When Wang Yi rested off the court, the Kings' bench was still very strong.
At the end of the first quarter, the Kings regained a 5-point lead.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Wang Yi stood up and said to head coach Walton: "Coach, please let me play."
Head coach Luke Walton also knew that Wang Yi was holding back a lot of energy today.
He nodded and said: "King, you go up, but remember, don't use too much force. You can easily get hurt."
"Coach, let us play too."
Several other main players of the Kings also stood up one after another.
Since Wang Yi wants to punch the nursing home in Los Angeles, they will accompany Wang Yi to defeat this day!
At this time, the Lakers had Anthony and Howard on the court.
The Kings' 5-man team once again played at a fast pace.
Howard is already tall, and with his old arms and legs, he can't keep up with the Kings' pace.
On the offensive end, Howard's threat is far less than when he was young.
Now, he has degenerated into an ordinary blue-collar player.
The Lakers relied entirely on Anthony in isolation, and the effect was naturally not ideal.
In just one minute, the Kings scored 6-2.
The point difference has reached 9 points.
Lakers coach Vogel quickly sent out all the main players.
When Walton saw that they had sent out all the main players, including DeAndre Jordan, he immediately shouted from the sidelines: "If you don't have a chance to fast break, just use the pick-and-roll."
After the Lakers scored, the Kings had no chance to launch a fast break.
When he came to the frontcourt, Holmes mentioned going to the line and doing a pick-and-roll with Wang Yi.
At this time, Jordan, who was guarding Holmes, had to come up and double-team Wang Yi with Westbrook.
However, when he was brought up, Holmes was left undefended.
Holmes went directly from the center to the inside.
Wang Yi retreated while lobbing the ball high towards Holmes.
Because except for Holmes, everyone else in the Kings has a three-point shooting percentage above 35%.
Therefore, the Lakers must spread wide when defending.
In this way, when Holmes comes in from the middle, it is equivalent to the middle door being wide open.
Successfully dunked without any defense.
NetEase still plays pick-and-roll with Holmes.
Jordan still brought him up to double-team Wang Yi.
Wang Yi had retreated almost to the midline, but Jordan and Wei Shao did not dare to relax at all and were still double-teaming him.
The space on the court was very large.
Wang Yi stepped back and lobbed the ball to Holmes.
After Holmes got the ball, he was still unguarded and dunked directly.
Two consecutive rounds with the same goal in the same way.
Vogel, who was on the sidelines, couldn't sit still when he saw this.
He could only let Jordan and Big Eyebrow switch defenses.
After Jordan was brought up, he couldn't defend himself.
But Nongmei is tall, has long arms and is very fast. He can still defend back after he defends him.
However, Wang Yi was already prepared for this.
When he and Holmes were playing pick-and-rolls in the previous two rounds, he had already thought that Vogel would probably respond like this.
So this round he did not pick and roll with Holmes, but waved to Bagley.
When Jordan saw it, he cursed Farke in his heart, and could only follow him out again in bitterness, and double-teamed Wang Yi with Westbrook again.
So a scene similar to before happened again.
When Bagley saw Jordan double-teaming Wang Yi, he was already unguarded, and he immediately ran towards the basket from the center.
But this time Wang Yi retreated and threw the ball towards the basket.
When Jordan saw this, he quickly ran after Bagley.
However, it's too late.
After Bagley got the ball, he dunked directly with an alley-oop!
Three consecutive rounds, scoring goals in almost the same way.
In these three rounds, the Lakers' defensive weakness was fully exposed, and that was DeAndre Jordan.
His movement is a bit slow and he really can't defend the pick-and-roll.
Seeing this, Vogel had no choice but to take Jordan off.
If Jordan was not replaced, he would probably be stabbed to pieces.
After replacing DeAndre Jordan, Vogel still couldn't replace Howard.
Because the functions of Howard and DeAndre Jordan are very similar.
If it comes up, the pick-and-roll defense will also become a colander.
So he had no choice but to replace Tucker.
In this way, Nongmei plays the 5th position, James plays the 4th, Anthony plays the 3rd, Tucker plays the 2nd, and Wei Shao plays the 1st.
This is playing a five-small lineup.
The Lakers' current lineup of five small players is very mobile and taller than the average five small players.
This way their defensive mobility is very strong.
If the Kings want to play pick-and-roll again, it won't be that easy.
Of course, Walton is still very talented offensively.
Since the pick-and-roll is no longer effective, then use a one-star four-shooter system.
When Wang Yi attracts double teams and then passes the ball out, there will always be an opening.
Except for Holmes, every Kings player has a three-pointer.
Whenever an opportunity arises, they can almost seize it.
In just four minutes of the second quarter, the Kings players hit four three-pointers.
The point difference has been widened to 13 points.
Vogel looked at these players on the Kings court, and he was truly envious.
Ever since he took over the Lakers, he has been looking for a reliable three-point shooter.
As a result, after several years, I still haven't been able to find one.
Even Danny Green, who once became famous for his three-pointers, transformed into Tielin after coming to the Lakers.
There is a saying that goes well: James has been looking for a 3D player his whole life, but in the end he discovered that he is the 3D player.
Now, except for Holmes, all the main players of the Kings can shoot three-pointers.
And everyone's three-point shooting percentage is above 35%.
If this was given to the Lakers casually, the Lakers' chances of winning the championship this year would be greatly improved.
However, the NBA has no ifs.
He can only think of solutions based on the current lineup.
After calling a timeout, he glanced at James.
He wanted to see what James could do at this time.
However, James didn't look at him.
He glanced again at Coach Rondoron on the bench next to him.
However, Rondo also looked confused.
When the opponent is firing on all cylinders from three-point range, no matter how good the coach is, there is nothing he can do.
The only thing you can do is pray that they don't make the shot.
Seeing that there was nothing he could do, Vogel gritted his teeth and made a decision.
He looked around at all the players and said firmly: "box1."
When all the players saw this, they all raised their heads and looked at Vogel in surprise.
They all couldn't believe it.
Box1?
That's a tactic only elementary school students can use.
And that is when the opponent's core player is super strong, the other players are far lower than the core player, and the outside three-point shooting rate is not high, then such a tactic will be used.
But now several other members of the Kings are shooting over 35% from three-point range.
Chapter completed!