basketball talent system

Chapter 513 Difficult schedule
After the strong dialogue with the Spurs, the Lakers also ushered in a wave of super scary devil schedule. First, they will set off to Chicago to challenge the Bulls, who have performed very well in the Eastern Conference this season. The Thunder team that has already played against them, Westbrook, a stat maniac, had already scored a 50+ triple-double in the last match, but Ye Xuan did not expect that he would be able to perform such a performance again in the subsequent games. Performance, this season has only played less than 15 games, Westbrook's triple-doubles have come to 7 times, and two of them are 50+ super triple-doubles. It can be seen that he lost Durant. How angry and horrified Westbrook in 'Boyfriend' is.

Of course, these two games are just appetizers. What is really worth looking forward to is the next two games. Ye Xuan is also planning to play him directly as a series, because the opponents in these two games are all The same team - the Warriors, first they will play against the Warriors at home, and then after a day off, they will go to Golden State to challenge the Warriors. The super-high-quality competition can generate many topics at the same time, which also makes the reporters excited.

More importantly, after the Warriors game, they will immediately face the Eagles, and then play back to back against the Pelicans. This series of games is almost a strong opponent, even the weakest among them, the Eagles. They are all ranked sixth in the East, and they are safe playoff teams.Of course, this is a challenge for the Lakers, and it is also a kind of tempering. If the Lakers can ensure that they are still in the top three positions in the Western Conference during this wave of devil schedules, then they will face weak teams in the later stage. Sometimes, if you don't do it well, you can easily improve the ranking a little bit.

There was not much time to rest, and the time soon came to November 21. The Lakers flew to Chicago to challenge the Bulls.The Bulls were also a bit sad last season. Although they had a winning percentage of more than 50% for the eighth consecutive season, the Bulls finally missed the playoffs as the ninth place in the Eastern Conference. This is obviously an unacceptable situation. result.

Injuries are of course an important reason for the Bulls' poor performance: Joakim Noah fell in mid-January and was reimbursed directly for the season; Derrick Rose missed many games although he was not seriously injured; Jimmy Butler was sidelined due to injury Mike Dunleavy could only sit on the sidelines for most of the season; and other Bulls players, you and me are constantly in and out of the injured list.

But injuries are not the only reason for the Bulls' poor performance: Fred Hoiberg replaced Tom Thibodeau as the new coach, which is a move for the club to change the style of the team, and judging from the current results, Obviously unsatisfactory.

The Bulls last season not only lost the tough defense they were famous for in the past (the average conceded 103.1 points per game last season, and ranked 106.5th and 16th in conceded 15 points per 101.6 rounds respectively), but also focused on improving the offense. Advance and reverse: They averaged 21 points per game last season, ranking 105st in the league, and scored 23 points per 15 rounds, ranking 11rd.The previous season, they were [-]th and [-]th in both stats.

The lack of offensive aggression is an important reason for the decline in the Bulls' scoring data: In the 2014-15 season, the Bulls ranked first in the league in the number of free throws and the number of free throws (one item was 4th and the other was 3rd), while last season, the two The data dropped to 26th and 23rd, respectively, and they scored 3.2 fewer points per game for this alone.

When the summer decided to complete the Rose trade, the Bulls should have made up their minds to hand over the ball to Butler and rebuild the team around him.In this way, it becomes understandable for the two veterans, Noah and Gasol, to leave as free agents.In the deal about Rose, Rondo, who has been quarreling with the team's head coach, was exchanged. Although this deal was first announced, it was questioned a lot, because Rondo's skills have been greatly reduced after the injury (especially on the defensive end. ), and he relies on the ball more than Rose.However, considering the huge vacuum in the team's No. [-] position at the time, it is not completely incomprehensible.

But later, due to the fruitless pursuit of Wade, and Gasol also left as a free agent, they could only sign another free agent from the Heat-Lol Deng.Deng's contract is not too big or too small, and he signed a one-year contract, so it is also a good choice for the Bulls who are already preparing to rebuild, and Loel Deng was also considered a member of the Bulls at the beginning A meritorious player who once led the team to eliminate the defending champion Heat in the 07 playoffs, so it can be regarded as returning to the roots.

The Bulls have almost replaced half of the team, and the advantages and disadvantages are equally obvious.First things first: First, they're already on the right path to rebuilding, with few senior players on long-term contracts and an established core of Jimmy Butler, allowing the team to Rebuild around a point.

Second, the new Bulls' basketball IQ has exploded.Between Rondo, Luol Deng, and Jimmy, although Rondo and Jimmy Butler have some problems with their ability to devote themselves, with the minds and experience of the three of them, maybe they can pass some Play adjustments to resolve these paper embarrassments as much as possible.

Plus, while this team desperately lacks outside shooting, its two best shooters, Nikola Mirotic and Doug McDermott, are still young and will almost certainly continue to develop rapidly.Although Lopez does not have Noah's passion and comprehensiveness, he is younger and healthier, and he is more trustworthy as the gate of the restricted area.

Of course, the flaws also exist objectively: in addition to the lack of outside shooting ability and the subsequent space problems (including ball distribution problems) mentioned above, the depth of this team in the backcourt is also seriously insufficient.In the frontcourt, although Lopez, Gibson, Mirotic, and Portis can participate in the rotation, none of them can provide stable low-post attack firepower, and the only one who can help open space is Miro. Titch, another loophole on the defensive end.All in all, the Bulls still have problems, it just depends on how they are brewing.

But it happened to be such a team that began to brew and rebuild, but it played very well after the start of the season. The addition of Rondo made the team's offensive thinking very clear, and without Jimmy Butler and Rose After the ball struggle between the two, Butler also suddenly began to explode. It has been almost a month since the start of the game, and the Bulls were able to win 8 games, ranking sixth in the East, which can be regarded as the Bulls management. A windfall for the strata.

In fact, although the strength gap between the two teams is still relatively large in this game, there are still many things to watch. First of all, after Wade and the Heat fell out, the Bulls have been fighting Wade. Gossip, but I didn’t expect them to be intercepted by the Lakers in the end, and Gasol also played for the Bulls for the past two years. Although he has returned to the Lakers now, he can be regarded as the most popular Bulls in the past two years. A veteran.Of course, there are still some points to watch, such as the stalk between Ye Xuan and Rondo. Some media broke the news that Pritchard decided because he felt that Rondo could replace Ye Xuan on the offensive end and become the backcourt engine of the Pacers. Feel free to trade Ye Xuan boldly.These highlights are combined, so this game still attracts a lot of attention.

But I didn't expect that although there were many things to watch in this game, the game was not interesting at all. From the very beginning, the balance of the game fell to the Lakers. Although Ye Xuan was defended by Jimmy Butler, he still couldn't fully Contain Ye Xuan, but Rondo is a bit tragic. Although Butler is defending Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan is still defending Rondo. Originally, if Rondo was still in the Celtics period With such combat power, Ye Xuan may not be able to defend his pass, but now Rondo's state has declined, so facing Ye Xuan's defense is simply extremely difficult.

The engine was locked, and the team's offense was completely stagnant. Their head coach Hoiberg seemed a bit rigid, a typical academic coach, so the ability to adapt on the spot was quite poor, so the Bulls The tactics are also simple and deadly. The reason why they can be ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference is because of Rondo's own adaptability on the field. As a result, Rondo himself is locked up. Naturally, the Bulls can only hang up and wait for death. .

At the end of the first two quarters, the Lakers easily led the Bulls by 17 points. Ye Xuan didn't even play for a long time. Usually, when the game was tight, Ye Xuan would play nearly 20 minutes in the first half. In the game, Ye Xuan only played 14 minutes in the first half, and the most important thing is that the Bulls' overall offensive shooting rate is also very low. In the first half, they only hit 43 of 15 shots. Only 44 points were credited.

In the second half, the Lakers put up a few more main players and played for a few minutes before the game entered garbage time. After the game ended, the Lakers also easily won the game. Ye Xuan only played a total of In less than 20 minutes, the game was over with 17 points and 5 assists.This can be regarded as the easiest game for the Lakers this season.

After the game ended, the Lakers rushed to Oklahoma non-stop to challenge the Thunder. In the last match against the Thunder, Westbrook scored 50+ triple-doubles, which made the audience very enjoyable. And Ye Xuan is actually a stat maniac. After all, the first 50+ triple-double in active service was achieved by Ye Xuan when he was with the Pacers last season. You can also show Westbrook a super data such as a 50+ triple-double.But no one expected that the Lakers would be beaten by the Thunder in this game.

At the beginning of the game, Ye Xuan and Westbrook also tested each other for a few rounds as usual, and then they started to score each other, but Ye Xuan didn't know what happened today, the shooting rate was not as good as in the previous games Gao, at the end of the first quarter, Ye Xuan took 7 shots and only hit 3 of them.On the other hand, for the Thunder, Westbrook also changed his previous state of frenzied brushing, but started from assists, and he had already scored 4 assists shortly after the opening. At the end of the first quarter, although Westbrook also had 7 assists. He made one shot, but his assists were twice as many as Ye Xuan's, reaching 8 assists.

It is also because the other players of the Thunder team felt better than the Lakers in the first quarter, so the Lakers were already behind by 7 points at the end of the first quarter.In the second quarter, Ye Xuan's hand feeling recovered a bit, and Wade broke out in the middle of the game, scoring 8 points in a row, so the Lakers could barely maintain the point difference at about 5 points.

But it didn't work in the second half. Ye Xuan still felt like he could barely bite the score, but he had no chance to overtake. On the Thunder team, not only the two turtles, but also Oladipo, started to play three games. In addition, Adams, the Australian bearded man, was constantly grabbing rebounds, and he was being bullied by opponents both inside and outside the line, and the game couldn't continue all at once.

In the end, the Lakers lost by 12 points at the end of the third quarter, and the total score was already 17 points behind. Walton Jr. also knew that there was basically no hope for this game, so in the fourth quarter, the main players were simply placed They were all replaced, replaced by a bunch of substitutes, and the game naturally entered garbage time.

At the end of the game, although the Thunder's substitutes were playing soy sauce in the last quarter, the overall shooting rate remained above 50%. Westbrook was unreasonable today, and only played 28 minutes in total. He scored 24 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds. Of course, the rebounds were only the tenth at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but anyway, he got a triple-double in this game. In the last game with 50+ triple-doubles but losing, the result was different. In this game, he kept the victory in Oklahoma.

In fact, there are two reasons why the Thunder beat the Lakers in this game. Among them, the poor feel of the Lakers is one of the important reasons. The Lakers made 87 shots and only hit 34 goals. The score is also unprecedented. Did not break a hundred.Another reason is that the second turtle of the Thunder team suddenly found the feeling. He took 17 shots, 12 of which were outside shots, and hit a total of 13 goals, 9 of which were three-pointers. However, he scored 30 points in 37 minutes and was the leading scorer in this game. Therefore, the Lakers met the explosive Oladipo, and the loss was justifiable.

(End of this chapter)