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Dave McMmenamin
Portland, Ore. – when Los Angeles Lakers traded for Doncic In February Little knew coach JJ Redick that his club was acquired not only by SuperStar players, but also a rare source for preparing the play -off of his scouting.
Sunday, shortly after Redick and his players and coaching staff watched Clippers defeat Golden State Warriors In overtime and as a result, lock the first round of seeds no. 3 seeds as seed no. 6 Minnesota TimberwolvesThe coach said he would release Doncic’s experience against wolves last spring.
“There are nuances that the teams are trying to do against certain opponents,” Redick said, asking the advantage that he was discussing the result of last year’s Western Conference with Doncic to prepare Lakers at Minnesot next weekend.
Doncic and Dallas Mavericks Defeat Wolves 4-1, with Doncic average 32.4 points, 9.6 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 2.2 steals to earn a series of MVP.
While what worked for Doncic’s Mavs will be informative for Redicka, it will also be what doesn’t work for Lakers Greg St. Jean that was swept from the first round of Play -off last year in Wolves while on the employee with Phoenix Suns.
“We have a lot of work,” Redick said. “They’re a really good basketball team.”
Minnesota went 9-2 to close the season and move from No. 8 to 6 in the west and ended with a record of 49-33, one less victory than Los Angeles.
The wolves ended up with an offense no. 8 in the league, average 115.7 points per 100 assets and also had defensive evaluation No. 6, allowing 110.8 points per 100 assets.
“He’s a very difficult opponent,” Redick said. “They played as well as anyone lately and I believe they are one of the four teams in the TOP 10 in attack and defense. So they represent a lot of problems.”
Wolves are guided by 23 -year -old stars Anthony EdwardsHe average a career of 27.4 points per game in the fifth season and led the league in 3-point characters with 320 in 79 games he played.
Given that the Lakers who did not penetrate the game 1 until next weekend did not know that he could make a break as best as he could to recharge his team without getting out of the rhythm.
Redick said that Lakers will have time off on Monday and then gather for late afternoon training on Tuesday, followed by the Warriors- team-Memphis grizzlies Playing tournament game.
“This week it does not necessarily have to be everything. We will have to slow down dripping and I think it is an approach that I think will work best for our group,” Redick said. “Tuesday will be more about us. Wednesday, we will introduce Minnesota.”
Lakers have a lot of recent wolf experiences. They opened the preseason against them and played them on a regular season on the opening night before the teams divided the 2-2 season. However, only one of these games came after Los Angeles traded for Doncic; Lakers won this competition 111-102 27 February.
Los Angeles closed a regular season and 109-81 loss to Portland Trail Blazers Sunday, with Doncic and LeBron James He did not join the trip and remained back to rest and rehabilitated their respective injuries – James’s left slain and the right thumb and Doncic’s left Quad. Austin Reaves (right sprains of ankle), Dorian Finney-Smith (discharge from the left ankle), Rui Hachimura (Left patellar tendinopathy), Jaxson Hayes (a bruise of the right hand), Jarred Vanderbilt (control of a left foot injury), Gabe Vincent (left knee outflow) and Maxi glue (Recovery of True Surgery of the Legs) were also laid out of the assembly.
The Lakers, who set out on a trip, sat in a semicircle around a TV in the dressing room of the Moda Center on Sunday and watched the end of the Warriors-Clippers with an enthusiastic interest.
After Buddy hield Vanderbilt missed the last second shot in OT to wrap the game and eventually settled deployment, got up from the chair, gathered his stuff and came out of the dressing room: “We go to Minnesota, boys!”
