness of their bench lineup, not to mention compared with the Lakers, are basically at the bottom of the league......
Generally speaking, the amount of salary a team spends on the bench is mostly a reflection of the depth and depth of the team's bench lineup......
Of course, this statement has to remove some of the existence of high salaries and low abilities or basic salaries......
The Lakers' total salary this season is as high as $120 million, and among the 30 teams in the entire NBA league, they are only behind the Cavaliers in the East!
The Lakers' starting lineup salary is about 80 million, which means that the Lakers' bench lineup is worth $40 million as a whole.
The Warriors, on the other hand, have a total salary of less than $110 million this season......
The salary of their Big Four plus one Zazapachulia alone is as high as nearly $100 million, which means that their bench lineup only adds up to about $10 million......
Looking closely at the Warriors' lineup, it can be found that except for a few starters, most of the rest have a base salary......
$40 million bench lineup, go play $10 million bench lineup......
If this situation still can't be beaten, then Wharton Jr. will consider whether he will make a big move in the bench next season......
Among the Lakers' ten benches, like Thaddeus Young, Lance Stephenson, etc., at least five people have the strength to play as starters on other teams!
So Wharton Jr. is not worried at all about the confrontation of substitute players on both sides......
Even, Wharton Jr. sometimes thinks that all the starters of all teams in the playoff series are injured, in that case, the Lakers can almost easily win the championship with the current bench lineup......
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"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the curtain finally came down on this game that attracted worldwide attention but disappointed everyone.
The Lakers' $40 million bench lineup, in the fourth quarter of the game, is completely worthy of their value, the original first three quarters of only 10 points lead, in the fourth quarter of the game time continued to expand!
When the game ended, the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors by a margin of 106:86, outscoring the opponent by 20 points!
This also means that the Lakers' bench lineup actually played a score difference of up to 10 points in the fourth quarter of the game......
This game also let the world see the strength of the Lakers bench generals that should not be underestimated!