Lao Zhan, this is not like you! If you play like this, others still play like this?

After a month of waiting, James finally made his debut of the season. It is worth mentioning that this was also the first time this season that the Lakers greeted the new season in complete form. In the end, the Lakers easily won the game 140 to 126. James' statistics in this campaign were not impressive, with 11 points, 3 rebounds and 12 assists. However, as a forty-year-old man, James must change his style of play if he wants to continue to be in the league, and today's game against the Jazz is a perfect illustration.

For this Lakers team, the positioning of James was actually well verified at the beginning of the season. Although there were some injuries at the beginning, the sudden rise of role players allowed the Lakers to firmly maintain their position in the top four in the Western Conference. To put it bluntly, before James came back, the Lakers had a good chemical reaction. Many people think that James' comeback will affect the team's chemical reaction. Judging from today's game, everyone is worrying too much.

For most people, after several months of training, reintegrating into the game requires an adaptation process. But who is James? He has played basketball for more than 20 years, and his ability to read the game is far from ordinary people. As he said himself, there is no team in the world that he cannot integrate into. The author's understanding is that even if James does not play in the game, he quickly adapts after observing off the court. In today's game, although James did not score many points, his assists did help the team win. Especially in the final quarter of the game, James' connection revitalized the team's offense. Compared to Doncic's offense, James is more like a commanding general.

Needless to say how strong the Lakers' firepower is. Doncic and Reeves can complete 48 minutes of indiscriminate offense, but what can James bring to the team? Yes, that is the ability to make the final decision. At such an age, James does not need to do everything, and when he and Doncic lead the team separately, they can help the Lakers better complete the team's offense and defense.

James plays like this, but it is like cheating. He has a strong ability to read the game and uses his own ability to help his teammates open up space. Not only can he save his own energy, but he can also make the final decision at critical moments. This kind of James is more like an old ginger. The older he gets, the more spicy he is. In other teams, the players on the court perform their own duties, and off the court. The coach adapts to the situation, and the Lakers are more like having two coaches. James is responsible for directing on the court. After James has passed the age of scoring points, and after James does not care about his own data, he has more energy to understand the game, and Reeves and Doncic gave James the confidence. Such a Lakers team is indeed more like a cheating team.

For the current Lakers, the most important thing is actually defense. The lessons of last season are still vivid in my mind. How to match Laravia, Ayton, and Smart to maximize their energy is the key to the Lakers. Although the Lakers won today, they allowed their opponents to score 126 points. There is no problem in playing like this in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the Lakers' defense is obviously not enough. Of course, it is only the beginning of the season, and there is still a long time to adjust the team's lineup.

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