The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Among the four-game streak, the Lakers are the strongest and most difficult team to deal with.

The Lakers, who have won two consecutive championships, are still recognized as the strongest team in the league, and Kobe is still recognized as the number one player in the league.

And the Lakers' lineup is precisely the most difficult for the Wizards to deal with.

The Los Angeles Lakers have the top lineup of inside twin towers in the league.

Pau Gasol + Andrew Bynum.

The Wizards team, which mainly uses small ball tactics, is most afraid of this kind of team with an inside tower lineup.

Moreover, the Lakers' twin towers are very characteristic. Whether it is Gasol or Bynum, they are players with very fast feet. When facing the Wizards' fast break, run and bomb tactics, they will not be like ordinary traditional centers. Tired of running back and forth.

Although Jamison of the Wizards is a power forward, he is actually more like a swingman who mainly plays a small forward. Only Jordan is really inside.

Jordan has played well since serving as the starting center this season, and he has almost single-handedly supported half of the inside of the Wizards. So far, he has averaged double figures in rebounds per game, averaging 11.3 rebounds per game. He can also contribute 2.6 blocks, only scoring is still lacking, averaging only about 8 points per game.

This performance is even better than what Haywood did last season, which surprised many who thought that the Wizards' internal defense would completely collapse after Haywood left.

But even so, facing the Lakers' twin-tower combination, Jordan alone is far from enough.

Not to mention one against two, even Bynum is enough for Jordan to drink a pot.

In terms of age, Bynum is about the same as Jordan, but Bynum, who participated in the NBA draft after graduating from high school, joined the NBA three years earlier than Jordan.

Even if Bynum ruined his career abruptly because of his lazy personality, at this stage, he is recognized as a future insider superstar in the league.

Compared with no one optimistic, Jordan, who is considered to be only a blue-collar center, is much better.

While the Lakers have an absolute advantage inside, the outside lineup is not inferior.

The outside line composed of Kobe Bryant, the league's number one defensive player, Artest and Fisher Fisher may be slightly weaker in terms of offensive firepower, but it is quite strong in terms of defense.

Needless to say, Kobe and Artest, one is the player with the strongest shooting guard defense after Jordan, and the other is the defensive champion who won the best defensive player.

Among the three, Fisher, who has the least personal honor, or almost no personal honor, is able to securely occupy the starting position of the Lakers with an average of about 6 points and 3 assists per game, thanks to his excellent defense.

Although he has not won any honorary awards, Fisher's defense can be ranked among the first few point guards in the league.

A team that focuses on outside shooting like the Wang Xiao Wizards is at a disadvantage when facing the Lakers' lineup with excellent outside defensive capabilities.

To make matters worse, the bench lineup that the Wizards have always been proud of does not have much advantage in front of the Lakers.

The sixth man of the Lakers is Lamar Odom, known as the left-handed magician.

Compared with Harden who averaged 20+8 per game, Odom's current average of 15+8+4 per game is slightly inferior, but it is only slightly inferior.

Coupled with Shannon Brown, Matt Barnes and Steve Blake, these excellent substitutes have the ability to compete with the Wizards bench.

It can be said that when meeting the Lakers, the Wizards were restrained in almost every point.

In fact, last season, the two regular-season contests between the Wizards and the Lakers ended in the Lakers' victory. Facing the Lakers' perimeter defense, the performance of the Wizards' shooters was more or less affected, and the weak The inside line was blown to pieces.

In this case, after careful consideration, Wang Xiao decided to strategically abandon the game.

After all, it is now four consecutive away, and the whole Wizards team who has experienced two big battles is a little tired. Instead of fighting a game with the Lakers at a disadvantage, it is better to give up this game strategically and let Curry and other main players Get some rest time in the rotation to prepare for the fourth away game with the Knicks.

From Wang Xiao's perspective, the Lakers, who are powerful in the West, are not competitors at all. They only meet in two games in the regular season, and it is impossible to meet in the playoffs because of the east and west divisions.

Because of this, there is absolutely no need for Wang Xiao's Wizards team to fight the Lakers, nor does it need to think about ways to defeat them.

In the playoffs of the 10-11 season, the Lakers fell to the Mavericks 4-0 in the second round of the Western Conference. Landon Haywood and the Mavericks with two strong blue-collar centers can't occupy any advantage.

After the Lakers were humiliated and swept by the Mavericks 4:0 in the playoffs, the head coach of the Lakers Phil Jackson also announced his resignation, and the Lakers completely lost their competitiveness in the playoffs. In the second round, the game was eliminated by the Thunder team led by the three Thunder players 4:1.

After the second round of tours for two consecutive years, the Lakers formed the F4 lineup that shocked the league for the second time. The Twin Towers lineup was further upgraded, from Gasol + Bynum to Gasol + Howard.

Needless to say, the Super F4 lineup did not produce the desired results. The disagreement between Kobe and Howard also led to the disintegration of Super F4 in just one year. In the end, Kobe was reimbursed for the 2014 season, and Howard left Space City...

After deciding to give up strategically, Wang Xiao rested Curry and Jamison in this game, and the playing time of Harden, Butler and Jordan was also controlled below 30 minutes.

Without Curry and Jamison, the Wizards were taken for granted by the Lakers in the first quarter. In just two quarters, the point difference expanded to more than 20 points.

For this result, the Lakers fans were a little disappointed. After all, no one came to the arena to watch a game without any suspense, but the home team's easy victory made them rejoice.

After the game, Wang Xiao did not directly say that he gave up the game strategically in an interview with reporters. It is not good to admit this kind of thing too bluntly.

Wang Xiao's original words were that the continuous away games have greatly affected the physical fitness of his players. The reason why Curry and Jamison were given rotations is to protect them. After all, Curry had Injury history, Jamison, as the oldest player on the team, is also at the greatest risk of injury.

Wang Xiao's excuse was well-founded, and no one could find anything wrong with it.

Everyone knows that Curry sprained his ankle in the playoffs last season, and Jamison is 36 years old this season. It is indeed too much for them to play three consecutive high-intensity back-to-back games.