One Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven: James’ Strongest Helper

The cheers at the scene were deafening. Although this was only a regular season game at the beginning of the season, in Link's opinion, the level of attention it received was completely at the playoff level.

In fact, even if you put aside the recent poor situation of the Grizzlies and the Lakers' good condition, the game itself between the Grizzlies and the Lakers is also very important.

After all, the Grizzlies and Lakers are direct competitors in the West. The championship spot can only be reserved for one person in the end.

Therefore, most fans also regard this game as a preview of the Western Conference Finals.

This is also the first time this season that both sides have tested each other's strength.

Everyone stood up and cheered for the Lakers.

Seeing James wearing a Lakers jersey, Link was really not used to it.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, I am still starring opposite James.

James is still very strong, and you can't tell that he is a 36-year-old man at all.

But no matter how strong he is, James' condition has declined. In terms of personal ability, James is no longer as good as Link, nor as good as any previous period.

But this doesn't matter, because James once again gathered a group of capable assistants around him.

The two sides stood near the center circle, and the Lakers' lineup caught Link's attention.

Point guard Bradley is a 3D defender who does not occupy the ball. He can let James control the ball as he pleases and maximize his effect. He is simply tailor-made for James.

Shooting guard "Elixir" Danny Green is a veteran top 3D player. There was a downturn in the Spurs in the past few years, but he regained his vitality in the Raptors last season.

He is definitely the championship piece that every championship team in the league longs for.

Needless to say about small forward James, power forward Anthony Davis is also the strongest inside partner James has ever worked with. It can even be said that he is the strongest partner James has ever worked with!

It must be admitted that in terms of personal ability, Anthony Davis is indeed better than Bosh and Love back then. His defense is something Irving doesn't have, and his shooting range is beyond Wade's reach.

Even if Davis is given the title of "the strongest active fourth position", there is nothing wrong with it.

Center JaVale McGee,

A blue-collar guy who can run, jump and do dirty work also fits the Lakers' needs very well.

On the bench, there are also powerful players such as Rondo, Pope and Kuzma.

The coaching staff headed by Vogel and Kidd are also more mature than the previous Walton.

Yes, James' personal ability has declined. He may no longer be able to carry away two or three people unscrupulously and then dunk on others like he did back then.

However, the strength of James' team has not weakened.

The current Lakers may be more difficult to deal with than the Heat and Cavaliers back then.

As for the Grizzlies, due to JaMychal Green's injury, the Grizzlies can only continue to play a twin-tower lineup.

This is also the most passive thing about the Grizzlies today.

No matter who he faces, Anthony Davis has an advantage.

If JaMychal Green is here, the Grizzlies can still compete with Davis and consume Davis as much as possible.

But now the Grizzlies are short of a major general at the fourth position, which gives Davis an opportunity to take advantage.

Link admitted that this game is indeed difficult to play, and the Grizzlies must put in more effort if they want to win.

But this does not mean that the Grizzlies will be captured without mercy. Falling off the altar is just the wishful thinking of others!

The starting lineups of both sides are ready, and all eyes are on the court.

The referee threw the ball into the air, and the battle for both sides to prove their strength officially began!

McGee relied on his stronger jumping ability to win the first offensive ball from Gasol.

James slowly advances with the ball. The real point guard of the Lakers' lineup is James, not Bradley.

If it had been in the past, James would have fought directly one-on-one with Link on the first goal.

But now James knows that is the worst choice. Now I can't get any advantage in fighting with Link head-on.

So, James handed the ball to Bradley. Sure enough, the Lakers really want to catch Conley and beat him up!

Bradley broke through immediately after receiving the ball. Although he is not a scorer, considering that both rookies can play Conley to death, the Lakers believe that Bradley should have no problem.

After playing the Bulls in the last game, Conley said frankly in an interview: "I'm not going to lie to you, honestly, this year is the most draining year in my career both mentally and physically."

Conley's condition is indeed not good.

Bradley is not fast, but has strong confrontation ability. When he was still playing in the NCAA, scouts believed that Bradley could completely defend NBA-level guards. This is enough to show how strong Bradley's confrontation ability is.

Bradley ran over Conley all the way to the basket. Just when he thought he was about to succeed, Jokic rushed back to the penalty area in time.

He stretched out his hand gently and slapped Bradley's layup back.

"Beautiful block, and Jokic's defense was very timely. It seems that the Grizzlies have found a way to deal with Conley's declining defensive efficiency. If the Lakers think they can still gain an advantage through Bradley, then That could not be more wrong.”

Mike Breen on the commentary table smiled. Do you really think the Grizzlies will just sit back and wait for death?

If the Grizzlies were so slow, it would be impossible for them to establish a three-peat dynasty, and twice!

Off the court, Joger nodded with satisfaction.

Sure enough, it is not too difficult to use the strength of the team to make up for Conley's current shortcomings.

The Lakers' first wishful thinking failed.

After Jokic blocked the shot, Link grabbed the basketball immediately and then advanced with the ball.

During the march, Link used a beautiful ground pass to let the basketball pass through the crowd and bounce into the hands of Dillon Brooks who cut from the other side.

Danny Green wanted to force Brooks to stop, but found that this young man was the type who was not afraid of confrontation at all.

Brooks relied on Green to get to the basket. The young man's impact was indeed fierce.

In the end, Brooks paused for a moment, pushed Green away, and then took off for a layup.

This should have been a good shot, but unfortunately, James now has helpers around him who are much better at protecting the frame than Bosh and Love.

I saw Anthony Davis quickly enter the penalty area and leap high!

Davis' athletic ability is already very strong, coupled with his height and wingspan, which makes his air defense height very scary.

As a fourth position, Davis has averaged more than two blocks per game for six consecutive seasons.

This shows how hot the hot pot he makes is.

"Bang!"

Dillon Brooks only felt that there was no light under the basket. The basketball that was bound to go in was easily pushed onto the backboard by Davis.

Davis worked very hard today because he couldn't forget that when he played in the playoffs for the first time in his career, he was eliminated by the Grizzlies led by Link!

At that time, he couldn't compete with Link and could only admit that he was unlucky. But now, he and his team are definitely capable of stealing the victory from Link!

Davis has always regarded Link as his goal and has always wanted to climb over the "mountain" of Link.

He wanted to beat Link's passion just as Kobe wanted to beat Jordan.

So in this game, the most excited player for the Lakers is actually not James, but Davis!

Seeing Davis who was so tall and could run so fast and easily confiscated the basketball, Dillon Brooks swallowed his saliva.

In the face of absolute talent, his efforts seemed so insignificant.

Is this the difference between a second-round pick and a No. 1 pick?

Davis' talent is absolutely top-notch. In all his years with the Pelicans, he has only played in the playoffs twice, and his best performance in the playoffs was only in the second round.

But even so, no one will question Davis's personal ability.

No matter how many goals Davis loses, people know that that guy's personal ability is no problem, which shows how terrifying his talent is.

After Davis finished nailing the big block, he took the basketball and immediately started a counterattack by dribbling the ball!

Davis quickly controlled the ball for half the game, and you couldn't tell he was an inside player at all.

When he advances with the ball, he is as smooth as a defender.

Gasol immediately went to block the ball, but Davis turned and easily threw him behind him.

For Davis, Gasol is too slow now!

Subsequently, Davis easily lifted the basketball and successfully made a layup, scoring the first goal of the game for the Lakers.

From nailing the block to turning around and finishing the layup, Davis didn't pass the ball the whole time. This was a beautiful one-stop counterattack!

"Good shot, Davis completely crushed Brooks and Gasol. The Grizzlies really have no one who can compete with Davis at the fourth position."

James gave Davis a light high-five after the goal, and then continued to stare at Link.

Yes, now even if James doesn't take action himself, someone can help solve the problem.

Davis' talent will be the Grizzlies' biggest stumbling block today.

Lakers fans cheered, and many stars on the sidelines began to applaud excitedly.

Bear hunting seems to have become the most high-profile activity in the world.

But if the bear is cornered, it doesn't necessarily matter who is hunting whom.

Link took a deep breath and approached the Lakers half again.

Tonight, we have to go all out.