At present, in terms of overall team strength, the Lakers are already ranked second in the league, behind the Brooklyn Nets.

The reason why the ranking is still behind the Nets in the case of leading the record is mainly because the Nets' Big Three are too strong in the eyes of the outside media.

Durant himself is the king of the league along with James, although he has been criticized for joining the Warriors and taking the most difficult road, but no one will question his strength.

Paul. George played the best performance of his career with the Thunder last season, averaging 28 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game, successfully elevating his position on the forward line, and is currently second only to Wang Feng, James, Durant, Leonard and Antetokounmpo.

As for Irving, although after leaving the Cavaliers, Irving has not proven his ability to lead the team alone in recent seasons, but as the No. 1 point guard of a certain sound, relying on his gorgeous style of play and outstanding heads-up scoring ability, Irving's evaluation of the point guard position has always been among the top three in the league, and he can completely wrestle with Westbrook and Paul.

The combination of these three top stars gives people a really strong sense of expectation, and it is even better than the original peak Heat triumvirate.

At present, although the Nets are slightly inferior to the Lakers in terms of record, they also lead the East and rank second in the league.

In the previous meeting with the Los Angeles Clippers, the Nets won on the Clippers' home court, and it was a hearty victory.

The Nets' Big Three of Durant, George, and Irving scored 38, 27, and 25 points, respectively.

On the other hand, on the Clippers' side, Leonard scored 31 points, and James scored 29 points and triple-doubles, but the four punches are difficult to beat the six hands, and the dual-core drive is still slightly worse than the standard configuration of the Big Three.

Although the Clippers still have the best sixth man, Luis. How can a bench gangster like Williams expect a substitute to step up and save the team every day? Even if he is the best sixth man, to put it bluntly, he is also a substitute, and he really has the strength to play the main starting force, who would be willing to play as a substitute all the time?

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The Lakers and the Clippers currently have a 1:1 tie in the current head-to-head record, while the Clippers and the Nets are 0:1, and now it is the turn of the Lakers and the Nets.

Before the start of the game, it was generally believed that the winning rate of the Lakers and the Nets was about 46 points, the Lakers had a 40% winning rate, and the Nets had a 60% winning rate, which included the team's lineup and home-court advantage.

Of course, this is based on the premise that the players of both teams are playing normally and there are no unexpected incidents.

But from an inside perspective, the atmosphere in the dressing rooms of both teams is different.

In the Lakers locker room, the atmosphere was quite relaxed, and head coach Walton made tactical arrangements early.

In fact, there is nothing particularly needed to focus on.

On the offensive end, it's good to play around Wang Feng, and if Wang Feng is not on the court, the ball will be handed over to Butler, focusing on blocking and dismantling and covering without the ball.

And the defensive end is not difficult, and it is even simpler.

Ingram went to defend Durant, Kuzma went to defend George, and the two sides were close in size, which was definitely more than enough in the case of shooting and not penetrating.

Butler is in charge of keeping an eye on Irving, and while he may struggle to keep up with the dexterous Irving in terms of speed, his physical superiority won't make such a matchup too much of a problem.

As for Wang Feng, although he is a point guard, he takes on the defensive end similar to the position of Green of the Warriors and Davis of the Pelicans, assisting his teammates more to assist in defense and improving the overall defensive quality of the team.

And under this premise, Wang Feng's position can also be flexible, if Durant's hand is hot and directly blows Ingram, no one can stop him, then let Wang Feng change the defense of Durant and give the other party to the fire, and George is the same.

On the other hand, in the Nets' locker room, the team's head coach has a headache.

Wang...... Who is going to defend it?

After thinking about it, he could only look at Paul, who had the best defensive ability among the outside players on the team. George.

"Paul, it's still up to you to defend Wang Feng."

"Good coach, I will do my best to limit Wang Feng." George didn't say much, nodding in agreement.

But to solve this problem, there is another problem in front of the Nets head coach.

Wang Feng is the starting point guard of the Lakers, and in addition to Wang Feng, the Lakers' scoring guard is 2.01 meters Butler, small forward is 2.06 meters Ingram, Kuzma in the big forward position is also 2.06 meters tall, and then there is 2.13 meters Brook. Lopez.

So the question is, Lakers point guard Wang Feng is defended by George, so who should Irving, who is 1.88 meters tall, defend?

Will it be Butler defending 2.01m, or Kuzma, who is 2.06m?

Either of these two can take advantage of their height to easily eat Irving, who is not very good defensively.

This is actually a headache for all teams in the league this season, the average height of the Lakers is too high, and it is really difficult to fight against the regular starting lineup.

There are only Philadelphia 76ers, for example, who have a 2.08-meter-tall point guard. Simmons' team won't be bothered by this.

After a long headache, the head coach of the Nets still stubbornly asked Irving to be responsible for defending Kuzma at the power forward position, although Kuzma is taller, but at least his outside shooting accuracy is slightly worse than Butler's, and he does not have much ability to officiate himself.

Of course, this is a choice out of desperation, and if he can, the Nets head coach certainly wants to use a player of similar height to defend the opponent.

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In a short time, the players of both teams came on the pitch and were ready to start the game.

The Lakers, as expected by the head coach of the Nets, sent a starting lineup of Wang Feng, Butler, Ingram, Kuzma and Lopez.

The Nets' starting five are Irving, Dinwiddie, Durant, George and Jarret. Alan.

Midfield jumper, 17-year rookie Jarrett . Allen easily defeated Lopez, the 10,000-year-old salted fish, and the basketball was handed to Irving.

Players from both sides take their own positions.

When they saw that Wang Feng neither went to guard Durant, nor did he defend George, and even Irving didn't care, but ran to the inside position to play soy sauce, the Nets were a little surprised.

"Judging from the current situation of defensive positioning, Wang Feng should be responsible for defending the Nets' scoring guard Dinwiddie, but Wang Feng did not choose to follow Dinwiddie closely, but maintained a defensive position far away from the opponent, as if he wanted to help his teammates defend at any time."

"Is this the Lakers' defensive tactics against the Nets?"