Shay set sail on the old battleship and was then in anticipation from Lakers fans.

2-4 in the preseason.

It seems that it has just set off, and the ship completely capsizes.

The last time the Lakers played such a spicy game in the preseason was the first year that Shay and Barkley worked together.

At that time, Shay and Fliggy shared the spoils, ah no, the ball was unevenly distributed, and the team lacked tacit understanding, so no one could beat it.

After Shay began to take charge during the regular season and the tacit understanding of the whole team was raised, the Lakers became invincible.

But this year, the Lakers are facing more serious problems than before.

Because this is not something that can be solved by the distribution of the ball and the tacit understanding of improvement.

Carlisle found that the defensive system of the Lakers' two-game championship era no longer applies to the current group of players.

We have to tear it all down and start over!

How did the Lakers defend before? Crazy pressure at any cost, make the opponent's mistakes, and then sprint to counterattack.

The Lakers' game is a running water, and every time it makes fans scream with joy: "Hurry, hurry!" ”

But in the preseason, the Lakers' pressing defense couldn't be pressed.

Although Finley is active defensively, he is not as aggressive as the madman, and the pinch rotation is always a little bit worse.

Finley, this kid, from his personality to his playing style, gives people the feeling that he is not fierce enough.

Like an admiral, he was a little too gentle, a little less murderous.

The madman before his brain was broken, but he came on the field with a mentality of "it doesn't matter who you are, I'm going to kill you today".

Finley lacks this temperament.

On the other hand, the gorilla's ability to protect the frame is still very strong, but after the big injury, his mobility has dropped too much, and he can't meet the requirements of fast round re-defense.

The current gorilla, who is "standing and defending the world's No. 1", is still very passionate about defense.

But if you want to prevent him from going out, the effect is really not good.

Plus McMillan, Dale. Curry and others are also over 30 years old, and their physical functions have declined.

Therefore, the Lakers used to use mobility and aggression to ensure that they could not open the space while pressing from the flank.

And now, the oppression is not oppressed, and it is especially like a passionate Brazilian girl - always leaking a fine light!

During the preseason, the Lakers' defense was completely broken.

Although there are two defensive giants in Shay and Ewing, one inside and one outside, defense is not just a matter of finding two people who can defend and swing on the field.

You have to have the right system to tie five people together for the defense to be strong.

It turns out that the routine of pressing defense-making turnovers-fast break counterattack no longer works for the Lakers.

The Lakers have grown too old to do that kind of high-intensity pressing.

In the entire team, there are only four players under the age of 30, Shay, Finley, Robinson and P.J. Brown.

The Lakers' average age this season is 30.3 years old, the oldest in the league.

The Bulls, who are already very old, have an average age of just over 29.9 this season.

Only the Lakers in the league have an average age of 30 or more.

It is clear that the pressing defense can no longer continue to play a rigid role in this lineup.

Carlisle must find a way to get a new defensive system out before the season opener begins!

With only 2 wins in 6 battles, Shay is also very depressed.

I haven't lost this in years.

Although the Lakers were all over the place last season, they also finished up with a proud record of 63 wins.

This season, the whole team was in harmony, and as a result, Nima won 2-4 in the preseason.

It's better to go back to a year ago!

While Carlisle was losing his hair like crazy, Barkley's Suns were unexpectedly smooth.

The Suns have been playing offensive basketball this season, and Barkley, Hill and Webb have all been able to bring their talents to good use.

Moreover, Barkley is a two-time champion after all, and Hill and Webb are the kind of people who are willing to share the ball.

So the status of the team, Fliggy directly handles it.

The feeling of being the boss really makes Fliggy feel very cool!

The most important thing is that Fliggy doesn't need to work too hard to defend in the Suns!

It's so cool!

Jordan's Bulls are also making efforts, and most of the teams that win consecutive championships are often the strongest when they win the second championship.

Because the tacit understanding has been practiced to the full level, the tactical routines are already very familiar.

And the mentality and body are not as tired as after the two consecutive championships.

The Bulls won consecutive games in the preseason, and by the way, they went to McDonald's to win the Club World Cup and came back, killing European clubs to the ground.

The whole team was a morale boost.

The Bulls and the sun's rays completely overshadowed the Lakers.

Shay has an annual salary of 30 million that has never been seen in history, but he was beaten the most severely in the preseason.

This really made the sunspots carnival.

Lakers fans, however, are not in a hurry.

It's not the first time that the Lakers pulled their hips in the preseason and ended up killing indiscriminately in the regular season.

The team will definitely find their form in the regular season, it doesn't matter, everyone is just looking for form.

And then

Then the Lakers played the same record as the preseason in the first 6 games of the regular season.

The start was only 2 wins and 4 losses!

This is the Lakers' worst start to the regular season since the '78-79 season!

The Lakers first lost to the Bulls in the opener, and also lost to Western powerhouses such as the Jazz and SuperSonics in the process.

It only won against the Nuggets and the Timberwolves.

At this point, the whole of Los Angeles is not calm.

Lakers fans are actually mentally prepared for the decline of the team, and they are not expecting a winning streak like they have done in the past few seasons.

But at least we have to make sure that there are more wins than defeats.

Even Shay, who was in his rookie season, led the team to a 5-1 start in the same period.

With 2 wins and 4 losses, this is really beyond the psychological capacity of Los Angeles fans.

And the team played like this, Shay, who received an annual salary of 30 million, was undoubtedly the first to be set on fire.

"Six games, averaging 28.1 points per game, Shay's scoring ability has improved again. It can be seen that he even has a certain amount of mid-range shooting ability this season.

But when a team can't win a game, the stats of the stars are worthless!

Out of six games, only two were won.

The Lakers don't talk about the championship now, it's good that they don't fall out of the playoffs this season! ”

On TV, the host of the NBC basketball show even put a big question mark on whether the Lakers can make the playoffs.

It seems that the Lakers' glory has come to an end.

It seems that Shay really can't win the game without his strong teammates.

Only Carlisle knows that the team just hasn't adapted to the new system he's created.

Over the past four seasons, most of the team has become accustomed to fast offense and quick defense, and many things have even become muscle memory.

At this time, it will definitely take time to get used to the sudden change to a half-court position.

In the last game against the Nuggets, in fact, the team's offense and defense have improved, and the system has played a little bit.

Ewing sent a season-high four hot pots, and Shay scored only 24 points but handed out a season-high 14 assists, putting the team's offense together.

Fans even joked that Shay had discussed several ways to write Kunzi with Bellucci last night.

Triggered the "Chicken Wins" buff.

It's just that the Nuggets are not a strong team, so this victory is not very convincing in the eyes of the outside world.

Although in 94 years led the team miraculously black seven supersonic.

But last season, they entered the playoffs again with seventh place in the West, but they were swept by the Spurs.

To put it bluntly, the Nuggets are a team on the fringes of the playoffs. It can only be said that it is lackluster, and it has not yet reached the point where the crotch bursts.

So many people prefer to believe that the Lakers can win because the Nuggets are not good, not because the Lakers are capable.

Even with the win, Shay was thrust into the limelight.

As soon as the training ended today, he was surrounded by reporters who rushed into the training hall:

"Shay, are the Lakers still saved this season? Do you think you're still in contention? ”

"The pace of the team has slowed down a lot this season, how much of an impact has this huge change had on the team?"

"Do you miss Barkley and Sprewell in particular right now?"

Shay was extremely calm, wiping his sweat with a towel while answering reporters: "If I'm not mistaken, the regular season is going to play 82 games, right?" We've only played a thirteenth of the game, and you're sure I've failed? ”

"However, the current situation is that the Lakers have no way to take a playoff-caliber team. The exception is the Nuggets, who were only seventh in the West last season.

Moreover, you only won by 4 points against the Nuggets.

If it weren't for the Nuggets' young Antonio. McDyce missed both free throws at the critical moment, and the result of the game is not certain. ”

Shay glanced at the reporter who had replied to him, and the microphone in his hand had the words "Daily Chicago" written on it.

Journalists from Chicago, no wonder.

Shay did not evade, but replied with the same force:

"There weren't so many ifs, and we had only lost by three points to the SuperSonics and six points to the Jazz and Bulls. How many points we lose is not good, and how many points others lose is bad luck?

Sir, are you not living a good life? ”

The reporter of "Daily Chicago" was speechless, after all, he was indeed a double standard.

But soon, he squeezed out another smile:

"Okay, then we'll see, Shay. In the next game, the team's opponent is the Sacramento Kings, who were eighth in the West last season.

Another playoff-caliber team.

And it's a defensive powerhouse.

When you're 2-5, let's see what you have to say. ”

Reporters were hoping that Shay would overturn, after all, he had offended fans and media in too many places in the past few years.

In the next game, the Kings will indeed not be able to play.

The Kings are now gradually emerging from the gloom of missing Shay.

Although the Kings only just entered the playoffs last season, they stole a win from the Lakers in the first round.

The Kings were the eighth-best team in defense last season and ranked first in the league for limiting three-point shooting percentage.

The most important thing is that the Kings have Jordan's hand-picked successor, one of the "three most difficult guards" in Jordan's mouth.

Richmond "The Rock" was last season's second-team guard and All-Star MVP.

It is worth mentioning that Jordan's "three toughest guards" are Shay, Dumas and Richmond, and Drexler is not among them.

Getting Drexler is easier for Jordan than getting a Cuban model~

Richmond is arguably an all-rounder, known to fans in the 21st century as Pierce in the No. 2 position.

It's not that he's been stabbed too, it's that he doesn't have technical shortcomings on the offensive end.

And super selfless, and willing to defend.

However, because the overall strength of the team is not strong, Richmond does not have too dazzling team results.

This made him the most underrated player of the 90s.

The Kings can beat the Lakers last season, so wouldn't it be easy to defeat the Lakers this season.

With the exception of Los Angeles fans, almost everyone believes that the Lakers will be buried by the Kings.

At that time, with a 2-5 record, Shay is useless no matter how hard he is!

In addition to Shay, Finley, the only rookie added by the Lakers this year, was also interviewed by several reporters.

Reporters asked him if he would worry about getting to Richmond tomorrow.

But at this point, Finley wasn't worried about Richmond.

It's Shay the next day!

On the second day's training session, Michael. Finley stood uneasy on the court.

When he saw Shay walking towards him, Finley deliberately lowered his head, trying not to make eye contact with Shay.

Shay stood next to Finley with a smile on his face, "You know Michael, I've always felt like you had a problem with your picks. ”

Finley raised his head slightly, he also felt that there was something wrong with his order!

Finley has never figured out why he fell out of the lotto when his physical fitness is so explosive.

Is it because I'm a senior? It's not fair at all!

You stinky men, you only like 18 to 20 people!

What's wrong with our 22!?

He thought Shay would motivate himself, but Shay said, "You don't deserve to be in the first round!" ”

The others looked in Finley's direction and shook their heads.

Once the rookie is responsible for playing against Shay in a training match, he will be physically and mentally tormented by Shay.

At the start of the training session, Shay did not possess the ball and instead stood in the middle distance position on the right.

Finley defended Shay closely, but was still not aggressive enough.

Shay saw the ball dribbling, so he suddenly elbowed Finley in the chest, and then raised his hand to ask for the ball:

"Come on, Nate, no one will guard me! I've got a lot of empty seats! ”

Finley gritted his teeth and stuck to the defense.

But as soon as he got closer, Shay opened Finley with another elbow: "I'm empty, I'm empty!" ”

Although Finley has a good temper, he is also a little overwhelmed by Shay.

Since entering training camp on day one, Shay has been very fierce against him.

If there is a small mistake in training, he will be scolded by splitting his head and covering his face.

The fight was even more ferocious, and Finley was a little scared of Shay now.

But he found that fear didn't solve the problem.

Shay was like a mad dog, biting himself like an enemy.

Today, when he came up, he was beaten by two elbows, and the good-tempered Finley couldn't bear it anymore, so he pushed Shay!

"What are you doing? I'm here to play! ”

Shay saw that Finley actually pushed himself, and instead winked and smiled at Carlisle on the sidelines.

But soon, Shay regained his vicious appearance."

"Playing ball? Isn't that how you play? As long as you can stop me from scoring, you can do whatever you want, and I won't be a! ”

With that, McMillan had already given the ball to Shay.

Shay received the ball and turned to face the frame, and Finley immediately put his palm in front of Shay's eyes.

But Shay suddenly started after three threats, opened Finley with his shoulder, and scored an easy layup inside!

After the goal, Shay looked at Finley and shook his head vigorously: "In the second round, we should pick you again in the second round!" ”

Finley gritted his teeth: "You just fouled!" ”

"Oh my God, listen! Hahahaha, he said I just fouled!

You also told the referee this during the game, you see that the referee ignores you.

Even if I had fouled, I had already scored two points.

Now, it's your turn! ”

Finley also came to the momentum, and took the initiative to ask for the ball and wanted to single Shay.

To prevent being tackled by Shay, he holds the ball with his back.

However, Shay didn't even put up a defensive stance at all.

He just stood beside Finley with his hands hanging down naturally, his eyes full of disdain. At the moment when Finley turned over and made a jumper, Shay did everything at will and cut the ball off!

"See? If you have the defensive efficiency of mine, then you can defend with Svenven.

But if you can't do it, then you will honestly fight against Lao Tzu!

Your defense is too soft! You'd better remember what I said! ”

Finley gritted his teeth and continued to defend Shay.

This time Shay hit an independent step-back jumper in the low post and hit it easily again.

"What about confrontation? Didn't you eat? What are you waiting for? I'm going to blow you up, tell me what you're waiting for!? ”

The training hall was filled with Shay's yelling.

On the sidelines, Thibodeau was a little worried: "Will Shay be too Michael!?" If Michael's self-confidence is frustrated, then "

Carlisle waved his hand: "No, don't worry, Finley is not such a fragile person, let Shay follow his method." ”

Carlisle smiled after speaking, it was true that the dragon slaying boy would eventually become an evil dragon.

Now this Shay has more or less a tyrant flavor.

Later in training, Finley was unsurprisingly pinned to the ground by Shay and brutalized.

Shay's verbal arts also make the training hall lively.

"Grandma Shaq and you can score double-doubles in heads-up!"

"Damn, Stephen of the Dale family can beat you up at will!"

"Rick, how many points have I already taken on this kid's head? What? Only 15 points? Damn, my bad, I thought I had scored 40 points because he didn't even defend against any of them! ”

Finley was tired and out of breath, which is why he was most afraid of intra-team training matches every day.

Because Shay always treats him more fiercely than his opponents.

Playing a training match is harder for Finley than playing a regular match!

But today, Finley's fear gradually turned to anger.

He knew that Shay couldn't look down on him, and he knew that Shay missed the madman who was in three formations and two defenses, and he missed the group of tough teammates.

From the first day he entered the team, Shay never gave him a good look.

The more Finley thought about it, the more angry he became, damn, it's not like Lao Tzu begged to come to the Lakers.

Finley dreamed of being drafted by the Bulls, staying in Illinois to play and work with his idol Jordan to achieve the Bulls' dynasty.

The Bulls were the 20th pick, and the Nima Lakers cut him off with the 19th pick.

He didn't want to come to Los Angeles to report!

All these messy things made the honest Finley unable to control his emotions anymore.

Finally, in this defense, Finley jumped up when Shay broke through to the layup and pressed Shay directly down in the air!

Shay fell to the floor with a thud, and Finley was ready to pack up and get out.

He knew that it only took Shay's words for the Lakers to give up on themselves without hesitation.

Ewing pushes Finley away, trying to pull Shay up.

But Shay waved his hand, and then let out a loud laugh: "yes, that's how defensive!" You've finally, finally reminded me that you're a man! ”

Shay got up on his own, and for the first time, Finley saw Shay smile at himself for the first time.

Subsequently, Shay was still deliberately provoking Finley, and the trash talk still did not stop.

Finley's confrontation on the defensive end has gradually become vicious, and even he himself has not noticed, and he has begun to fight Shay like a mad dog!

At the end of the session, Shay was still clocking out and scoring 27 points on top of Finley's head.

Finley scored just seven points, four of which were free throws.

He's been beaten up by Shay again, and it's another day of no gaming experience.

When he returned to the locker room and saw Shay walking up to him, Finley immediately buried his head.

He knew Shay was going to bury himself again.

As a result, this time, Shay just patted Finley on the shoulder: "Tomorrow, do you dare to defend Richmond?" ”

Finley looked up in surprise, why did Shay suddenly speak softly to herself?

"If the coach needs me to be in a position with him, of course I can."

"No, I'm not asking you if you want to, or asking you to listen to the coach.

I'm asking you, do you dare the to kill him! Don't you dare to confront him!

When you come face to face with him, will you be timid?

Any idea why you fall out of the lotto zone?

Because you're a good person. ”

With that, Shay walked to his locker and began to discuss with Ewing which new KTV in Los Angeles would open.

Georgetown Fruit Bowl Duo!

Since the gorillas came to Los Santos, the turnover of the major entertainment venues in Los Santos has increased to varying degrees.

Ewing, the great economist of the 90s of the 20th century.

Finley sat alone in front of the locker, thoughtful, thinking about Shay's "Because you're a good man."

Shay stole a glance at Finley, who was in a daze, looking forward to his performance tomorrow.

Now that the team is like this, it's useless to just Shay getting stronger and working hard alone.

Everyone has to get stronger for the results to come back.

Finley, on the other hand, was Shay's first object of transformation.

Shay has no grievances against Finley, and no personal vendettas.

There is no such thing as Finley thought that Shay looked down on him.

The reason why Shay was so him was to force him to change.

Because in this new defensive system developed by Carlisle, Finley's role is not trivial.

And if he wants to bring out the power of this system, Shay must use Finley's potential first!

Finley's overly mild defensive style is quite detrimental to this new system.

Shay's rookie transformation plan, judging from today, has begun to achieve initial results.

Finley has now started to get vicious.

Hopefully, tomorrow, Finley won't disappoint again.

Of course, Shay can't let Lakers fans down anymore.

The record of 2 wins and 4 losses in the opening game is indeed a bit unsophisticated.

Tomorrow, no matter what the situation is, whether Finley will change or not, Shay will definitely fight for a victory!

Either the new system works to kill the game, or Shay kills the game himself.

It's time for the record to start getting better!

Thank you for the tips from book friends 20230208195338323809202 and other bigwigs, thank you!

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