Chapter 719 If you want to slap your face, you must first hit ESPN's 4D outbreak today~
And don't tell me, Love's move worked wonders.
Because his three-point shooting percentage today is very high. At a rough glance, it is close to 60%! Maybe it will drop later, but looking at it now, it is amazing! This season can be regarded as Kevin Love’s three-point shooting success.
In this year, he averaged about 6.6 shots per game, but his hit rate was as high as 37%! For a 208cm big man, this is almost equivalent to the level of a high-quality shooter!
And his average number of three-pointers per game can be regarded as reaching the peak of an inside player. You have to know that even Dirk Nowitzki has never had a career high of 5+ three-pointers per game in a single season.
.So this guy Love's obsession with three-pointers has reached a new dimension in the traditional saying of "soft-ass insider".
If this were the early 21st century or the 1990s, this style of play would only be ridiculed and despised from beginning to end.
But now is the "new era". The direction of the alliance and changes in rules have relaxed the requirements for this type of people.
The label on his body has changed from "softie" to "new era insider", "insider with excellent shooting range", "space insider", etc. This kind of trend change is so fast that those players who played in the past may have been unimaginable.
.However, it is still the 13-14 season, and there is no standard term for the so-called "spatial insider", so Love's approach is still a bit superior.
But soon, he will be the leader of the times.
The person who accelerated the catalysis was none other than Lakers center Tang Qian.
"Fuck!" Tang Qian couldn't help but cursed when he saw Love throwing another three-pointer. However, Love was determined to survive on the outside in this game, so no matter how provocative Tang Qian was,
He also tried not to challenge inside. In this way, the Lakers need someone to pull out, otherwise it would not be rational to give Love an open three-pointer.
"Hot, how about I guard against going out, but I can't come back after I go out." Thackeray said with a heartbeat. After all, as a seven-foot tall man, if he leaves the inside line, he will completely give up his strengths.
Give up the data. In fact, the Lakers' best inside defender should be Tang Qian, but if Sacre stays inside, it will be equivalent to giving up rebounding, which will definitely do more harm than good for the current Lakers.
Tang Qian glanced at Thackeray and said, "Such a sacrifice is huge, Roberto, are you sure you have thought it through?"
Instead of regretting it later, it is better to talk it out in one breath to avoid being unhappy later.
"Hot, I've thought about it clearly, it's okay. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even have a chance to play now." Robert Thackeray said: "I know very well what kind of strength and ability I have, so for
If I can stay in the league for a few more years, I'm willing to do these jobs, even if it doesn't have data, it doesn't matter."
When Tang Qian heard what Thackeray said, his heart warmed up and he said: "Don't worry, I actually appreciate you more than those people, and we are more compatible, right?" If there is really a player who is willing to help, he will help.
Blocking people and even supplementing and expanding defense on the outside will be a huge good thing for the main inside line.
Because this means that his energy can be concentrated without distractions and distractions.
Nor will his statistics drop because he is often transferred out, and he will no longer be able to play the role of defensive core.
The key is that this kind of person is very rare. Those who can enter the NBA are all young geniuses and arrogant people. Who doesn't want to rack up more data and then get a big contract and leave the country? Let me just work as a coolie.
, or the kind of "lowest coolie" who can't even get basic data. Do you think I'm a fool?
Everyone has desires and emotions, so this kind of "willingness" is the most difficult to find.
In the future, many people will be smarter and choose this path, and because the league has fully entered the "big premium era", they will also receive hefty salaries and remuneration. One of the representative figures is Tristan Thompson, like him.
A blue-collar guy who averages 8+8 or 8+9 per game still gets a huge salary of close to 20 million a year. Te'lon Hill, who has similar numbers, only got a little over 50 million in his 14-year NBA career.
The salary of P.J. Brown is similar, with a total of more than 60 million US dollars in his 15-year career. Although James is involved in this, it also proves that as long as the combination is right, ordinary blue-collar workers can also have spring.
And Tang Qian needs someone like this now, a "pure blue-collar coolie" who doesn't care about statistics even more than Tristan Thompson, Te'lon Hill, and P.J. Brown. Thackeray is seven feet tall and weighs about 270 pounds, which is definitely enough for this.
Qualified. So as long as he is willing to sacrifice, Tang Qian will need this kind of person around him in the future.
Otherwise, if no one is willing to go out, he will have to go out on his own. If he goes out, it will be a waste of time for the Lakers. The loss will be too great. The investment and return are not proportional.
Sure enough, after Thackeray took the initiative to expand the defense, Kevin Love's three-point shooting percentage began to drop sharply. Most of the NBA big men's three-pointers use space and misplaced shots. To be able to shoot like
There are very few people who can shoot or top shot like "King Nuo". Love obviously does not have this ability. To shoot, he needs a certain amount of space and space.
Someone pounces on him, and he is still 7 feet tall. His long-range shooting efficiency can only fall off a cliff.
Of course, he can also rely on his speed and burst to easily get past Thackeray. After all, he is also a 7-foot center. Thackeray is a traditional type. He does not have Tang Qian's almost abnormal speed and agility. So on the outside,
Love can easily get past the former.
But the question is what happens after he gets through it? Does he dare to go inside? If he doesn't dare to go inside and shoots, just mid- and long-range pull-up jumpers, Kevin Love does not have the confidence. After all, after 2010, mid- and long-range jumpers
, especially long-distance 2-pointers, which was classified by ESPN as an "inefficient scoring method". And if you really play basketball, you will know that mid-range is more difficult to practice than three-pointers, not that you can make three-pointers.
The more accurate you are, the more powerful you will be in the mid-range. On the contrary, a large number of three-point shooters in NBA history are not very good at mid-range, and are even far inferior to three-pointers.
Compared with three-pointers that rely more on muscle memory, mid-range shots are more complicated, require more points to master, and face stronger defensive pressure. This is why there are fewer and fewer mid-range masters.
The results are slow, it takes a long time, and there are few points scored, and these are precisely the strengths of three-point shooting practice.
It has quick results, takes a short time, and scores more points, so you can see that there are more and more three-point shooters in the league, but the strange thing is that there are fewer and fewer strong mid-range shooters, and those who remain are basically at the beginning of the century or even
He is the "old man" of the last century. However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. The three-point shot is easier to practice than the mid-range shot, and it also scores more points and is more lethal. But when it comes to the playoffs, the game becomes fierce.
, when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, three-pointers are far easier to contain than mid-range shots.
This shortcoming has not been solved by "Ku Hao", who is known as the strongest three-point shooter in history, and others don't need to think too much.
Unless you team up at your peak and form a multi-giant universe team, the more the game escalates, the more defensive pressure you face will escalate. In this way, the advantages and disadvantages of three-pointers and mid-range shots will be highlighted. Otherwise, the Warriors of the original time and space may be early
Just three consecutive championships and a new dynasty has been established. There is no need to recruit "Death God Durant" again.
While Love was being held down, Kobe made consecutive strong hits. With Tang Qian guarding the inside, he could play more unscrupulously on the offensive end. His opponent, Kevin Martin, almost got his shit kicked out. This is not enough.
Elegant, but that's how it is on the scene. Kevin Martin has always been a "black hole" with weak defense. Even if Kobe beat him last season, it would be easy to get what he asked for. It is no exaggeration to say that Kobe is "
Kevin.
season, otherwise the career statistics will be even more terrifying.
It should also be mentioned here that career matchup data must be in the same position to be useful for reference, at least in the regular season. Because long-term misalignment of offense and defense rarely occurs in the regular season, playing like this is too tiring for the team and players.
The loss is too great, which is not conducive to dealing with the NBA's entire 82-game ultra-long schedule. Therefore, all players who are not matched, especially outsiders, regular season matchup data are basically of no reference. Unless you can make a complete set of
Detailed matchup screenshots of the regular season. Otherwise, this comparison is simply comparing the strengths and weaknesses of players in your position and that of the opponent.
Unfortunately, Kevin Martin plays the No. 2 position, and his opponent is Kobe.
Therefore, this set of counterpoint data is full of undoubted gold content.
The overall matchup data is half of Martin's. In the NBA, even beating him is an understatement. It can only be said that he beat the shit out of him. And this season's Kobe is a super-peak Kobe who is at his all-round peak. Beating him is even better.
It was a relaxed and happy match. In the final one-on-one matchup, Kobe made 5 of 5 shots and scored 12 points in a row, leading the Lakers to take the lead in the last 2 minutes.
Timberwolves coach Adelman called a timeout. At this time, the Lakers actually had the advantage.
Both physically and psychologically.
Because the Timberwolves have no one who can play the final "key ball" and "ending ball".
And it just so happens that the Lakers are one of the strongest teams playing this kind of ball this season.
Don't look at the "double-Kevin combination" of Kevin Love and Kevin Martin. These two average points per game this season are as high as 26+19+. In the last five minutes, both of them scored 2 points. This is already
That’s pretty good. But what about Kobe Bryant of the Lakers? He scored 6.9 points in the last 5 minutes of this season! This is already even more exaggerated than Michael Jordan back then! It’s nearly 2 points higher than his strongest season! In this
In statistics, most of them use a few tenths to calculate the gap. For example, Durant scored 3.2 points this season, and James scored 3.8 points this season. If we break down the entire NBA history, except for the 1980s, there were no statistics.
How many people have 4+ in this data? There are only a handful of them! Excluding some who only played a few games and "fished in troubled waters", since the beginning of the millennium, there have been only 13 times, only 8 people. Among them, Kobe has 4 seats, and James
2 seats to yourself!
As for those who can average 5+ per game, there is no one in the new century until this season. It would take the 16-17 season to appear in the original time and space.
Therefore, Kobe's data, firstly, shows his tyranny, and secondly, it shows the Lakers' reliance. Comparing this data, Los Angeles will be the strongest since the 1990s. Even Jordan is not as good. Of course, this is not the same as the Lakers.
The style of play this season has something to do with it, but if you do it, you will do it. The Timberwolves and Lakers fought hard at the last moment, and they are at an absolute disadvantage based on historical data.
Moreover, the Timberwolves did not have Tang Qian, and Kobe Bryant integrated offense and defense, completely suppressing his opponent Kevin Martin. This meant that the Timberwolves only had one Kevin Love to rely on. Love's scoring this season has reached the peak of his career.
, but his shooting percentage is similar to Kobe's career shooting percentage. If we distinguish between position and playing style, this is considered a low efficiency. Because no matter how Love flies a kite from the outside, his main position is the 4th position.
It's an inside post, and inside players only have a 45% shooting rate. This is equivalent to a "brush", a model of big shots and high scores.
At the same time, the extremely inefficient mid-range this season is also a flaw. The shooting rate from 10-16 feet is 35%, which is much lower than the three-pointer, so you want Love to make emergency mid-range shots and show off mid-range shots.
Technology, that is a daydream. But for this reason, it is impossible for him to easily shoot a three-pointer. Tang Qian's "demigod" is guarding the inside, leaving Love with a choice. In fact,
Very little, not much.
There is no other way, you still have to vote, you can't expect Rubio, the "Lu Zhongyi", to focus on the offense, right?
So Love hit three consecutive shots later, and the Lakers took the lead in one breath.
This made Timberwolves head coach Adelman yell loudly: "Be tougher, be tougher, Kevin! You are a big man! You are a big man! Don't keep shooting outside! Go and kill! Go inside and cause damage."
!!!” But Love is not the Webber of the Kings back then. He doesn’t have that kind of ability. His career finishing shooting rate at the basket is less than 60%, which is simply blinding! Because many outside players’ finishing shooting at the basket
The rate is higher than him.
It is not unreasonable to say that he is soft. The "King of Norwich" who is famous for his shooting has a career shooting percentage of more than 64% at the basket, and it is no problem to reach 70% in many seasons during his peak period. Love is a fan of this.
He can't catch up. His career finishing shooting percentage at the basket is not even as good as Kobe's, and it's still a long way behind.
This kind of person wants to go to the basket to challenge the "demigod" Tang Qian. It's really embarrassing. A big shot makes him understand life.
"Just go outside and play. Come inside and come to the basket in front of me. If you're not looking for abuse, what are you?" Lakers No. 29 said in a calm and joking tone. Kevin Love, hehe, he really is.
Didn't take it too seriously.
In his opinion, Love is just a No. 3 with a strong body and rebounding ability. If he wants to hit hard at the basket, his skills and abilities are not qualified.
Kobe Bryant dunks on the offensive end of the Lakers! Another 2 points!
The score difference further widened.
After Love suffered a big blow, he changed back to the "space-based No. 4" style of play, but it turns out that this style of play was really not that good at the last minute. In terms of pressure resistance and stability, the three
Point shooting is far inferior to mid-range shooting. Unfortunately, our "Big Love" does not have outstanding mid-range shooting capabilities. This may be something that many pseudo-fans don't understand.
After all, in their eyes, Love is an all-around power forward who can do both inside and outside. He can shoot three-pointers so accurately. How could he not be able to make a mid-range shot? But the reality is so cruel and a cold slap in the face.
Although Love later also made a three-pointer and a long 2-pointer, overall, the shooting rate was extremely low. As a result, the Lakers successfully won the game and ended their five-game losing streak this season.
Kobe scored 51 points in this game, including 21 points in the fourth quarter, which was the basis for the Lakers' final comeback.
The Lakers' style of play in the first half of the season is back.
In addition, Tang Qian also completed the "Today in History" task in this game. Although he only received a silver completion degree due to scoring reasons, this was enough.
At the post-game press conference, a reporter asked Tang Qian, "What kind of player is Love and what is it like to play against him?" The Lakers replied on the 29th:
"I think Love is a good space player. He is the heavier version of the No. 3 position. He has an excellent 3-pointer. He..."
Just as Tang Qian was talking, the reporter reminded: "Hot, Kevin is in the 4th position. He is an inside player, not the 3rd position."
"Ah? Kevin is No. 4? He's an inside player???" Tang Qian pretended to be surprised: "Why didn't I see it?"
"I always thought he was an outside player."
The whole crowd burst into laughter.
Secondly, someone wanted to "find fault". This person was a reporter affiliated with ESPN. This person stood up and asked directly: "Excuse me, do you think the Lakers' slogan at the beginning of the season, 'Winter is Coming', is a sentence."
Empty slogan? So far, although the Lakers' record is passable, it is not particularly good. How do you see this problem? "
Kobe frowned, but this question was not asked to him. Out of courtesy and rules, he should not rush to answer, and Tang Qian was obviously not a "rookie" or "weak chicken" now, so he decided to look at the latter first.
Let’s talk about how to answer.
"Hey, it's an ESPN reporter again. Why do you still come to ask questions about our Lakers team? Don't you have countless informants and insiders? Why don't you just ask them yourself? Why don't you just make it up?
"Isn't this unnecessary?" Tang Qian was satirizing ESPN's "Lake Black" attribute, and at the same time mocking them for publishing articles that do not pay attention to authenticity, but only pay attention to effects and eye-catching.
However, ESPN reporters are ESPN reporters. They have the highest salary in the United States. It is not a waste of fame. He was not affected at all. Instead, he continued to ask: "Hot, are you trying to avoid answering? Or are you talking about the Lakers starting the game?
The slogan in front of us was just shouted casually to deceive the league and fans?"
This is a very tricky question, because in addition to the surface, it also has "undercurrents" inside.
A poor answer can easily arouse the hostility of all teams in the league.
If this was a "star of the new era", he would not wade into this muddy water and would just fight it out. However, Tang Qian was not a "star of the new era", so he glanced at Kobe, opened his mouth and replied: "Shout whatever you want."
Shout? Trim the Alliance? You’ll know soon, won’t you?”
"We are not here to be a sidekick this season."
"If it's not running with you, what is it?" the ESPN reporter quickly asked. This is also a "nirvana" as a reporter, leaving you with less time to think and react.
Tang Qian smiled widely, then stared at him and said slowly: "Of course we won the championship. When did our Lakers' slogan change?"
"Win the championship? With all due respect, I think you are exaggerating. It has been several years since the Lakers last won the championship. Now is Miami's era."
"Miami? Is that the team I beat two weeks ago?" Tang Qian asked.
"If you can't win the game, the data is meaningless." ESPN reporters also began to elaborate: "Is it one of the traditions of Los Angeles to talk big? It won't look good if you get slapped in the face."
Tang Qian finally saw clearly that ESPN, unless you are as submissive and respectful to it as the "new era stars", otherwise, it will fight with you and make you bow your head under the power of the media. This is really... bullshit
Urine!
"Don't worry." Tang Qian looked at the ESPN reporter's face and blurted out forcefully: "If you want to slap him in the face, start with your ESPN."
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