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James: SGA DeRozan Durant Irving likes to make two points, that s their rhythm

1:14pm, 18 May 2025【Basketball】

May 16th, today, Lakers forward James' podcast program "The Brain of the Field" aired in the sixth episode of the second season, with James and home guest Nash talking about many topics.

Speaking of mid-range shooting masters in the league, James said: "You can't defend those guys' shooting rhythm because of the big sample. That won't happen. Regarding the issue of defense, you have to be able to accept some results. But it certainly requires a high degree of defensive discipline. When you get into the game, you want to take two-pointers with interference.' If we're shot two-pointers with interference, you have to take off the hat. But some players are really killer in terms of two-pointers. Shai (Alexander) is one of them, and DeRozan, Durant, Irving, they would rather you go up and interfere with their shots than not reach out to defend. . That's their pace. When you're defending these guys, you're facing a challenge and you're like, 'Damn, I just let him take a two-pointer that was interrupted. And he keeps hitting this kind of goal. ' And you have to realize, 'It's not me who made him hit two-pointers, that's what he wants to do. 'You can only hope that he misses. You hope that as time accumulates, that'll cost him his energy.

"Maybe in the fourth quarter, because what you do on the offense, such as executing tactics to get them into the defense, maybe putting them on both ends of the offense and defense, you hope that maybe waiting for the fourth quarter, those two-pointers that you can score in the first three quarters, maybe you're shorter at this time. So that's your mentality as a defender. ”