the great gatsby

Chapter 556 Into the attention of all parties!

The Lakers have won three consecutive victories since the start of the season!

In the first game against the Timberwolves, the battle was resolved in three quarters. The Timberwolves were too weak, no one thought it was strange;
The second game against the Houston Rockets was also a three-quarter battle. The Rockets are no longer weak. They were able to stand out in the Wild West and enter the playoffs last season, and entered the second round. With such strength, they are already a strong team in the league. What's more, reinforcements have been made this season.Some people have expressed surprise at the strength of the Lakers.

And this scene is facing the tough Memphis Grizzlies in the league. Although the Lakers seem to be struggling, they still turned around at the last moment.

After three games, the Lakers have successfully entered the eyes of Zhu Qiang.

San Antonio.

Popovich pursed his lips and remained silent. Sitting next to him was Duncan, whose beard and hair were already a little gray. I wonder if it is because of the high-intensity competition and training of athletes. Once they reach their 30s, most of them will show signs of premature aging.

Duncan is like this, James is like this, McGrady is like this, and of course there are others. It is not clear whether this is a special case, but I think there must be some damage to the body from high-intensity exercise.

"What do you think?" Popovich turned to Duncan.

Duncan lowered his head slightly, but his eyes were looking up, showing a frown on his face: "Strong rival! Especially in the playoffs, the Lakers' lineup is not prepared for the regular season at all, they are prepared for the playoffs, no matter it is Anyone, they will draw their opponents into positional warfare, teams that are good at positional warfare may be okay, but teams that are not good at it may be grinded to death!"

Popovich looked at this proud disciple with admiration, his eyes were very vicious, and the Spurs' ability to maintain their strength for more than ten years is closely related to this disciple.Duncan was about to retire, and Popovich decided to bring him back to the team as an assistant coach after he retired.

"We are not afraid of going down the line, but we must take precautions. We have seen the lower limit of the Lakers, but we don't know the upper limit. In fact, with Gatsby, the upper limit we can see is already impressive. I was shocked. As long as the game is dragged into the last few minutes, no one can stop Gatsby, no one!" Popovich said seriously.

Los Angeles.

The Lakers' rival in the same city, the NBA champion Los Angeles Clippers last game.

James, Paul, and Doug Rivers are in the office.

"We won all three games, except for the Grizzlies, and won two easily. Facing the Grizzlies, if it wasn't for the Grizzlies' explosion, I'm afraid they would have surrendered long ago. Except for the beginning of the Lakers' offense, the rest of the time have remained stable, and their offensive ability is very strong. Although it seems that the average points per game are not very high, that is the reason why they are controlling the number of rounds. Once we look at efficiency and shooting percentage, the Lakers are the best in the league. No. [-] offensive team!" Doug Reeves said.

The corners of Paul’s mouth turned up. Last season, he finally broke the curse. Not only did he enter the Western Conference Finals, he also entered the finals with James and won the NBA championship. All the resentment and violent frustration accumulated over the years were swept away , quite disillusioned, but he has not lost his aggressiveness, a championship can not satisfy him, now he has such strong teammates support, he is not afraid of challenges.

"This is normal. Although the Lakers' configuration is a little aging, they are all a bunch of old players. Gasol, Deron, Joe Johnson, West... With them here, plus Gatsby has always liked The passing system of the Lakers may not be even comparable to that of the Spurs. Now they have just begun to adjust. By the middle and end of the season, the power of their cooperation will be even more terrifying, plus Gatsby..."

Speaking of Gao Gatsby, the three people present couldn't help but frown.

"...With Gatsby, the Lakers' offense will never stagnate. This is an extremely scary thing, unless they feel bad overall. Hehe, they are all professional players. If you want to have this situation again, it will be difficult. ! It may not appear once every season!"

James nodded: "This Lakers team is very similar to the previous Mavericks team. They are relatively old overall, but they are very strong. They have an absolute core that no one can guard against, plus a strong bench. Especially in the playoffs, they They will explode with greater ability, I think they are likely to be the biggest obstacle for us to rush out of the West!"

The office fell silent for a while. The Lakers are powerful overall, but Gatsby is what they are most afraid of. Gatsby is like a nuclear weapon. Once Gatsby shows off his power, no one has the confidence to stop him. is the crux of the matter!
Three games, the sample is small, but the performance of the Lakers has attracted the attention of all strong teams.

This is just the beginning.

Then the Lakers started a series of winning streaks, Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards, Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Pelicans, although these are non-playoff teams, but the Lakers won too easily, showing Crushing stance.

With more samples, there are more things that can be studied, and what they analyze makes people feel afraid.

The overall offensive ability of the Lakers is terrible. It looks slow, but the tactics are very complicated. It's not that no coach has tried, but it didn't work. Instead, the Lakers found a flaw and were defeated.

Once the critical moment comes, the tactics formulated by the Lakers for Gatsby can give full play to Gatsby's unparalleled offensive ability. Once the game is dragged to a critical moment, it will be a nightmare for the opponent.

This is the offensive aspect. On the defensive aspect, the Lakers rely on the strength of the team. People like Kobe, Joe Johnson, and Deron are slower, but they are very experienced. Their defense is extremely layered, like layer by layer. The net generally wins over the opponent.

The inside line can maintain the twin towers for a long time. When the league is increasingly adopting one big, four small or even five small, the Lakers are going against the trend to play the double tower tactics, and the basket is almost as solid as gold.

But experts analyzed that if you want to beat the Lakers, the only option is the Lakers inside.

Use the inside line with strong mobility and accurate shooting, especially the ability to shoot outside the three-point line, to defeat the Lakers' inside line, but such an inside line is really hard to find in the league.

Gatsby scoffed at the analysis, which team has no weaknesses, the Lakers are indeed a weakness inside, but you have to have this ability yourself, well, even if you can really target it, it's just an offense, it's really difficult to attack Only by defeating the Lakers in the field can we think about this matter.

(End of this chapter)