Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Don't miss anyone in the left corner."

"Hurry up and make up for the defense faster."

"Don't let him shoot threes."

"Switch defense, switch defense, rebound..."

In the training stadium.

A group of Lakers players are training.

The Lakers' lineup has not changed much this season, so the overall tactical system and play do not need to be adjusted, and it can be maintained as last season.

But time is moving, so naturally it is impossible for everything to be the same as last season.

For example, as Korver gets older, his competitive state is declining, and now his state has declined again compared with last season.

In fact, with his current competitive state, it is difficult for him to adapt to the starting small forward position.

Coach Scott has also discussed with the coaching staff whether to remove Korver from the starting small forward position and replace him with someone else. However, if this is done, the team's tactical play will inevitably need to be adjusted and changed, which will create some unknowns.

For example, replace Korver with Cunningham in the starting lineup.

In this case, the Lakers' starting lineup's defensive capabilities will be very strong.

However, Cunningham's outside shooting is not stable, and he is not a very good three-point shooter. If he replaces Korver, his effect on the offensive end will be weakened.

The coaching staff has been discussing this issue for some time.

Watching the players' training, Korver became a loophole on the defensive end again. Assistant coach Madsen couldn't help but say to coach Scott: "Why don't we let Clarkson start. Let Rose play as the sixth man, and our bench lineup will still have enough protection."

In addition to starting Cunningham, the coaching staff also considered replacing Korver with other players, such as Clarkson or Kuzma.

Clarkson has the ability to shoot three-pointers and play one-on-one with the ball. There is no problem with his scoring ability. With his strength, there is no problem for him to start.

The reason why he has been a substitute for the Lakers in recent years is mainly because the coaching staff considers the overall team and needs a strong scorer in the substitute lineup.

Now the team's bench lineup includes Rose in addition to Clarkson. Even if Clarkson is mentioned in the starting lineup, they will not lack a sixth man.

Coach Scott smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Clarkson's scoring ability is of course no problem. But in this case, Zhuang Yu will have to play the 3rd position. Although Zhuang Yu's defensive ability is unquestionable, his size is still a bit of a disadvantage at the 3rd position."

"Our starting lineup is a lineup of one big and four small players. If Clarkson starts and Zhuang Yu plays the 3rd position, our overall height will be further reduced. In addition, Clarkson's defense is also a problem."

Yeah, Clarkson's defense is also a problem.

In the bench lineup, during the rotation time, Clarkson, as the team's sixth man, only needs to play his role on the offensive end. On the defensive end, his disadvantages are made up by his teammates on the one hand, and on the other hand, because the opponent's lineup during the rotation time is also a rotation lineup.

But if he is in the starting lineup, Clarkson will be easily targeted.

As for Kuzma...

This is an option. First of all, Kuzma's height and physique make him suitable for playing the 3rd or 4th position, and he can also shoot three-pointers.

But Kuzma is still a third-year player and has only played for two seasons, so he is still somewhat immature.

Coach Scott has not yet made up his mind on how to make adjustments. After all, the preseason hasn't started yet, so it won't be too late to wait until later.

But the preseason isn’t far away.

The day after tomorrow the Lakers will have their first preseason game of the new season, away against the Golden State Warriors.

The Lakers will have a total of six preseason games in the next period of time, which makes the Lakers players want to complain about the league. The league has taken great pains for ratings and topics. Three of the six preseason games are against the Warriors.

Wow, a showdown between the Western Conference's super strong teams and sworn enemies, the contest between Zhuang Yu and the "Splash Brothers"... The regular season hasn't even started yet and it's about to start again.

And there are three full games!

Not only that, the league has also arranged two games in China for the Lakers, one against the Nets on October 10 and the other against the Nets on October 10.

The Lakers were the league champions last season, and Zhuang Yu is a Chinese. It is understandable and not surprising that the league arranged two games in China for the Lakers in the new preseason. But who would believe that the league specifically chose the Nets as an opponent for the Lakers if it wasn't for topicality and ratings?

Isn’t this the China Derby?

What's more, with the joining of Durant and Irving this season, the matchup between the Nets and the Lakers will be even more exciting.

Of course, from the perspective of fans, it is naturally something they like to see.

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第二天，湖人队众将登上了飞往客场的飞机，并在10月6日迎来了2019-20赛季季前赛的第1场比赛。

Chase Center.

This is the Warriors' new home stadium. Construction began in 2016 at a cost of about $13 billion. The stadium is located in downtown San Francisco and has 18000 seats. It was officially opened on September 9 this year and will serve as the home stadium for the Golden State Warriors in the 6-2019 season.

In other words, this was the Warriors' first game at the Chase Center, so the scene was very lively and the Warriors even arranged a special celebration.

The celebration was lively and huge cheers could be heard in the locker room, but the Lakers players were calm.

"From the sound of it, I thought it was the Warriors who won the championship last season."

"Ha ha......"

Everyone laughed.

Even Coach Scott was laughing.

After all, this is just a preseason game, not a regular season game. If it were a regular season game, Coach Scott would have scolded us with a straight face, "Be serious, don't take it lightly." But this is just a preseason game, winning or losing is not that important, it's mainly for training, so it doesn't matter.

Soon, the celebration was over.

Players from both teams came out on the field, and the Lakers players also came onto the court.

A group of people stared at each other for a few seconds from a certain distance, but there was not much tension.

Zhuang Yu smiled and walked towards Curry and Klay and hugged them.

Then, both sides began to warm up.

After the warm-up, the competition officially begins.

"Follow the tactics, pay attention to the defense of the three-pointer, and make a quick counterattack when there is an opportunity..."

Coach Scott made some arrangements.

This game is mainly to practice tactics, test the lineup, and let the players find their game form, so just play step by step.

Several people agreed and walked onto the court.

It is still Lopez, Anderson, Korver, Zhuang Yu and Holiday, the starting lineup from last season, and Korver is still the starter.

On the other hand, the Warriors' starting lineup is Curry, Klay, McKinnie, Draymond Green, and Rooney. Except for the small forward position, there is no change from last season.