Dallas, American Airlines Center.
The second half of the game between the Lakers and Mavericks is underway.
The Lakers still fielded their entire starting lineup in the second half.
The Mavericks replaced their starting center Boban.
Boshen temporarily assumes the center position.
The current Boshen is only 109 kilograms, like a slender mantis.
Comparing Zion's weight of 129 kilograms, he obviously suffers from a weight loss at the center position.
But the current backup center of the Mavericks is injured, so after Boban comes off the court, Porcelain can only be used for a while.
Although Bo Shen is small in weight, his height of 2.21 meters can always play some role.
As soon as the Lakers attack.
James directly handed the ball to the thick eyebrow inside.
It's not possible to beat Boban with thick eyebrows, but he can beat the mantis-like Poseidon. No matter it's footsteps, weight or jumping, he can completely defeat the Poseidon - he is no longer the Poseidon he used to be.
This is James' reading and judgment on the court.
He can quickly find the opponent's weaknesses based on the opponent's lineup and the characteristics of each player, so as to make corresponding offensive adjustments.
In these rounds, Wang Yi was only defensive.
There was no success on the offensive end.
But he is secretly learning James' scheduling and judgment on the court.
There is such a veteran who has been in the league for 19 years. Wouldn't it be a shame if we didn't learn something from him?
Wang Yi only played three minutes on the court.
In these three minutes, although Wang Yi did not score a point or assist.
But with his jumping and good judgment on the placement of rebounds, he grabbed three defensive rebounds.
And in this minute, he completely guarded Hardaway.
Hardaway was held scoreless and made two turnovers.
I have to say that because of his poor physical fitness, his defense is not top-notch, but it is definitely top-notch.
When Chinese fans saw Wang Yi come off the field after playing only three minutes, they naturally didn't know the coach's intentions.
They all became confused:
"What's going on? Brother Yi has been the starter in these games, why did he end the game after only playing three minutes?"
"Are you injured? Rain God must not get hurt."
"Is the coach out of his mind? He ended the game after playing only three minutes?"
Seeing Wang Yi's end, Wang Zhixuan couldn't help shouting:
"Zhoucao Li Fei, what happened to my brother Yi? This is unreasonable!"
Li Fei was also confused:
"I just played more minutes in the first half than before. I thought I was going to play more today. There must be something wrong with this coach."
This is how fans watch games. When something happens on the field that they don't understand, they often scold the coach.
Although it is not ruled out that sometimes the coach may have a sudden short-circuit in his brain.
But ninety-nine point nine percent of the time, the coach's arrangements have their own reasons.
Although sometimes this arrangement does not achieve the ideal effect, the coach's arrangement is by no means without purpose.
While Wang Yi was sitting in the audience, he was not idle.
There was no chatting and gossiping like other teammates.
Instead, he was watching the game on the field intently.
Wang Yi was secretly analyzing and summarizing each player's habitual movements, the most comfortable shooting area, and their passing timing.
At the same time, he is also paying attention to which players do well in which aspects.
How can he learn from the good aspects of these players in the future?
For example, Wang Yi is like a sponge at this time, constantly absorbing the water on the court.
Head coach Vogel accidentally saw Wang Yi's expression and was secretly surprised.
This guy is always so focused when he's sitting off the court.
If nothing else happens, his future achievements will be far greater than people expected.
On the Mavericks side, when they saw Wang Yi come off, they immediately replaced him with Boban.
The effect of this substitution was immediate.
As soon as Wang Yi came off the court, the Lakers failed to score three points.
Boban started to rebound.
Not just backcourt rebounds, but offensive rebounds as well.
Moreover, after Boban came on the court, his thick eyebrows became very uncomfortable.
In turn, Doncic kept feeding Boban inside.
Boban either scored two points or caused the Lakers to foul inside.
As a result, the score difference quickly narrowed.
From the 14 points just now, it slowly narrowed to 12 points, 11 points, and 8 points.
Vogel also saw the crux of the problem.
Solving this problem is actually quite simple.
Just send Wang Yi to play.
But Wang Yi consumed too much physical energy in the first half.
And he plans to give Wang Yi unlimited firing rights.
Therefore, Wang Yi cannot be allowed to play at this time.
He called for a short pause and made only a simple arrangement:
"Shoot less three-pointers and more mid-range shots."
In today's era where most offenses are concentrated outside the three-point line and at the basket, requiring players to shoot more mid-range shots is obviously contrary to the trend of the times.
But Vogel was also helpless.
The three-pointer is inaccurate, what can he do?
In the next few minutes, James hit one mid-range shot and two thick eyebrows.
Needless to say, Schroeder, the middle distance is his breadwinner.
He hit 3 goals from mid-range alone.
When the Mavericks coach Kidd saw this, he couldn't help but smile.
The command flag waved: "Shrink the defense, defend the mid-range and the basket. As for the three-pointers, give them."
As a result, it will be difficult for the Lakers to have a shot in the mid-range.
He couldn't make a three-pointer again.
This was the biggest shortcoming of the Lakers before Wang Yi came.
If you lose three points, you will lose one of the most deadly weapons.
How to fight this?
On the other hand, the Mavericks' offense is not bad either.
Doncic and Boban also played pick-and-rolls, and Boshen could occasionally score a three-pointer.
Especially Hardaway.
As soon as Wang Yi comes off the field, Schroeder will guard him.
Although Schroeder is motivated enough, he is a little behind in size and weight.
Hardaway has breakthroughs, three-pointers, and mid-range.
Therefore, the point difference between the two teams continues to narrow.
In the last three minutes of the third quarter, Wang Yi finally took the field again.
At this time, the Lakers' lead had been eroded to only 1 point.
On the Chinese side, seeing Wang Yi appear again at this time triggered another round of discussion.
"He's playing again. It seems Brother Yi is not injured."
"Then why didn't you let him go for more than six minutes just now?"
"Does the coach have other plans?"
At this time, some fans thought of something:
"Perhaps the coach deliberately asked Yushen to stagger the playing time of Zhan Mei and Yushen. In this way, when Yushen leads the second lineup, he can fire unlimitedly."
A word to wake up the dreamer.
Many fans began to realize it later.
"Sure enough, no wonder Brother Yi took so many shots in the first half."
"I understand, it seems that I wrongly blamed the coach before."
"I'm just telling you, how could the coach just take Rain God off the field so casually?"
Mavericks coach Kidd has been with Vogel for so long and is very familiar with Vogel's coaching style.
I already knew what Vogel meant.
But what can he do.
He can't put Hardaway on the bench to face Wang Yi.
He is also counting on Hardaway to share Doncic's offensive and defensive pressure.
But in this way, his previous plan fell through.
Previously, I thought that Wang Yi would run out of energy in the middle of the third quarter.
As a result, Wang Yi has only come forward now.
This is a bit troublesome.
Maybe Wang Yi throws a few more three-pointers as soon as he comes up, and it won't be so easy to catch them back.
But what can he do?
In this lineup without Hardaway's defense, Wang Yi was having fun.
The Lone Ranger didn't dare to let go of his three-pointer, so he could easily break into the mid-range.
Right off the bat, he hit two mid-range shots.
Seeing this, Kidd shook his head helplessly.
He yelled at the players from the sidelines:
"Double-team him! As long as he wants to get the ball, double-team him immediately!"
The offensive firepower of the Lakers' bench is not very good.
As long as the two Lone Rangers prevent Wang Yi from dying, then the piecemeal attacks from others will not be a concern at all.
Chapter completed!