Although there was a lot of reinforcements in the offseason, after the official regular season began, the los Angeles Lakers' performance has not been able to meet the expectations of the outside world, as of now, they only rank sixth in the West with a record of 14 wins and 13 losses, considering that the Nuggets who are leading seventh are only 0.5 wins, as long as they lose one game, the Lakers will lose this excellent ranking directly in the playoffs and return to the ranks of competing for playoffs.
In the last 5 games, the Lakers' state is not bad, achieved a good result of 4 wins and 1 loss, after the recent 116-95 victory over the Thunder successful revenge, the team's morale has also ushered in a certain improvement, but the current Lakers can not be taken lightly, the next 7 games, the Lakers have no shortage of teams to usher in the Suns, Bulls, Nets, Lone Rangers these eight teams, in addition to the recent state of the Spurs, is also a rival that can not be underestimated, according to the Lakers this year's record of not being able to go up, There is really no capital to despise these opponents, especially the three strong teams of the Suns, Bulls, and Nets, if the Lakers all eat the defeat, the winning rate may not only fall below 50% again, but also a great blow to the ambition of the player to impact the championship.
Fortunately, before opening this wave of devil schedule, the Lakers will usher in the magic soft persimmon at their home court, the latter is currently only in the second to last in the East with a record of 5 wins and 22 losses, and recently suffered a wave of 4 consecutive losses, which is just the perfect opportunity for the Lakers to stabilize their 50% win rate, but after playing the Magic, as mentioned before, they will usher in a wave of devil schedule, the opponents are the Lone Ranger, Timberwolves, Bulls, Suns, Spurs, Nets, and these teams are not good stubble, Don't look at the Timberwolves and Spurs currently rank poorly, but if these two youth teams really want to find their form, they may not have a chance to win.
This season's Lakers' record is not as good as expected, in addition to the big three running-in is not ideal, but also more or less related to their defense, as of now, they only rank 13th in the league with a defensive efficiency of 108, but where the team's offensive firepower is limited, the Lakers want to rely on this moderate defense to win the game, it is indeed very difficult.
Fortunately, James's recovery in these games has allowed the Lakers to maintain a good offensive firepower (currently ranking fourth in the league with an average score of 111.4 per game), according to relevant statistics, in the last 10 games, James can average 27.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game, becoming the only player over 36 years old in the history of the league who can win at least 27+5+5 in the 10-game range, second only to Michael Jordan.
Honestly, the current Lakers' ranking is indeed a bit embarrassing, only 2 wins away from the 4th Grizzlies. And the 10th Timberwolves also only have 2.5 leading wins, a wave of consecutive wins or a wave of consecutive losses, will affect their subsequent trend, so the next wave of the Devil schedule, for the Lakers, grasp may rush into the top four of the West, the first half of the region, and grasp the win rate fell below 50%, and will lead to the dilemma of digging holes and filling pits last season, but where there is a serious wave of injuries, the Lakers may have another account this season.