“Put it on the ground”: How to fly the Lakers team, the Celkus attack

the Los Angeles Lakers He entered the Thursday match against Boston Celtics with a clear plan: Joe Mazola team made a counterattack.

“Make them put it on the ground,” Anthony Davis told Allie Laforce from TNT on the sidelines of the match. “They shoot very well when they take the ball and shoot it, but its shot decreases significantly when they have to put it on the floor, so that was our game plan, do not allow them to catch and- shot.”

Celtic team scored 32 points out of 96 points, to advance 11 against 27 from the stadium. 25 of those shots came in the vicinity of the goal, with Celtic 10 of them – with a transfer rate of 40 %.

On the other hand, the Celtic team carried out 28 shots of the bounce, 16 of which are coming from the depth, with a rate of converting 25% on the circumference of the goal. The Celtic team achieved 28.6 % in general when implementing shots against Lakers.

How can this be compared to their seasonal averages? Did the Lakers team really affect Celtics diet the way they wanted?

This season, the average number of attempts to capture and aim at the Celkes team is 30.3 per game. They generate 34.8 points of these shots and pay 38.4 % of 3 points.

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There seems to be a little contrast between capture and correction numbers at the Celtic team level and their performance against Lakers. Moreover, the Celks team actually had a slightly higher efficiency rating against the Redic team than the average season.

The truth is that the Celtic team lost this match because of its poor shot, but it was not because the Lakers team deprived the chances of capturing and paying. Instead, their inability to create a beautiful appearance while driving the path was the primary symptom of their conflicts.

In the season, Celtics launched 16.5 attempts per game through 37.6 shots, which led to the dropping of 9 of these shots. Against Lakers, Celtix 19 shots took on disk engines but only 4 of them were transferred, giving them a 21.1 % transfer rate.

They drove the car a little more than usual and turned much worse. Based on their seasonal average, Celtics fell by 10 points expected with their restrictions on the edge.

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According to glass cleaningThey have paid 31.8% of their shots 4 feet from the outward basket, although these looks constitute 29% of their total attack.

Here is a good example of the conflicts of the Celks team on the edge. I saved this clip because I liked the timing of the transfer of Giline Brown, who opened the way for the holiday. Leberron James is doing a good denying Holiday of a shot or pass, forcing him to put the rock on the floor. Unfortunately, he smoked the throwing of the ball, indicating the suffering of the Celkus team all night.

Even Gielin Brown, who is often the best player in Celtics and the most explosive scorer, got 1 out of 5 at the edge.

The Lakers team did a great job in reducing the mid -ground. This way, they can collapse while driving without excessive help of defenders and leave the knees chances on the table. This is probably what Davis was talking about when discussing limiting capture and shooting attempts.

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This coverage allowed the Lakers team to press at the entry point with the closure of the space around the edge, which makes life very difficult when pushing the rocks to the paint. This coverage also helps to deter kicks, as it is not necessary to help travel a long distance to recover and compete in the triads.

Perhaps this is the reason why the Boston team scored for three less passes during the match, but this did not happen. The average number of decisive passes offered by the Celtic team is 4 assists every night, and they ended the Lakers match with … Yes, I guessed that, 4 decisive passes.

However, Brown is usually sufficiently explosive to end this type of coverage. However, after the match, he admitted that he was suffering from a slight injury due to his ankle rolling in the loss of January 18 to Arsenal. Atlanta Hoks Then adjust the injury during the second quarter against Los Angeles.

“I am still trying to restore my impulsion and my explosion.” Brown said. “I didn’t complete much of the baskets around the edge, only because it tamper with me a little. Brown said:” But it will get there … and then I was a little tense, but I continue to move forward. “Tonight was not a great offer for our team in terms of energy. I missed a lot of baskets around the edge and my team needs me to make it. So I need to be able to produce my team.

Here is another example of how to reduce the Lakers team to the ground, this time by Payton Bretshard, who smoked many grammar for the ball and medium overnight.

Notice how Lakers are placed. They guard a man to a man but they divide the areas on the ocean, allowing them to disk/drill when hacking, but also quickly approaching the archers on the ocean. They also have a paint presence because they are deceived a little in the diving area.

When looking at how defenders are in the vicinity of the ball outside the ball, it is easy to see how they can jump in the pass and exit path in a transition. It is also clear how easy the drilling and recovery process (jumping towards the ball to remove the space and press the dodges).

What I find interesting is that this possession was inappropriate, as the match was already winning. However, the Lakers team stuck to the defensive principles that helped them achieve progress. If your deep seat is implemented in this way, then you know that the game plan has succeeded, and everyone has been brought to implement, regardless of the result.

So, when referring to Davis’s comments, it is clear that the Lakers approach was more accurate than making them “put the ball on the ground.” Instead, Lakers sought to reduce the Boston attack with leadership and kick, the most easy looks on the edge, and closed the space in the medium term to reduce the chances of Celtics.

As a matter of fairness, the Celks team faced this coverage with additional work outside this position. They took 8 shots on 14 subsequent photos, and they turned into a 75%clip. They have lost 4 of these property as well. Here is how to compare post -follow -up numbers with the season’s average.

The Celks team was playing their fifth match in seven nights. Heavy legs were definitely part of their problems against Lakers. Add to that exhaustion with many players suffering from a form of injury, and I look at you, Brown and Holiday, and the general image begins to become clear.

Yes, the Lakers team had a strong defensive plan (but accurate) to slow down the third -place attack in the American Professional League, but the players charged with carrying out this crime were also exhausted. It was a difficult week for C, before taking into account the amount of travel they did this month.

As such, this loss was a good mixture of defensive implementation, exhaustion of the schedule and continuous injury problems. You lift your hat in front of the Lakers team, then look to the Saturday match against the Lakers team Dallas Maverx And beyond.

However, I will say, just as I was worried when the Warriors team developed a defensive plan on November 7, the Lakers team may have provided the teams another way to explore moving forward. Mazola team is more than being able to adapt, but it will be interesting to know who will adopt a similar approach (if anyone else) in the coming weeks. Currently, I think this is the movie you watch and learn from and then flow. He brought over M terms and repeated last season The American Professional League finals!

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