Duan Ran: Gobert beat O Neal! How should LeBron choose his future?

He made 12 of 15 shots, 27 points, 24 rebounds, 2 blocks, 9 frontcourt rebounds, and 19 interfering shots.

Even if he announces his retirement tomorrow, he will have a good drink tonight, and Randle will accompany him.

Of course -

is after downloading and saving the HD video of this game. Before the

series started, everyone was questioning the French center.

He would be trapped by Luca's naming tactics.

His horizontal movement will be affected.

He almost has difficulty with the attributes of expanding defense.

But -

After the Hesborne series completely lost its presence, Gobert proved with practical actions that the limited center can still be excellent.

Before this game, the Lakers fell behind 1-3 in the series, leaning against their home court, but it was a desperate situation.

Coach Redick directly gave up the center and made the small lineup start. In terms of

strategy, the Lakers have indeed made adjustments. The

ball opened up the space and took the initiative to hit Edwards, jammed his breakthrough, so the Timberwolves had to choose to transfer the ball.

Considering that the Lakers go home after losing, the efficiency of defense is indeed very high, but -

This strategy has two disadvantages.

The defensive rotation level of each player is extremely demanding.

has extremely high physical strength requirements.

In other words - this is a life-threatening gameplay.

The Lakers did not fail to get results -

Edwards made 0 of 11 three-pointers, and the Timberwolves made 7 of 47 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of 14.9%.

They still won.

Win at the height of the French, win at the hardness of Randall.

The Lakers' team did their best to rotate. Reeves failed to make three-pointers for a long time.

Luca suffered a back injury in the first half.

Under such a background, the Lakers are still fighting, but the problem is that when Luca is on the court, the defensive end is continuously targeted, and the offensive end is poor, the quality of the Lakers' screening is poor.

This directly caused the Lakers to make a frustrated decision on the spot. They were hesitant and could not make up their minds to let the team play more pick-and-roll.

LeBron tried to bring the Lakers' momentum in the second quarter, but was strongly suppressed by the Timberwolves.

Luka once gave the Lakers the lead in the third quarter with her personal ability and misaligned attacks.

Hachimura is the only flame that the Lakers have.

That is the best time for the Lakers to win this game.

But - Outside the French, the Timberwolves' real MVP appears in this series.

Not Edwards, not McDaniels and Reed. The MVP of the

series is Randle.

I have seen five games and came to this conclusion. To be honest, even I am surprised by my own.

However -

LeBron failed to break through Randle from the left, and Randle held the ball - singled LeBron scored.

Calm, tough, and good sense of rhythm.

Randall scored 11 points in the fourth quarter and 23 points in the game.

When he is on the court, he can play all matches of the Lakers, including LeBron.

Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered something.

Randal has always been synonymous with playoff inefficiency in the Knicks.

His problem never seems to be not an offensive means, but a mentality and level of commitment.

Here shows Coach Finch's adjustment this year -

Randall did not play well in the playoffs in the past.

This is because -

He is prone to hesitation when facing a match that is similar to his size, height, and confrontation. What is

Randall?

Randall is a high and low-level linkage machine that is more suitable for playing misaligned attacks.

Over the past few years, smart opponents have not given him this opportunity.

His chance this year is here.

The opponent is an old boss with serious insufficient size.

Recalling the beginning, ESPN once used a keyword to evaluate the transaction between Randall and Towns.

Elude.

Today, Randall proved himself.

We see a Randle who almost became the series MVP.

Precisely because of this, the narrative of the series has more sufficient reasons and premises to return to the French.

last season against Dallas. Luca made 22 shots in front of the Frenchman and scored 11 goals.

This includes a final kill.

In this series, the Timberwolves played against the Lakers, and Luca made 14 shots in front of the Frenchman and scored 5 goals.

Authentic, Luca was trapped by injuries and was not in her best condition, but -

I personally think that the French are brave after knowing their shame, and he moves more actively and keeps the frame more calm.

Let's just say it directly -

I don't think he made this group a match that was generally regarded as a disadvantage before the game, which really affected the victory or defeat of the series. In the 2022 playoffs, Warriors coach Steve Cole admitted in an interview that there will definitely be omissions in the matchups related to Luca, and we cannot amplify all of this.

Obviously, after experiencing the lessons from last season's Western Conference Finals, Coach Finch also understood this truth today.

There have always been cracks in this world, and it is the wise to learn how to avoid them.

Do you think I'm talking about life? Actually, I'm talking about basketball.

or -

A brand new Anthony Edwards.

He was once considered by the whole world that the threat of possessing the ball was not comprehensive enough.

This year he has significantly increased his three-point shooting production.

He was once considered to have poor ability to shoot, but today he changed to another mode in the end of the series at the cold moment.

8 assists and 0 turnovers.

After five games, he only made 6 mistakes. In the first game of the

series, he made 9 assists and led the Timberwolves to score 21 three-pointers.

It may be a bit difficult to say this, but it doesn't matter if Edwards is not a series MVP.

He is not a series MVP, but the team can win, which is exactly what he is truly mature.

Because he is far better than last year's self, that's enough. The last and last part of the story - the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2024-2025 season are over. When Luca's deal was just completed, the whole world was shocked.

LeBron showed excellent form in February, with the Lakers winning eight consecutive victories, and the whole world saw the dawn.

At that time, I calmly answered my friends' questions.

I said that the Lakers lack a regular center, and this disadvantage will not be revealed until the playoffs.

This is a team with extremely high upper limit and extremely low lower limit.

Nowadays, many details have emerged in the presentation of a long time ago.

The Lakers still have a lot of things to do this summer.

How to choose LeBron's future.

Luca's future center partner will be.

Coach Redick has any new ideas and deployments.

A playoff team, how to play as decent content as possible when the lineup is not complete.

Reeves performed poorly tonight, and will this affect his future contract extension.

I tried my best to sort out my thoughts and make the Lakers' problems appear more organized.

But-

LeBron is 40 years old after all.

He will be cautious about his remaining career at the end of the offseason every year.

The French finally proved themselves.

Randall finally found the place for himself.

There has never been no love for no reason in this world, nor no hatred for no reason.

How to view victory and growth will distinguish each person into different appearances.

The above two sentences are suitable for all players in this series.

Of course, it also includes Mr. Nick Harrison who is far away in Dallas.