The Clippers lost 5 in a row, the Lakers won 5 in a row, and the two teams still had 1.5 wins. The Clippers are considered to be a team with excellent depth and strong puzzles, while the Lakers are considered to have nothing except the dual core. Under the situation that the attendance gap between the two main players is not outrageous-Zhan Mei played 56 games in total, capsicum played 47 games in total-the record could not open the gap. Since the rest of the capsicum cannot be seen, the heavy eyebrows will return sooner or later. In the second half of the season, it would be interesting if Los Angeles DOUBLE HEROES ranked heterotopically.
In fact, the problem of Clippers is a common saying. Since the beginning of the season, there has been no substantial change, and the core point is that the main attack level is not enough. The clip came back and had no strength on its hind legs. Its strong attack ability was sharply reduced. It was closed for three days and two ends. There was no continuity. He was the only heavy weapon that the Clippers could “destroy the city and pull the village”. He lacked the leader, and the difficulty of the other players had to be improved.
George’s comprehensive level did not decline too much, but he only talked about attack and was pushed to the position of the first main attacker, which could not afford the top attack. Even so, when George was able to fight, he was still a relatively visible time for the Clippers attack, which was considered as a cover cloth. When he was present, the Clippers attack efficiency was 113.6, while when he was not present, the attack efficiency of the Clippers is only 103.9. Reggie’s level is different from that of two years ago, and wall has not fulfilled enough expectations. A team’s point guard can’t attack, and it’s not easy to think about the attack. Morris and Powell, these people are characteristic blocker. They can add to the icing on the cake and support the overall situation.
The issue of Clippers is divided into two factions according to different positions:
The first faction was Lu Pi, and he thought Lu didn’t understand this good hand;
The other faction was down to Kapad, thinking that the frequent rotation of the clips, which disturbed the rotation, led to the instability of the team and the difficulty of the puzzle work.
These two factions are somewhat reasonable, but the solutions proposed by either faction are not enough to completely reverse the situation of the Clippers. Because even if brother Kazi ends the shift and guarantees attendance, if leg stength cannot recover, he only contributes to defense and plays potty chair of the ball, and the Clippers are not enough to have a relationship with the word winning the championship. Changing Lu into another coach also cannot solve the limitations of the personnel in hand. After all, many people blame each other and look at it together. It is simply a dead cycle with two ends blocked:
Why is Morris defending garbage used?
Cowington’s defense is good, but cowington’s attack is not ordinary bad;
Neither Morris nor Covington can do it. Capsicum does not fight. Of course, he can only put up a bunch of defenders.
Lu Hui made a lot of detailed mistakes, but some employment problems reflect that the Clippers have no optimal solution.
For example, the limitation of Clippers defense is the biggest worry about their playoff prospects before the start of the season. Zubatz has a good basket, but he suffered a lot when he encountered military training and five-way play. Without zubatz’s small lineup, the past two years have been exposed to the problems of small size and poor basket protection. It is not easy to use on any occasion.
This contradiction of choice not only increases the difficulty of Lu’s employment, but also requires the Clippers to have both attack and defense. When the big lineup was trained by the military, the small lineup was exploded in the paint area. When the defense was not working, it was necessary to rely on the full space of the small lineup to win the battle. In the 2021 playoffs, they played several games with Lone Ranger and jazz, which was the plot.
Therefore, the limitation of defense is not fatal, and the real fatal is that the attack fails when the limitation is not solved. The attack efficiency of the Clippers 110.1 this season is completely out of view, but this number can be ranked 8th in the league in the 17-18 season. The fixed-point projection of the Clippers is not bad. The three-point production effect is in the first half of the league, but compared with the fatal precision of their nearly full rotation in the 20-21 season, this whole is only a decent three-point projection, it can’t make up for the weakness in other fields-there is only a good space to watch these days, and the resources of top offensive teams are too “rolling.
Nuggets and Lone Ranger have top-level ball holding core and five external environments, and even high-quality end;
Celtics have extreme space, excellent attendance of the front line double main attack points, multiple can handle the ball back court;
Basketable nets has double-hard solution main attackers, ultra-efficient internal endpoints, attack lines that can handle the ball, and deadly shooters;
Kings and jazz have a large number of players above the level, excellent shooters and internal control points;
Pelican has many excellent attackers, absolute strength advantages and young vitality.
Everyone’s attack configuration is getting more and more outrageous. In contrast, the Clippers are missing the top attackers, there is no internal control point, there is no qualified control guard, there is only a good space and several good blocker, and naturally there is no advantage. In the strong offensive team, only the Knicks’s configuration looks “friendly to the people” and the playing method is simple, but Knicks can guarantee the quality of the simple playing method, and the ability to front panel cannot be solved. Most of the Clippers force to develop half-way, and their athletic ability does not support violent rush, so it is not easy to play.
In this way, the fast ship alliance has built a lineup with the highest salary. Why not?
It was not Ballmer’s big injustice that he invited a bunch of half-hangers, but in the modern team building framework of the Clippers, two roles were missing:
One is the ball center. This is the key to playing five small schools and doing a good job in defense;
The other is the big core of holding the ball. Puzzles that can drive partial projection, less response, and less vitality.
Clippers have never had these two roles, and Leonard is the closest to this role.
On the defensive end, he, together with Batum and George, can get close to finishing the work of the small ball center. After he returns from injury, this is also the end of his better performance. In the 2021 playoffs, after the Clippers team’s defensive running-in gradually matured, brother Kazi’s super defensive ability was undoubtedly revealed, which should be enough to persuade the Clippers to firmly fight the ball.
On the offensive side, brother Kazi is not only the player who has the most impact and can change the formation of the team, but also the best main attacker of the team. In the case that multiple puzzles have certain ability to attack independently, it is barely enough for him to play the role of driving the core in most occasions.
Therefore, for the future changes of the Clippers, if there is no such bridge section as “brother Kazi recovered leg stength and recovered himself”, everything else is meaningless.
From this perspective, the problem is indeed brother Kanzi’s own. After all, the play of the Clippers was to match him. Only when he picked up the beam could other puzzles contribute to the appropriate role. Of course, you can also say that the Clippers failed to fully consider Leonard’s health risks when configuring the lineup. Spending so much money, they should have carried Leonard’s rotation in depth. Besides, in the first two or even the first three years of team formation, the Clippers did.
Things have changed:
In order to raise the upper limit, the Clippers had already cleaned up the road Wei and Harrell who guaranteed the lower limit of the capsicum rest team. At present, there is no such level of the line-up;
Reggie’s highlight lasted only one season, and it was too cold to play the playoff team’s starting point guard two years later. Wall’s performance was not good at all. The failure of the two men to meet expectations is the key to the team’s lower limit when the Clippers cannot guarantee the break;
Last season, the Clippers attack was also rare, and the one who could stay in the top eight in the West was also defensive. The overall defense of the Clippers is still good this season, but there have been ups and downs recently, but Batum’s attendance should also be considered. When the personnel are neat, this end is still a relatively normal end.
Cut the camera to the Lakers, you can have a deeper understanding of the Clippers:
The Lakers’ space is much worse than the Clippers;
The Lakers overflowed their resources with the ball. Compared with the Clippers, the blocker ability was not much ahead.
However, the Lakers have two advantages over Clippers:
The Lakers have more reliable attack drivers. During the absence of heavy eyebrows, James was in a state of great courage. When Zhan Mei was absent, the breakthrough and passing ability of the Lakers players were also stronger than that of the Clippers, which was a more critical ability to drive the team;
The No. 5 offensive of the Lakers is super strong, and the heavy eyebrows don’t have to talk about it. During the absence of the heavy eyebrows in mop, they handed over the top China investment and the end. The efficiency is invincible, no less than the heavy eyebrows.
The core of holding the ball and the No. 5 position are the two most critical leading roles on the offensive end. Without the leading role, no matter how good the play is, it can’t come out.