pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 502

In terms of schedule arrangement, the league is also very user-friendly, and the two teams have been given two days of free time. The game will be played at the Staples Center, home of the Lakers, two days later.

The two teams have enough time to adjust and train to prepare for the upcoming "Lake Heat War".

In the NBA, there are many "enmity" confrontations, and the two sides of the game will have more or less, large or small grievances due to various reasons, so when these teams meet on the field, there will always be unusual sparks.

Among the many grievances, the most famous is the "yellow-green battle" between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. In the last century, the confrontation between the two teams in the finals almost occupied most of the main theme. Whenever the Lakers and the Celtics meet, there will always be fierce games.

Many grievances in the league are related to the Lakers. In addition to the "yellow-green war", the grievances with the Spurs are also quite deep. That is Kobe is unstoppable.

The grievances between the Lakers and the Heat are also very deep. In 2020, the year when the whole world was shrouded in "darkness", the Lakers and the Heat met in the finals. Jimmy Butler was replaced, but the younger players shouldered the burden and grievances of the team.

The so-called alliance supremacy will probably be treated like this.

In addition to the grievances related to the Lakers, the battles between the Bulls and the Horse, the Bulls and the Jazz are all very exciting.

But the most topical matchup nowadays is the "Lake Heat War". The last time the two teams faced each other was at the beginning of the season.

However, for Rondo, who has always been low-key, he doesn't like so much exposure, because it will affect the emotions of the players, and he doesn't want things outside the game to affect their winning streak.

The Heat only arranged one training session that was open to the outside world, and the subsequent training sessions were closed and not open to any media, and the media could not get any news about the Heat's preparations.

This behavior was "punished" by the NBA league, because the league stipulated that the team must arrange at least two public training sessions for the media to increase exposure. However, Rondo's approach violated the regulations. The league issued a $2 fine to Rondo as a warning. After learning that Rondo was punished, rebounder Blake Lee immediately stood up and issued a statement.

Now that the money has been fined, Rondo doesn't need to give the media any face. As a result, the reporter squatted outside the Heat's training hall all day without taking any photos of the team's training, and returned empty-handed.

Compared with the Heat's cautiousness, the Lakers' training is much more relaxed. All training sessions are open to the media, so that the media can get their favorite materials.

The reason why the Lakers dare to do this is because they don't think the Heat are invincible. They also want to tell their opponents through the camera that the Lakers are ready.

It didn't take long for the training video about the Lakers to spread wildly on the Internet, including a section of James' shooting training on the three-point line. He took a total of 50 three-pointers and hit 44 of them. The shooting rate is frighteningly high.

Not only that, Oscar and Felix also played a very tacit cooperation. In the confrontation, the two frequently played wonderful cooperation, and the basket was "bombed" again and again.

"These two people are getting better and better." After seeing the performance of Oscar and Felix, Mu Chenfeng couldn't help but sighed. They are still the most trustworthy duo in UCLA. James helped the two of them become better selves. While James got help, the game became much easier, and the average playing time per game dropped to the lowest in his career.

Today's Lakers, like the Heat, also have a "three-core system". The combination of James, Oscar and Felix just perfectly matches the combination of Mu Chenfeng and Tail. Mu Chenfeng will also match up with Felix again, and Oscar is given to Wade.

It is another game that neither side wants to lose. This will also be the coaches of the two strongest teams in the league, and the combat effectiveness at the league's ceiling level.

The game between the two sides has not yet started, and the discussion on the outcome of the game has already begun. In terms of support, there has been an extremely rare "[-]-[-] split" situation.

Among the star PK, the most recognized are James>Barrett, Oscar<Wade, Felix<Mu Chenfeng. In the star duel, the Heat have two stronger opponents. Although James has the upper hand in the matchup with Barrett, the gap between the two should be within a hair.

Therefore, fans still generally believe that the Heat are slightly stronger than the Lakers. The biggest uncertain factor for the Lakers is their bench. The Lakers' bench once scored 67 points in the game, scoring more than the main players. There are 2 to 3 bench gangsters with outstanding scoring ability on the Lakers' bench.

And the deep bench is also an important reason why James can take turns with peace of mind.

Compared with the Lakers' bench, the Heat's bench is slightly inferior. In the league's deep bench ranking, the Heat's bench ranks in the middle, ranking 30th among all 12 teams, while the Lakers are at the top of the list, scoring 2 points more than No.10.

Substitution is the direction that the Heat need to focus on. The game must not allow the Lakers to open the bench, otherwise the game will be difficult to win.

In the case of restricting the opponent's substitutes, Rondo also put forward statistical requirements for the team's substitutes. The Heat and the Lakers are comparable in strength. The three cores of the two sides are likely to cancel each other out in terms of statistics.

To this end, Rondo specially arranged an afternoon of training content for substitutes and role players, and strengthened the team on both offense and defense.

(End of this chapter)