PreviousSpeaking of the evolution of the Lone Ranger on the defensive end this season, in addition to the introduction of Josh Richardson, James Johnson and other players with excellent defensive abilities, the ability and willingness of the index players in the team to do it themselves and do it is the key to After all, if the coach is talking about the stars not listening and the team culture is not established, then everything is in vain, so this article will look at Luka Doncic’s defensive performance this season.
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In the past two seasons, Luka Doncic has always brought fans all kinds of pleasing and fancy offensive firepower on the field. Even if he was selected for the first team of the year last season, he certainly seems to be less on the defensive end. , I always think that he is an offensive better than defensive player. To put it bluntly, his defense is not good enough. In addition, the Lone Ranger had a bad team defense last season, which indirectly caused him to be detained. Defensive impression score.
Even though head coach Rick Carlisle said before the season that the team’s focus this season is “defense”, Luka Doncic can’t ignore the whispers.
“The way we win championships is with defense,If you don’t have defense you’re not going to achieve anything. Everybody is willing to play defense and everybody is willing to sacrifice and I think that’s the key to our team.”~Luka Doncic
Although it is sometimes difficult to fully show the performance of defense by data, it is more or less visible. Luka Doncic has averaged 10.1 rebounds, 1.0 steals, and resistance so far this season (13 games). Attacked 0.8 times, rebounds a little more than last season, steals were the same, the biggest difference is that last season’s average blocked offense was 0.2 times, and the total number of blocked shots in 61 games throughout the season was 14. This season he played 13 games and surrendered 10. On January 13th, he knocked 4 hot pots against the Hornets and wrote the best record of his career in a single game.
And Luka Doncic had 5 steals in the game against the Nuggets on January 7, which is also the most single game in his career. It can be seen that his defensive judgment and hard work, and his defensive efficiency is also from 110 last season. Progress to the current 105, can be ranked 16th.
When Luka Doncic is not defending against the ball holder, he can observe and predict the pass path of the opponent ball holder to interfere with or even steal:
As for the criticism of poor posture in the opening season, it seems a bit too heavy, but this extra weight seems to help him hold the opponent’s low singles on the court and not easily lose his position, and at the same time, it is not easy to be pushed when the opponent cuts in:
As for the impression that Luka Doncic is often overtaken by the opponent because of his poor athletic ability, he has moved much faster this season. Not only can he keep up, but sometimes he can even give out the hot pot at the end:
The most obvious improvement of Luka Doncic should be his one-on-one defense ability. This season, he only lost 0.42 points per single defense, leading 96.9% of the players in the league. Last season, his percentile was only 31.6%, which is basically from the cattle-herding class to the gifted guarantee class.
Perhaps you still remember the Lone Ranger playoffs in the first round of last season against the Clippers. Luka Doncic scored a lore three-pointer. He thought he had a big heart, but in general, the Lone Ranger played in the game last season. The final critical moment was quite struggling, mainly because Luka Doncic had a defensive efficiency of 106.3 on the court when the scores of the two sides were close at the end of the game. The positive and negative values wereMinus 5.9, But his defensive efficiency in key moments this season is 105.1, and the positive and negative values comePositive 19.3, The back and forth will greatly increase the team’s chances of winning.
Talking about Luka Doncic’s defensive progress this season does not mean that he can compete with Giannis Antetokounmpo for the best defensive player of the year. This is too unreasonable, but he is willing to invest in improving his defensive ability. Will become the team’s example and play a leading role for teammates in defense. After all, defense is the key to winning the championship, and Luka Doncic is the key to the lone ranger.
Further reading:
The transformation of the lone ranger bid farewell to the label of strong attack on poverty
The next star player who may change to a new club after the James Harden deal
The wounded are coming!Unemployed free agents still have treasures to pay
Tyler Herro is adapting to new role
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A record winning streak in the opening season! What magic is it doing?
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