Chapter 57: The Most Intense Match Part 2

Johnson and Jabbar also returned to the court, and Nielsen knew that if you didn't put pressure on Guoyang in defense, he would suddenly exert a force on offense and tear your defense apart.

If the point gap widened to more than 10 points, the Lakers would be in trouble.

Nielsen really wanted to use a three-guard lineup, eager to use a flexible and varied offense to quickly catch up in points.

But that meant confronting Johnson and Worthy, suppressing the dissatisfied sentiments within the team.

After the end of the fourth game, these sentiments had already begun to emerge, and in this game, they became even more apparent.

If Nielsen had been coaching the Lakers since 1982 and personally nurtured Worthy and Johnson to their prime, he could have made such a move.

The problem was that it was his first year with the Lakers, where Johnson and Worthy had already won a championship together, and their teamwork and experience were considered effective.