World News – USA – The Lakers starting line-up wasn’t difficult to predict

About two hours before the Lakers opened the regular season against the Clippers at the Staples Center, coach Frank Vogel said he wouldn’t announce his starting line-up “until 30 minutes before” the game >

When the puzzle was over, Vogel obviously started LeBron James and Anthony Davis forward, Marc Gasol in the middle, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as shooters, and Dennis Schroder as point guard

But since his team is so strong, Vogel picked those fives and said, “We’re going to look at a lot of different combinations” during the 72-game season

“The first months to six weeks of our season are about exploring different line-ups and combinations,” said Vogel. “We’ll be creative with it and learn a little more about our team and focus on our habits””

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When James turned 18 When the NBA season comes, Vogel has to decide how much he wants to use his striker

James averaged 346 minutes per game last season. He also averaged 253 points and 102 assists, front runner in the NBA

“I just want to use his minutes as much as possible,” Vogel said. “The risk of turning back your minutes too much is … When you talk to our medical team, you want to keep them in rhythm as much as possible. When he is on the road for a long time, it becomes riskier Or if he sits on the bench for too long and has to come back cold, there are riskier situations there. So we’ve built in a rotation for him where he plays more short bursts, gets a shorter break and in what his body is used to remains ”

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Lue had been fired from the Cleveland Cavaliers after a 6-0 start into the 2018/19 season.He had led them to three NBA finals in a row and won the title in 2016

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Despite the raging COVID-19 pandemic and with no fans in the stands, Lue is happy to be the main actor again

“I’m very excited, you know, you know, very blessed that I can start the season with what’s going on with the pandemic in the world right now,” Lue said earlier at a video conference the game “You know.” , it’s unfortunate times and we all have to get through together Still, I’m really excited to be back on the sidelines close to the game I love, the game gave me everything I have in my life you know , including my family Looking forward to being out there again and trying againMorris is still hurt

After Marcus Morris fell out with pain in his right knee, Lue Nicolas Batum started forward. Batum started all three exhibition games for the Clippers with an average of just three points at 25% shooting, including 333% from the three-point range

Lue has said that he likes the way Batum passed the ball in practice and during games and this has been his solid defense

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