James missed a key layup.
It's not that his mental quality is poor, but that as he grows older, his physical condition will inevitably decline.
When he was young, it was rare to see him get blocked once in a season.
Missing a layup is also rare.
But in the past two years, I have often seen James getting blocked for layups in games, or often missing layups even though he has already passed someone.
The ball just now, if it had been played when he was young, would have directly crushed Barnes and dunked it.
The key ball was missed, and Nongmei and Bagley went to grab the rebound.
Although Bagley is very talented, he is far inferior to those with thick eyebrows.
He is on the third floor, and his thick eyebrows are on the fifth floor.
When the thick eyebrow ball just falls, tap it gently.
The basketball flies upward again.
After close contact with the backboard, he fell towards the basket.
But unfortunately, it bounced on the rim and fell from the other side.
This time, Jordan, James, and Wang Yi grabbed the rebound.
Jordan is in the best position.
He jumped high and pointed the backboard toward the basket with a single click.
Unfortunately, this tip-in still failed to hit.
Next, James and Nongmei clicked again, but neither could put the ball into the basket.
In the end, Holmes grabbed the rebound.
This wave of grabbing the ball resulted in 4 consecutive rebounds.
But Wang Yi was right under the basket and didn't get any.
The fans who saw Wang Yi were scratching their heads.
"No, brother Yi is so good at rebounding, but he didn't catch it?"
"Oh, what a pity."
"You don't even look at who is next to him. James, thick eyebrows, DeAndre Jordan, Bagley, even though Brother Yi can bounce very well, it is impossible to be pushed and squeezed in such a small space.
Jump up. The other four people can reach the backboard as long as they stretch their hands a little."
"Your analysis is right, but I still want Brother Yi to get the rebound."
It is indeed a pity that Wang Yi failed to get this rebound.
But fortunately, the Kings controlled the rebounds.
Kings coach Luke Walton quickly called a timeout.
During the pause, I looked at the time.
There are still 16 seconds left, and there is still enough time to deploy tactics.
"Wang, do you think the final attack will be two points or three points?"
Vogel's meaning is clear.
If it takes two points, the success rate will be higher.
But that would probably require overtime.
With Wang Yi's current physical condition, can he still play overtime?
Even if they can go to overtime, can the Kings still be able to withstand the crushing of the Big Four in overtime?
If you hit a three-pointer, the success rate will be lower.
Wang Yi looked at all the players and finally said: "Three points."
With his physical condition, if he had to force another overtime, of course he could.
But in overtime, his offensive efficiency may be compromised.
After all, it consumes too much physical energy.
On the contrary, in overtime, if one of the Lakers' Big Four breaks out randomly, the Kings can't stand it.
Therefore, if overtime is played, the possibility of the Kings winning is extremely small.
Luke Walton nodded and then said: "If you want to hit a three-pointer, all four of you on the field have scored three-pointers except Holmes, so we have a lot of options. Of course, the safest option is
The method is still for Wang Yi to fight."
Wang Yi's touch is hot, and handing the ball to him is obviously a wise choice.
Of course, there are risks.
Wang Yi consumes too much physical energy and his offensive efficiency will decrease.
Wang Yi thought for a while: "Of course there is no problem in leaving it to me, but in the last attack they will definitely block me with all their strength. I may pass the ball out. So there must be as many contact points as possible outside. Coach, I think,
Can we let rookie Danny play?"
"ha?"
As soon as Wang Yi said this, everyone looked at Wang Yi in surprise.
Judging from their expressions, it was as if they suspected that they heard wrongly.
Even Danny himself looked at Wang Yi with some suspicion.
Could it be that the boss took the wrong medicine?
At this critical moment, a rookie who only played 5 minutes in the entire game was sent out.
Moreover, this rookie had never made a move in the previous five minutes.
Isn't the boss crazy?
Wang Yi naturally had his reasons for choosing Danny: "It can be seen from the training that although Danny is a rookie and very shy, this guy has one characteristic. Although he is very shy in life, he is very shy on the court.
As long as you give him the ball, he dares to shoot. Do you remember? He was the first one-on-one with me; he was the one who made the buzzer-beating shot in the last team training game."
"In a previous game against the Mavericks, he hit two three-pointers directly over Doncic's head."
After everyone heard this, they understood what Wang Yi meant.
I thought back to Danny's performance in the past.
This guy is usually a little shy in life.
It's hard to connect him with a cold-blooded killer who hits three-pointers at critical moments.
But once this guy gets on the court, he's like a different person.
As long as he has the ball in hand and has the opportunity to take action, he will never hesitate.
Head coach Walton thought of this and looked at Danny: "Danny, the boss recommended you, are you confident?"
Danny looked a little embarrassed, as if he didn't know where to put his hands:
"This...I...I don't know, but...I still want to try..."
After saying that, he lowered his head.
I didn't dare to look at the coach at all.
"Little girl, don't be shy, the boss supports you, what are you still afraid of?"
Mitchell patted Danny on the shoulder rather enviously.
Saying this, Danny lowered his head even further.
His face seemed to be a little red.
A black man can see blushing.
This shows how shy this guy is.
Wharton finally made the decision: "Then Danny, you go ahead."
Danny glanced at Holmes with some worry.
Holmes laughed, came over and hugged Danny's neck: "As long as the team can win, I am willing to do anything for the team. Are you still afraid that I will be unhappy? I will be unhappy if I lose."
Boss support;
coaching support;
The parties involved also support it.
Danny finally summoned his courage: "Okay, I will definitely perform well."
Lakers dugout.
Vogel is setting up his defense.
He was originally a coach who started his career on defense.
I have experienced critical moments like this more than once.
When he deployed such a defense, it could be said that he was very familiar with it.
"They may use human wall tactics or double elevator doors. In short, it is absolutely impossible for them to shoot two points. So we only need to heavily defend the three-point line."
"And Wang Yi is the focus of our defense. They have a high chance of handing over the last attack to Wang Yi. From what I know about him, he will hardly pass the ball in the last attack. He will definitely attack by himself.
Chapter completed!