() This time, the turmoil caused by Kobe was limited to the management and did not affect the team.
Well, there are two reasons.
The first one is because this is not the first time for Kobe. Although it is a bit sad to say this, everyone is used to Kobe's personality of causing trouble from time to time.
Second, after February 22nd, the transfer window for this season has been closed, which means that unless you sign free players, no team lineup will change. At least this season, the Lakers
The lineup has been finalized, at least for this season, and everyone does not need to think about the future. As for next season, there is a whole summer left for you to think about it, and now is not the time to think about this.
Because, after the All-Star Game, although the Lakers' schedule has become more relaxed, the atmosphere of the game has undoubtedly become more tense. The last two months of the regular season are the most critical battles to impact the regular season rankings. The top ones,
If you want to stabilize your position and earn a better ranking. Those ranked around eighth, ninth, or tenth all have hopes of the playoffs. In order to participate in the playoffs, they must work hard and strive to win.
Win more games.
The same is true for the Lakers. After the All-Star break, the Lakers are ranked third in the Western Conference, two games less than the second-placed Phoenix Suns and four games less than the first-placed Dallas Mavericks.
After the Lakers, they are followed by the Jazz, who are four games behind the Lakers. However, their position is not safe, because the Rockets and Spurs are only one game behind the Jazz. The Spurs are ranked because of the relationship between wins and losses.
In fourth place. The Spurs are a team that is used to working hard from behind. Just one win difference is not enough to ensure that the Jazz secure fourth place in the Western Conference.
Regardless of the battles of other teams, the Lakers themselves also have their own goals. The lowest level goal is to maintain the current ranking, at least maintain the top four positions in the Western Conference, and gain home court advantage for the playoffs. Secondly,
If you can do it, try to improve your ranking as much as possible. It is best to be second in the Western Conference.
Then, the ultimate goal is to try our best to avoid a team while achieving a good ranking as much as possible. If it is impossible to avoid it, we would rather lose and lower the ranking than avoid colliding with them in the first round.
San Antonio Spurs!
If you want to find a team in the Western Conference that no one wants to run into in the playoffs, any team that can make it into the top eight in the Western Conference will not hesitate to make the Spurs their first choice. This does not mean that the strength of this team is
How powerful, although the Spurs' performance has always been good. But there are not teams in the West that perform better than the Spurs, such as the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns, which are currently ranked first and second.
everyone
In the playoffs with four wins in seven games, there is nothing more difficult to swallow than a strong and stable team. Especially the Spurs team is led by the master tactician **Vitch. And from the lineup
In terms of restraint, the Lakers are indeed afraid of the Spurs. On the outside, the two teams are similar. The Spurs have Bruce Bowen, an expert on perimeter defense, Adrian's defense is not bad, and the Spurs have Ginobili.
A crazy knife, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant has never been afraid of anyone when he scores points, and the Spurs' Tony Parker is extremely sharp on breakthroughs. Adrian's tandem organization can also be ranked at the forefront of the league.
On the outside, the Lakers are not afraid of the Spurs. They may even have a vague advantage.
But when it comes to the inside line, in a simple sentence... Tim Duncan crushes everything. For the Lakers' inside players, using Tim Duncan as a reference, Andrew Bynum is too young and Chris Mihm is injured.
There is not much strength left, Kwame Brown is too rough, Turiaf is good defensively, and the offense is too poor, almost no threat. The only one who can compete a little is Lamar Odom, but if he dares to confront Duncan,
The only outcome is to be crushed to pieces by Duncan.
Although Duncan, who is thirty years old, will inevitably face problems such as declining physical fitness and physical fitness, and will inevitably slowly begin to enter the end of his career. But unless Duncan is injured and unable to play, who would dare to despise Tim Duncan?
, either he created a starting lineup of five All-Stars and is confident that his strength can sweep everything. Or... he just has a brain problem.
Phil Jackson does not have a super starting lineup composed of five All-Stars, which is enough to crush the Spurs. It is not that Phil Jackson has a brain problem. Now that the Lakers can take the initiative, of course they must try their best to avoid the Spurs. Except for the Spurs
, the Mavericks are also a target that the Lakers should avoid. However, the Dallas Mavericks are now ranked first in the Western Conference, and the Lakers are ranked third in the Western Conference. Even if this ranking continues, the Lakers will not be able to face the Dallas Mavericks in the first round.
However, no matter what the purpose is, the only thing the Lakers have to do at this stage is to strive for victory, win as many wins as possible, and take more initiative, and the strength of the Lakers is enough for them to
Try to take the initiative. On February 24th, the Lakers played against the Celtics at home, and the yellow-green battle started again. It was almost the same as the previous green battle. No, it should be said that the Celtics were even more defeated because Paul Pierce once again
Troubled by injuries.
Paul Pierce was not eligible to participate in the All-Star Game. He should have been able to get a good rest in preparation for his strength at the end of the season. But who would have thought that he would sprain his ankle during a very ordinary shooting training and take two days off.
weeks. It can only be said that the Celtics are really ill-fated, and accidents are more likely to happen at critical moments.
Because of Paul Pierce's absence, Adrian's defensive responsibilities were suddenly relieved, allowing him to put most of his experience into the offensive end to organize the team. Kobe's condition is still not very good.
But the current Lakers are not the team that only cares about Kobe. At least they have Adrian's organization. Even if Kobe is the star of the show, the Lakers are still capable of fighting.
The Celtics are truly Paul Pierce's team. When Paul Pierce was here, this was not clearly visible because his points were not many among the top scorers.
Yes, the rebounding is so-so, and the defense is just like that.
But once Paul Pierce was absent, the Celtics immediately fell from a team qualified to participate in the playoffs to a team that deserved to be at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. This was reflected in the Celtics' record-breaking performance when Pierce was absent in the middle of the season.
This can be seen from the nineteen-game losing streak.
After losing Paul Pierce, although people like Al Jefferson still have some strength, the Celtics seem to have had their last hard bone removed, and they have become a completely helpless pile.
Rotten meat. (To be continued.) You are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes.
ps: ps. This is the chapter that supplements the thoughts of Xiao Zi and Satan yesterday. I woke up early this morning and saw the monthly votes cast by the Citon people. I have nothing to say and will continue to update. The classified monthly votes exceeded 500... It seems that this is any
There is still a long way to go, and there is no possibility of reaching the basket. The next chapter enters the ** period
