The world of basketball

Chapter 154 Three-game losing streak

The Spurs have lost three games in a row, to the Rockets and the Nuggets, but Popovich doesn't seem too worried.

Yes, in the game against the Nuggets, Jokic scored another triple-double, scoring 18 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, another large triple-double.

In contrast, Mu Xiaobei's 22+12+5 seemed to be overwhelmed by Jokic, but he played very well in that game. He is a bit like Duncan, but in terms of statistics, he often Does not reflect his importance.

In the end, Jimmy Butler missed the lore, and the Spurs narrowly lost to the Nuggets by three points.

Gary Harris and Murray are becoming the strongest backcourt after the Splash Brothers. In this game, the two hit a total of 16 three-pointers and scored 70 points together.

Jokic supports that he likes to pass, organize, and support, but he doesn't like singles.However, Gary Harris and Jasmine made up for his disadvantage. Neither of these two people likes organization or passing the ball very much, and they are not good at it, so the organization is left to Jokic. The things to do are left to these two people in the backcourt.

Michael Porter also played pretty well this time. Although he suffered a serious injury, it seems that his physical fitness is still pretty good.This last year's rookie has three-pointers, lateral movement, speed, help defense, height, wingspan, frame protection and rebound protection ability, which injected a very strong vitality into the Nuggets in the positional battle , Especially when Millsap is off the court to rest, Jokic has no speed, so Michael Porter can well make up for Jokic's defensive disadvantage.

After playing for such a long time this season, various media and websites are also adjusting their record predictions. In terms of the Western Conference, the Lakers are still considered to be able to get the first place in the Western Conference, and the Warriors are still considered to be able to get the second place in the Western Conference. The Kings have surpassed many teams and are considered to be able to reach the third place in the Western Conference.No matter in terms of stars, team configuration, lineup depth or team understanding, they all have this strength.

After a three-game losing streak, the Spurs rebounded with a touchdown and challenged the Pelicans away in New Orleans. Jeremy Lin and Butler scored 71 points in the backcourt of the Spurs to defeat the Pelicans.

Last season, all fans were guessing whether Anthony Davis would go to the Lakers, but obviously the coaching staff and management of the Pelicans did not want the Lakers and Davis to do what they wanted. If it is traded, Davis will definitely not be traded to the Lakers.

There were a lot of big-name players in the offseason of last season, and many Lakers fans were wondering which superstar would join the Lakers. Among the All-Stars, the two who are considered the most suitable for James are Klay Thomson and Anthony Day. Weiss, it's just a twist of fate, Klay Thomson still renewed his contract, the Warriors, and Anthony Davis was not sent to the Lakers by the team.

On the contrary, Kevin Durant, who is relatively not too compatible with James, joined the Lakers.Well, it's still the old problem. When two absolute superstars are together, they may have differences over the issue of ball possession, but now it seems that James and Durant are well integrated.

Everyone has been traded to the Nets in exchange for Vucevic. Of course, Ingram was traded along with DeRozan. No one thought that the Lakers' double picks Ingram and Russell Another team in the East met, and they were redeveloped as future cores.

Unfortunately, the Nets don't have as much attention as the Lakers. Fortunately, they can get more tolerance here.

Although it is impolite to say this, it seems that the Nets are used to not winning, and they have more patience to cultivate their future core players. Ingram and Russell have the potential to be cultivated.

In the future structure of the Nets, Russell and DeRozan's double guns in the backcourt, plus the grown-up Ingram to make up for the front line, this is a beautiful idea.

With Vucevic coming to the Lakers, it is the Nets' powerful insider Ed Davis. As a fourth position, Ed Davis can run and jump, has outstanding talent, bounces well, and defends the frame well. Can.

And his shortcoming is shooting. This black player really has no basket. His free throw percentage is less than 60% all the year round. He is like Jordan in many cases. He is the one who was cut. Of course he is in the team. The tactical position is probably unable to fight the final moment of the decisive battle.

For the Lakers, where there are few inside players, Ed Davis will definitely find his position, and the team has two pass masters, LeBron James and Ball, and they can probably feed him cakes. .

Speaking of the Pelicans, they renewed Mirotic this season and put Randall in the third position, so their front line became a combination of Randall and Mirotic, with Anthony David Si plays the fifth position, this lineup is really big enough.

In addition, their backcourt combination is still Moore and Holiday. As the No. 2011 pick in the second round of 25, Moore played 14+3+3 data last season, and his shooting percentage was 51%. , The three-point shooting rate is 42%, which is a very good shooting rate.

Morse is playing the No. 3 position, but he is not very good at quality, but is more like being used as a 21.4D player.The team's organizational responsibility fell more on Holiday and Randall. This season, Holiday averaged [-] points, eight assists and four rebounds per game, and he also served as the team's perimeter defense The important task of Dazha can be said to be scoring, organization and defense, and he is a strong candidate for this year's All-Star lineup.

After Randall came to the Pelicans from the Lakers, both the statistics and the team's tactical status have been greatly improved.As a substitute for the Pelicans last season, he averaged 19.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.We can often see Randall playing a role similar to Green or Westbrook, launching a counterattack after getting a rebound from the backcourt, rushing from the backcourt to the frontcourt to complete the defensive counterattack.

In other words, Randall's position in the Pelicans' counterattack tactics is indispensable.Because he has defensive ability, rebounding ability, and fast down speed.In positional battles, Randall also has a three-pointer. Last season, Randall's three-pointer hit rate reached 34%. For an inside player, this kind of three-pointer rate is already considered good, because he Can open up the space, pull out the opponent's inside players, give his own Holiday the space to break through, or give Anthony Davis the space to go down.

This is followed by the further increase in Randall's shooting, and the assist data has also achieved a small increase. It can be said that now the Pelicans Moore, Holiday, Randall, Mirotic, and Anthony Davis are five. The starting lineup composed of individuals is a very good lineup.

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