The Lakers suffered an eight-game losing streak, and Vogel hinted that the lineup needed to be reformed, with the starting five or a change!
The Lakers lost 6 consecutive games in the preseason, everyone thinks that the preseason is just that, think that the Lakers have not gone all out, think that Vogel has reservations, think that the "Big Three" has not yet exerted force, so there are excuses, but the Lakers have lost two games in a row in the regular season, since the preseason, the Lakers have lost three games in a row to the Warriors, lost three games in a row, all the way to failure, what else can be said, what can be said, there is no objective reason to defend the Lakers, there is really no objective reason, it is really bad, everyone is worried about the "nursing home" physical weakness, worried about the "elderly team" The season is not far away, and it seems that this worry is justified, and it is by no means unfounded.
What to do with the Lakers, everyone has a lot of suggestions, a lot of proposals, and the opinions are also a basket, what should the Lakers do, what problems should be solved, and what adjustments should be made? Today, Lakers coach Frank Vogel was interviewed after training, and Vogel talked about re-evaluating the starting lineup.
Asked if there would be any changes to the starting line-up, Vogel replied: "After every game we evaluate every option. I won't say who will start tomorrow, but that lineup has mixed. What we have to evaluate, or what I'm trying to evaluate, is that the bad areas, many of which can be corrected by execution, can make that lineup more successful. ”
Vogel said that every game is different, so every game must make various options and evaluations, he does not want to disclose tomorrow's starting lineup, he must continue to evaluate the team's good and bad, especially to focus on the bad problems, make decisions, Vogel specifically mentioned the lineup problem, he said that this problem needs to be corrected, because no set of lineups can play all over the world, this sentence is absolutely true.
What starting lineups have appeared since the Lakers' season? One set is James, Thick Brow Brother, Westbrook, Jordan Jr. and Bazemore, this set of lineups seems to be the lakers' main lineup, the starting lineup used by Vogel in the regular season is these five people, this lineup appears the most, followed by a set of lineups of James, Anthony, Bradley, Howard and Westbrook appear in the regular season, this lineup is very tough in the regular season, the forwards are also very strong, the defense has Bradley, the breakthrough has James, it should be a good lineup, but it may be the first cooperation, In this game with the Suns, this lineup can neither prevent the inside line, nor can it prevent the middle shot, and is overtaken by the Sun, and this lineup also needs further investigation.
There is also a set of fourth quarter starting lineups are James, Westbrook, Reeves, Rondo and Anthony, this is a small lineup, Anthony played the inside line, it seems not tough enough, in fact, James and Anthony take turns to play center, the inside line height is not enough, but the speed of playing, the sudden score of this point has a clear advantage, this set of lineups appeared in the fourth quarter of the Suns, the effect is good, you can consider using more.
In addition, in the regular season, the Lakers also have a set of starting lineups that have played the Warriors in the second and fourth quarters, that is, the lineup composed of howard, Munch, Anthony, James and Westbrook, this lineup has played toughness, but also played speed, and the Warriors' "small lineup" has an advantage, and even a lead, this set of lineups, Vogel should also consider whether it can be used more.
Regarding the use of the lineup, Vogel put it this way: "The problem is not just that in principle they don't match, no matter what the skill, shooting, body, speed and all these things... At the moment, it feels like we can improve a lot of details on the defensive end, and then of course there's some space on the offensive end. So we're still in the process of functioning, and we're still evaluating. ”
Vogel said that the use of the Lakers lineup is based on matching, such as body size, projection, speed, etc. to match, that is to say, the Lakers lineup change should be considered from these aspects, not a mess, Vogel also said that the Lakers need to improve the defensive details and offensive space problems, then Vogel on these issues, how to operate, how to match, how to solve, can only take a step to see, maybe the next game will change, good meal is not afraid of late, wait and see!