Three defenders + death and five leaks! So what if 77 and Xiaoli are smoking? The biggest gap between Hu Yong is defense?

Lao Zhan was absent, and the Lakers lost to the Warriors 109-119. I believe everyone is not surprised by the result of this game.

After all, Lao Zhan’s salary this season is 52.63 million. The Lakers lack a top-level striker who is ready to fight. Starting, rotation, and court control are all affected. The significance of this battle to the Lakers is how they will play without Lao James. Lao James' contract expires this season. The Lakers have sufficient time to evaluate the future before Lao James returns.

Doncic had 43 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. After losing weight, his defensive attitude became more active; Reaves contributed 26 points and 9 assists on 9-of-16 shooting, and his ability to draw fouls rivaled that of Butler-Dongli's dual-core driver. The Lakers' game can still be watched, but of course it is limited to the offensive end.

Doncic and Xiaoli can indeed pass the ball, but they cannot win. Everyone may have predicted the course of this game before the game: Doncic and Xiaoli won the data and lost the game. The two brothers played a best-effort game, and the Warriors can take away the Lakers with just a little effort. Everyone also understands the reason. The Lakers' defense is terrible. It is too outrageous to leak from the 1st position to the 5th position.

In this quality inspection meeting for new players, the current status of Ayton and Smart failed to meet expectations.

Ayton played 33 minutes and 41 seconds, making 5 of 7 shots, 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, 4 turnovers and 3 fouls. The data on paper looks okay, but his biggest problem is resisting physical combat, which also determines that the Lakers' internal offensive and defensive intensity is always unsatisfactory.

Ayton is 213 centimeters and 114 kilograms. This body gives him an advantage against Dream Chaser and Horford. But everyone knows Ayton's aggressiveness in the game, and the hardness he shows in the game is not even as good as the old Horford.

As the No. 1 pick in 2018, Ayton has no talent to choose from, but his timidity and resistance to confrontation have made it difficult for the Lakers to attack and defend inside. He played as many rebounds (6) in 33 minutes as Hayes played in 14 minutes. This performance obviously lost the original intention of the Lakers introducing him.

Smart is quite decent, and flopping and foul play have always been part of his game. He did provide the Lakers with hardness and defensive "deterrence" on the back line, but was always strategically missed by the Warriors on three-pointers. When Smart is on the court, the Warriors can use five defenses and four defenses to free up manpower to double-team Doncic and encourage Smart to draw unlimited draws from beyond the three-point line.

Smart’s characteristics of strong defense and weak shooting also determine the difficulty of the Lakers’ formation: they dare not use Smart in the starting lineup. After all, Smart + Ayton have two points without three points, which will cause constipation in the court space. Doncic will be squeezed into a meat sandwich and can only use three guards as the starting point. However, Vincent, Reeves, and Doncic defended from the outside at three points; Redick also belatedly discovered that the defensive effect of the three defenders was extremely poor, so he could only remove Xiaoli and let him lead the substitute, and put two defenders to give Doncic an additional defensive lock as a bodyguard.

Both Ayton and Smart have limitations, and the running-in effect in the first game was not ideal.

The Warriors are different from the Lakers' "three guards dead and five leaks" lineup. Except for Curry, almost everyone in the starting lineup can defend, which also determines the basic gap between the two teams.

Kuminga's addition to the starting lineup reflects the collective attitude of the Warriors' locker room: the farce of contract renewal in the offseason has come to an end. They embrace Kuminga and trust him - starting position + 32 minutes and 42 seconds of playing time. The Warriors take the initiative to improve the team's chemical reaction from top to bottom, strive for the championship with all their strength, and unite as one.

Kuminga started and was directly sent by Cole to face Doncic. Cole also understood that one Kuminga could not restrain Doncic, so he focused on a strategy of attrition. Kuminga, who was young and physically strong, served as the first level. Whoever faced Dream Chaser or Butler would wait for an opportunity to help defend Doncic. That is to say, focus on guarding Doncic alone, and attack from a double attack if he can't hold it down. Try to encourage Ayton to handle the ball along the way. Ayton's 0 assists and 4 turnovers are also within the Warriors' game plan.

Dream, Butler, Kuminga, and Podemski form the defensive chain of the Warriors' starting group. In fact, Curry's personal defense is not bad (3 steals and 1 shot in this campaign), but compared to the other "four famous catchers", he is the easiest single point for opponents to try to attack. Therefore, "naming Curry" has lowered Curry's defensive reputation over the years, but in fact, his personal defensive hardness is even better than Doncic and Reeves.

Dream, Butler, and Kuminga can take on defensive switching tasks in multiple positions. The defense of substitutes Horford and Payton Jr. is obvious to all. The Warriors can defend multiple points. This is the essential difference between them and the Lakers.

Doncic and Reeves can throw and pass, but they can't do it with Curry's pick-and-roll and Butler's hard solution. The Lakers' strong offense and weak defense are still the same as last season, and the return of James can't solve the Lakers' defensive problems.

Doncic had 43 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists. This was even when his teammates smashed the basket crookedly. As a ball-handling core in the Lakers, he does have a basic set of 40+ three-pointers; Xiaoli also played a role beside Doncic. He has played a perfect secondary offense role with the ball, contributing 26 points and 9 assists on 9-of-16 free throws, and his ability to draw fouls on 7-of-10 free throws is remarkable - but these are not enough to support the Lakers in winning. The Lakers can't do anything in either individual defense or system defense.

The Lakers' starting individual defense can be called a "dead five-league" defense, with three guards in vain. Rui Hachimura and Ayton are not good at defense and hardness. Smart and Van Der Biao can defend, but combined, they hit 0 of 5 open three-pointers. Whoever beats the Lakers will take the initiative to leave these two brothers open. In other words, the Lakers' core stars and puzzle players do not have the characteristics of both offense and defense, which also lowers the team's championship limit.

Most of the Lakers' players suffer in single defense, and defense against Curry's pick-and-roll is naturally even more passive. Being eliminated by the Timberwolves in the first round of this year's playoffs directly shows that the Lakers' defense cannot stand at all in high-end games. The Lakers' overall defense is obviously not something that a 40-year-old James can save. Even James himself has reached an age where he is beyond his capabilities on the defensive end..

The Lakers are a team with strong offense and weak defense. They rely on the offense of Doncic, Reeves, and James to raise the ceiling. How far can an offensive team go in the playoffs? I believe everyone has a basic idea of ​​the Lakers' prospects this season.

The Warriors have continued the same level as last season. The Curry + Butler dual-core system has been polished and their full health strength is by no means limited to the second round of the playoffs. Curry's pick-and-roll system and Butler's singles system take turns supporting the Warriors' connection. With Horford and Richard this season, the competition prospects are naturally better.

Also as an internet celebrity team, the Warriors were able to claim both offense and defense after the introduction of Butler, while the Lakers started to attack the strong and defend the weak from the two starting backcourts. This is how the gap quietly widened.

Can attack but not defend, from one to five, the difficulty of this game can be imagined. Fighting for the championship? It's even more out of reach.