Reborn My Name Is Kobe

Shaq is receiving more and more care from the Celtics in the paint. I am also quite anxious watching from the outside. It seems that we can no longer let Shaq attack the Celtics inside alone.

Firstly, the tactics are too simple and easy to be restrained. Secondly, if this continues, Shaq is afraid that he will run out of energy before the fourth quarter. In fact, if we cannot win the game in the first half, we will still be able to win the game in the second half.

Shaq is really needed to show off his power.

I yelled desperately at Shaq, asking him to pass the ball out. I had a good chance on the outside at this time, but this guy seemed to have a lid on his ears, completely ignoring my shouts and still looking after himself.

He was attacking the Celtics inside, but it was obvious that the effect of his attack was not very good.

Seeing that Shaq was not passing the ball, the Celtics decisively rushed four or five people inside. However, at this time, Shaq was also crazy. He directly shouldered the double-team of four or five people and jumped up, killing two of them.

A Celtics post player was knocked out. However, the final dunk was probably because there were too many people hanging on him. In the end, he was unable to dunk the ball into the basket, but it bounced out.

I had quick eyesight and quick hands. I took advantage of the fact that the Celtics players were all in the paint and the basketball bounced a little far. I caught the rebound and took advantage of the situation to retreat outside the three-point line and decisively shoot a three-pointer.

However, I still seem to have continued the poor three-point touch I had during this afternoon's training. The moment the ball was released, I seemed to be able to feel that there was probably no way for the ball to enter the basket.

Sure enough, the three-pointer was deflected, and the ball suddenly returned to the hands of the Celtics. I could only shake my head, and then quickly defended. These Celtics players

The fast break counterattack is also very powerful, especially when Shaq walks slowly to save energy when returning to defense, but he runs very fast when attacking.

After the Celtics got the rebound, they immediately prepared to launch a fast-break counterattack. Their counterattack speed was quite fast. In fact, because they lacked absolute core players in the formation, they distributed the ball rights among themselves.

It is relatively even, and the advantage of this is that it is easier for team basketball to appear, instead of being completely Iverson's team like the Sixers.

The advantage of a team with superstars is that someone can stand up and score at critical moments. Although this kind of civilian team will have an advantage in tactical execution during regular time, if the score cannot be opened at the final critical moment of the game, then

A team that lacks superstars will find it difficult to find a more reliable scoring point. At this moment, it is still necessary to watch the performances of superstars.

But at this time, the Celtics' advantages are fully realized. The tacit understanding between their players is indeed higher than that of our Lakers. Although most of their players are functional players, they don't have the kind of everything.

An all-around player who can do it all.

But each of them just needs to do what they are good at to the extreme. For example, the center can protect the rebounds, the guard can pass the ball more, guide his teammates more, and direct their teammates' movements on the court, while the outside shooter can move accurately.

He was out of a tactical position, but took action decisively after receiving the pass.

Although the overall record of the Celtics does not seem to be very good, I very much suspect that they have deliberately messed up in the past few seasons, because next year Tim Duncan will participate in the draft, and the Celtics will compete for the No. 1 pick.

Well, this season is actually in a semi-bad state.

However, when encountering an old enemy team like our Lakers, the Celtics immediately stopped showing off, stopped pretending, and fully demonstrated their true strength. This made us back-to-back away from home.

It's really a bit uncomfortable.

Of course, we expected before the game that this game would not be easy to play, but the terrifying momentum erupted by the Celtics and North Shore Garden home fans after the game still made us Lakers players a little weak.

It’s not necessarily that we are not strong enough to defeat them, but the strong sense of competition they display on the court will make you feel like you are facing a group of wild wolves with excellent cooperation. If you are a little bit

If you relax a little, you will be torn apart by these wild wolves.

So in fact we have to be 100% committed to the game, and even play this game as a playoff, maybe we have a chance to win.

It's just that our Lakers starting players are generally a little tired physically and mentally after yesterday's fierce battle. At this time, when they encounter the wolf-like Celtics, they will inevitably feel guilty.

This time the Celtics' fast break also took advantage of the gap where Shaq could not return to defense in time. First, they used the forward players to attack the inside, and then the shooters went directly to the open space outside the three-point line to wait. And because our Lakers are

Less defense and more defense, so priority will be given to shrinking the inside line, which will allow two or even three open shooting opportunities to appear on the outside line at the same time.

The Celtics' tactical coordination is extremely tacit. As soon as the outside players are in position, or even before they are in position, the players attacking the inside can already pass the ball.

In this way, our Lakers players had no time to defend the Celtics players on the outside. We could only watch them take action, and then the result was to watch the Celtics make a three-pointer, and then

The entire North Shore Garden Arena was in an uproar, and the fans' voices completely drowned out the voice of head coach Silver Fox Harris, who was standing on the sidelines and kept roaring.

In desperation, head coach Silver Fox Harris could only call a timeout. At this time, only more than four minutes had passed since the start of the first quarter, but it was obvious that the appearance of our Lakers team on the court was really a little...

He couldn't stand it anymore, even though the score at this time was that our Lakers were only two points behind the Celtics.

During the timeout, Shaq was quite irritable, and head coach Silver Fox Harris has always been more on Shaq's side, so even if it was Shaq's problem many times, he would choose not to accuse him directly.

Shaq, instead, said other players didn't perform well.

The same is true now. Shaq seems to be a bit weak on both ends of the offense and defense. Although he destroyed the Celtics' inside line before, the Celtics then adopted a very strong double-team defense against him.

However, he only focused on his own strong play inside, and was unwilling to pass the ball to the outside when facing four or five people defending him. On the defensive end, he was unwilling to quickly return to defense, and walked back slowly as if he was taking a walk.

, which resulted in the Celtics easily launching a fast break counterattack.

However, head coach Silver Fox Harris did not mention these two points at all, but instead accused us of being too loose on the Celtics' perimeter defense, allowing them to get shooting opportunities too easily.

I stood aside and shook my head helplessly, not bothering to refute what Silver Fox Harris said. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that when the Celtics started a fast break, we were obviously in a situation of less defense and more defense.

They will all be missed, because the opponent will give priority to attacking our empty inside line. Without Shaq to protect the frame, we often need more people to defend the inside line, which will naturally leave a larger gap for the outside line.

Already.

In the final analysis, it wasn't that Shaq used too much force on the offensive end and had no energy to return to defense.

Then head coach Silver Fox Harris simply arranged some tactics. However, at this time, the Lakers' outside players, including me, were actually holding their breath in their hearts, but they couldn't show it. It was really uncomfortable.

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With a nameless fire, I decided to return this anger to the Celtics and let them see how powerful our Lakers team is.

Let them know we have guys besides Shaq who can step up and score.

In the following few attacks, our Lakers perimeter players intentionally did not pass the ball to Shaq. Although Shaq was still crazy about positioning and asking for the ball, we still did not want to pass it to him.

I asked Shaq to come out and pick and roll me. Shaq was quite reluctant, but since he couldn't get the ball in the paint, he had no choice but to come out and pick and roll for me. However, he was very sloppy during the pick and roll.

The quality was very poor, and it cut inside in advance without completely blocking the person, which made me even more angry.

Facing Shaq who is cutting inside quickly, I will not choose to pass the ball. This guy was too stupid today and has no sense of teamwork at all. I have to show my own strength.

I first dribbled sideways to the right to make a breakthrough, and then after the Celtics defensive player came to my breakthrough route, I immediately turned around and bypassed the defensive player.

He got to my left and then broke through the middle of the court.

Breaking through along the left hand end actually has many benefits, because in most cases, if you are a right-handed player, the player defending you will default to guarding your breakthrough along the right side, and if you suddenly break through along the left hand direction,

, the defensive player will be caught off guard, and the center of gravity of the body will easily be unable to turn, and this reaction time of a few tenths of a second is enough for you to obtain an excellent breakthrough space.

The other defensive players on the other side will not expect you to break through to the left, so they will not be so timely when assisting in defense. Therefore, the middle of the two defensive players is actually the most vulnerable place to be broken through.

I followed this gap and drove straight in. At this time, Shaq's huge body blocked in front of me. He was originally going to go down, but he never thought that I would rush in along his inward route.

But I didn't rush forward, because in fact Shaq completely blocked my way forward. Of course, this was actually what I expected. I just wanted to use Shaq's huge body as my

cover.

Shaq's body also blocked the body of the opponent's inside player. I made a small throw directly in front of Shaq and easily scored the ball into the basket.

Shaq looked at me speechlessly, with very complicated emotions in his eyes, and seemed a little dissatisfied with me using him as a shield.

But I just spread my hands helplessly, and then a smile appeared on my lips.

In the next few defensive rounds, our Lakers slightly changed their defensive strategy and also adopted man-to-man defense. After all, the opponent's players were not strong individually. Generally speaking, they used sudden attacks but not shots.

Tactics, completely killing the opponent's outside shooting opportunities.

However, the Celtics' tactical quality is indeed quite good. After seeing that our defense expanded greatly, they immediately changed their offensive tactics and switched to a high pick-and-roll plus inside cutting style, and then used inside

Cutting and multiple pick-and-rolls to find suitable shooting opportunities, the overall defensive resilience of our Lakers team

The above is still a bit lacking.

After all, we were in the second game of back-to-back games, so the Celtics took advantage of this. On the offensive end, players kept picking and rolling, passing, and running, which made our defensive players a little exhausted.

In this case, our defensive situation was pretty good at first, but as they went through a few more rounds, our Lakers players began to feel extremely tired. In addition to physical fatigue, it was also more psychological.

of fatigue.

Once we relax on the defensive end, the Celtics can quickly seize these small openings and find players in the open space or the best shooting position. Their ball movement speed is really too fast.

In addition, several of their outside shooters are shooting more than 35% from three-point range. If they are open, their shooting percentage will probably be more than 40%. As a result, our Lakers team will be in big trouble on the defensive end.

Fortunately, when Shaq's physical strength declined, my condition improved somewhat. Although I failed to hit the two three-pointers I shot in this game, I broke through the inside and made layups, as well as mid-range shots.

His shooting percentage was very high, as if he hit four out of five times.

Seeing that I was in a hot state, Shaq no longer only thought about attacking the inside as before. Maybe he was really tired, so he started to follow me in pick-and-roll tactics in the high post.

And when Shaq picks up a good opportunity and then cuts inside, I will also sling the ball to his inside at the best time. In this way, our Lakers team finally has an internal and external connection on the offensive end.

When Shaq regained his offensive rationality, he also began to actively pass the ball from the outside. Robert Horry received Shaq's pass and hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner. This made our Lakers bite tightly.

The score even increased alternately. The leading side was quickly overtaken, and then was overtaken by the opponent again in the next round.

This game can be said to be quite intense, and the fans at the North Shore Garden Arena responded with their enthusiasm to the players who were playing on the court at this time.

I even had the illusion that the fans in North Shore Garden were even more enthusiastic than the fans at the Staples Center, the home of the Lakers. However, I rejected this idea and thought about how there could be a home stadium for the team.

The fans will be more enthusiastic than our lovely Los Angeles fans.

However, this game did reflect the wealthy background of the Celtics. The tactical quality and playing style of this team are actually quite powerful. I think the reason why their record in the past few seasons is not very good is because

Because we are in the transition period between old and new, the old players have left, and the new young players have just entered the league. However, in fact, the upper limit of their team may not be particularly high, but in fact, the lower limit should be able to enter.

It's the playoffs.

Maybe it's really to accumulate young potential players for the purpose of hoarding them. Just like in later leagues, there will often be many bad teams in the season before the draft year, but this is also a very normal thing. After all,

Isn't the purpose of the draft just to balance the strengths between teams?

Many teams that have been stuck for a long time are actually quite hurt. They can enter the playoffs every year, and then end up in the first round every year. This gives fans some hope, and then plunges them into despair.

The most important thing is that entering the playoffs means not being able to get high-ranking draft picks. In the long run, the team will lack players with high potential and high talent. The team may do a good job in operations, and the coach

They are also very powerful, always able to achieve acceptable results, but it is difficult to increase the team's upper limit because they lack a superstar who can really determine the course of the game.

To be honest, the first thing I thought of for such a team was the Spurs, who in my previous life had entered the playoffs for more than 20 consecutive years and won five championships.

Their team has always been a playoff team under the leadership of legendary head coach Popovich, but with the aging of legendary superstar Tim Duncan and other Hall of Fame players like Parker and Ginobili,

Go, this team that enters the playoffs every year lacks high-draft players.

Although they always seem to be able to find treasures in low picks, after all, the probability of superstars emerging from low-pick players is very low, and the Spurs like Kawhi single-handedly cultivated superstar-level players from low picks, and eventually lost to the ball.

The team parted ways, which was indeed a very heavy blow to that Spurs team.

So it’s hard to say which team-building plan will be better. In fact, the Spurs’ rise is still based on their poor performance in the 96-97 season, and then they got the No. 1 pick and selected Tim Duncan. This led to the nearly 20 years of success.

Brilliant, later facts also proved that without the pitfalls, Popovich was no longer magical, and it would be difficult to go far in the playoffs.

So in the end, it was Popovich who made Duncan, or Duncan made Popovich. In the final analysis, they are still interdependent. Coaches and good players make each other successful.

When there were about 5 minutes left in the first quarter, the Celtics called the second timeout of the game. They seemed to be preparing to make some adjustments to their lineup.

At this time, the score between the two sides on the court is still not even at all. Our Lakers are still one point behind the Celtics at this time, just one point. Sometimes it seems very little, but it is

I always can't catch up no matter what, or I just catch up and have to be chased back in the next round.

A big problem for our Lakers team this season is that although the offensive end is dominated by talent, it is not too bad at all, but on the defensive end, it cannot guard the opponent, so it cannot open the score.

This is also the reason why we play very anxiously when facing some weak teams this season. After all, even the weak teams are all NBA-level players, and they are all very talented players. No matter how good our offense is

It is impossible to score every goal. If we cannot effectively limit our opponents on the defensive end, then our offensive advantage will not be reflected, because the opponent's shooting rate will also be very high.

However, there is obviously no way to fundamentally change the status quo just by relying on my own efforts. Shaq’s characteristics and game habits have destined him to become a huge loophole on the defensive end when defending pick-and-roll and perimeter-oriented teams.

But it's impossible for the head coach to not use Shaq and put him on the bench.

After all, Shaq's deterrent power on the offensive end is too great. No matter how we change the offensive tactics, the most important tactical starting point for our Lakers is always Shaq. He is the most stable scoring point for our Lakers, so we Lakers

The team can only tolerate Shaq's problems on the defensive end.

However, Shaq is still very good at defending inside, averaging nearly two blocks per game, and as long as he stands in the inside penalty area, he can cause a huge psychological deterrent to the opponent's breakthrough players.

There are not many players who dare to attack the inside of our Lakers team like Iverson. Now the aging Michael Jordan will not attack the inside without any worries when facing the penalty area defended by Shaq.

Most of the time, they choose relatively easier offensive methods such as playing in the low post and then turning over and shooting jumpers.

Moreover, the opposing team's outside shooting percentage cannot always be high after a game. Another advantage of Shaq being in the paint is that defensive rebounds are guaranteed. As long as he is on the court, it is very difficult for the opposing team to grab offensive rebounds.

The thing is, his huge body occupies a very large space. His height, wingspan, jumping height, and jumping speed are all extremely good. As long as he focuses on being stuck in the gun version, I think even Marshal Zhang Chamberlain when he was young

They may not be able to beat Shaq.

If the opposing team opens up from the outside, they may take the lead, but if their outside touch declines, they will soon be outscored by our Lakers team.

This is also an important reason why Shaq has such a big defensive flaw, but our Lakers record this season is still among the top three in the league. Because of our offensive stability and the superstars who can play key goals in the game, this season we

Most of the time, the Lakers reach the final stalemate and then win.

Therefore, we Lakers players also have confidence in our hearts. We believe that even if there is no way to open up the score in the fourth quarter, the final winner will still be our Lakers.

This is a powerful psychological advantage and psychological suggestion, which can improve the morale and momentum of our Lakers team on the court to a certain extent.

A basketball game is all about momentum on the court. No matter what kind of predicament we find ourselves in, a strong heart can help us get out of it, defeat our opponents, and win the final game.

During this timeout, head coach Silver Fox Harris slightly adjusted our defensive matchup and defensive strategy, and he estimated that the Celtics would also use substitutes after this timeout, and we actually arrived.

When the rotating lineup comes on, Eddie Jones and Byron Scott will lead three other substitutes to complete the remaining four minutes of the first quarter.

In fact, our Lakers' substitute lineup is weaker on the defensive end than the starters, but relatively speaking, when the substitutes play back-to-back games, their physical fitness will not be as bad as that of the starters, so in general, back-to-back away games like this

In the second game, the performance of the substitute players was very critical.

After the timeout, our Lakers put on a substitute lineup, and the Celtics basically put on an all-substitute lineup. It seems that their lineup is indeed quite deep, according to the scouting report before the game.

It has been mentioned that there are ten players on this Celtics team who can average more than 7 points per game this season, and there are eight players who average double figures.

This fully shows that this Celtics team has taken team basketball to the extreme, not only rotating ten people, but also all ten people can make their own contributions in the game. This is really extraordinary.

The scary thing is, I kind of admire the head coach of the Celtics.

However, in this era with a lineup like the Celtics, it is too difficult to advance further in the playoffs. With Jordan's Bulls in the East, no matter how good their team basketball is, it is impossible.

To break out of the Eastern Conference, Jordan spent most of the 1990s crazily suppressing the Eastern Conference teams, causing the players and management of these teams to feel very fearful and desperate.

Even two years after Jordan retired for the first time, they still failed to win the championship. There are strong teams in the West such as the Houston Rockets and Utah Jazz. Even if the Eastern teams break out of the East, they still have no championship.

champion

Opportunity.

So in the past few seasons, many teams in the Eastern Conference have been forced to fail. This is a bit like the time and space in my previous life, when LeBron James' team won the Eastern Conference championship for eight consecutive years.

, rushed to the finals, although he only won three of the eight finals, and two of them were difficult victories with magical reversals. It is obvious that the overall strength of the team is not as good as the Western Conference team.

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But he still suppressed the Eastern teams and the stars of these teams just like Jordan in the 1990s, making them feel desperate. In fact, the pattern of strong West and weak East may also be related to these Eastern teams.

It has something to do with the fact that the teams failed to see hope. After all, many teams that achieved the league's best record in the regular season were swept by the team led by LeBron in the playoffs. A typical example of this is the 2015 season.

The Hawks had five All-Stars and had the best record in the league. However, they were swept by the Cavaliers led by LeBron in the playoffs.

For a team like the Celtics that plays team basketball, it is really difficult to succeed in the playoffs. There are civilian teams like them in every era. Many times, even after the regular season

They have achieved a good record in the playoffs, but once they reach the playoffs, under the higher intensity of defense, it is difficult to win just by relying on tactical advantages.

Even though the Golden State Warriors set a regular season record in the 2016 season, their 73 wins exceeded the 72 wins of the Chicago Bulls in the 1995-96 season, but they still played well in the playoffs.

Very difficult.

In the Western Conference Finals, they even trailed 1-3 against the Thunder, led by Durant and Westbrook at the time. However, thanks to Klay Thompson's magical performance and Durant's lack of physical fitness in the second half, Golden State

The Warriors miraculously reversed the Thunder and entered the finals.

The finals were also full of drama. The Warriors, who were 1-3 behind in the Western Conference finals and reversed the Thunder, became the target of the reversal. With the magical performances of LeBron James and Kyrie Irving scoring 40 points in a row, they were able to win the championship.

The reversal was successful.

After the end of this season, the Warriors, who have fully utilized team basketball to the extreme, will even go crazy to pursue Kevin Durant, whose contract has just expired. In this era, Kevin Durant's singles ability can be regarded as...

The only file in the alliance exists.

Looking at history, maybe even Michael Jordan may not have Durant's great singles scoring ability. After all, Durant is nearly seven feet tall but has excellent dribbling and speed, as well as extremely terrifying mid-range shooting stability and

The three-point shooting range makes him misplaced when facing anyone's defense. There are almost no people in the league who can defend Kevin Durant one-on-one.

The only thing that will limit his performance is physical problems. When he was with the Thunder, he had to do too much, so in the second half of the game, Durant's offensive efficiency often declined hugely. After arriving with the Warriors,

He only needs to do a good job in scoring in singles.

And because of the existence of the Splash Brothers Curry and Thompson, he can maintain his physical fitness until the most critical moment of the game before taking over the game. When he is on the court with the Splash Brothers at the same time, he can also get easier singles opportunities, even in open positions.

Shot opportunity.

Because almost all teams are more willing to double-team Stephen Curry than Durant, because Curry's three-point scoring explosiveness is too terrifying, and it is very likely that several consecutive three-pointers will directly defeat the game.

, it’s just that Curry is a little too unstable. When he is super god, he is indeed invincible, but there are actually many times when he is super ghost.

The addition of Durant is actually to support Curry and play superstar ball at critical moments in the game. Curry's physical fitness determines that he cannot score as steadily as Durant.

The same is true for this Celtics team. If they add a superstar to their current lineup, then this team is likely to become a championship contender. It is a pity that their current lineup does not have one.

Human beings have such potential.

Even Anthony Walker is still far away from becoming a superstar.

Eddie Jones and Byron Scott were in pretty good shape after coming up today, especially the old boy Byron Scott, who ran away to nowhere in the last quarter yesterday against the Philadelphia 76ers.

, it seems that he did not encounter any injuries today.

Generally speaking, Byron Scott played very intelligently today. Maybe he had been teammates with Magic Johnson long enough, and he also learned some of Magic Johnson's cool passing skills. After coming on the court, he passed the ball twice in a row.

A great shot to watch.

One of the balls was passed to the center who was cutting inside, and he directly completed an alley-oop dunk, while the other ball was a ball with eyes in the back of his head, without seeing Eddie Jones.

He ignored the pass and passed the ball directly to Eddie Jones outside the three-point line.

Eddie Jones was a little confused when he received this pass, because from his perspective, it was impossible for Byron Scott to pass the ball to him in that state, and this ball was not only passed

It's fast, accurate, and the pass is stable and perfect. After receiving the pass from Byron Scott, he can directly take a three-point shot.

And Eddie Jones did live up to Byron Scott's very exquisite pass, with a hollow three-pointer that severely damaged the Celtics' momentum on the court.

However, the Celtics were not to be outdone. While our Lakers continued to play well, their substitutes also showed a good offensive tactical awareness that was not inferior to that of the starters.

The best thing about the Celtics players is that they have a very good sense of space and personal tactical positioning when they are on the court. This brings about a very terrible result, that is, the Celtics' position on the court is very good.

The five of us feel like one person has a tacit understanding. No matter how our Lakers' defensive position changes, they can quickly and easily make changes.

It's just that the shooting accuracy of the Celtics' substitute players is indeed worse than that of their starters. Even if they have good open shooting opportunities, their finishing ability will still be much worse after all.

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But even so, our Lakers substitutes and Celtics substitutes were evenly matched on the court. No one could quickly open up the score, and the two sides were completely trapped in a difficult struggle.

In this case, what is compared and tested more is the psychological quality and willpower of the players. The more evenly matched the situation is, the more important it is to maintain a stable mentality and ensure that every attack and defense can be done as well as possible.

In place, so as not to leave too many loopholes and flaws for the opponent.

In fact, the bench players of this Celtics team are basically players whose offensive ability is stronger than their defensive ability. They can always make achievements on the offensive end, mainly due to the depth and strength of their own lineup.

The balance of players in each position, whether it is inside or outside, whether it is a breakthrough layup or outside shooting and pull-up jump shot.

The Celtics' substitutes seemed to use all kinds of offensive methods, but our Lakers' substitutes couldn't defend them. I discovered this problem in the last game, although on the surface it looked like

, these Lakers substitute players have no problem with their defensive enthusiasm at all, and their movements and defense changes are relatively timely, but the final defensive effect is always not very good.

Fortunately, these Celtics substitute players are really poor on the defensive end. There is always a reason why they become substitute players. Although physical talent cannot determine everything, it is indeed very important and critical.

Influencing factors, such as the talent of these Celtics bench players, if they do not have good tactical literacy, I feel that at most they can just hang around in the NBA Development League.

You may not even be able to become a star or starting player in the Development League, because if you lack athletic talent, your room for growth or development potential will be quite limited.

As a result, the team's head coach and the team's top management are often not willing to give you too much playing time and opportunities. Even if your immediate combat ability is not bad, there is a very high possibility that you will compete with more powerful players.

He was defeated by players with greater potential and talent.

Of course, in fact, defense often relies not entirely on talent, but more on acquired hard work and fighting spirit on the field. It is just a substitute player, and it is a team that is not aiming to enter the playoffs.

As far as the team is concerned, they must be thinking more about relying on offense to get better data, thereby having a greater chance of staying in the rotation, and even having the chance to sign a bigger contract.

For the fringe players of these teams, even a minimum basic salary contract is very precious, because the basic salary contract is also a formal contract, which can at least provide them with a certain guarantee, and many in the NBA do not even have a basic salary.

Temporary players who cannot be obtained, and in order to continue to stay in the NBA and pursue their dreams, they will cherish their limited playing time.

Defense is often a thankless task. This is true whether it is for the Celtics' bench players or our Lakers bench players, so both sides are really on the court when they are on the court.

He just put all his energy into the offense and didn't put much energy into the defensive end at all.

The two sides were so happy on the court. You score a goal and I score a goal.

So when the first quarter ended, our Lakers and Celtics both scored more than 25 points in a single quarter. Our Lakers scored 27 points, while the Celtics scored 28 points. It was weird.

The only thing is that we are always 1 point behind them. This is true when the main team is on the court, and it is also true when the substitutes are on the court.

For this era, such a single quarter score is already relatively high. In fact, in this era, there are only a few teams that can average over 100 points per game.

It seems that the Celtics are a bit difficult to deal with today. The game is likely to remain stalemate until the second half or even the fourth quarter.

I just hope that the overall physical fitness of our Lakers team can still hold on by then. As long as the score is not open in the second half of the fourth quarter, it will be time for our Lakers superstars to take over the game.

Shaq and I both have the ability to dictate the direction of a game.