Who would have thought that Austin Reeves would stand out from the star-studded Los Angeles Lakers, a priceless three-pointer, and stage a backlash that lost the draft. And the scene of Reeves's "full of big men" after completing this heroic blow seems to be a microcosm of the Lakers this season. Although they are old, although their results are not optimistic, they have not given up.
In fact, as the team with the largest average age this season, the Lakers have been named the "Sunset Red Team", and everyone has tacitly acknowledged that these old guys have more than enough experience, lack of momentum, and the value of people is not able to play a protracted battle. As everyone knows, these are the views of the impression stream, and the old guys led by the 37-year-old James have been in the league for many years, each of them has been cultivated, and the management of their own body is far more scientific and self-disciplined than those of the young players.
The numbers don't lie, the team with the longest average hours per game this season is none other than the Purple and Gold. After 29 regular season games, they averaged 49.4 minutes per game, 0.3 minutes more than their old rivals who were also traditional giants in second place, followed by the Hornets and Wizards, who also averaged 48.7 minutes per game, and then the Timberwolves, Philadelphia, Kings and Pacers, who also averaged 48.7 minutes per game.
What does such a long game time mean? It shows that the Lakers' game will most likely drag into overtime, overtime is more, and the average game time will naturally be much more than 48 minutes. In stark contrast to the Jazz, Hawks, Thunder, Cavaliers, Bulls, and Magic, six "punch-in teams" that never work overtime, the Lakers have played 6 overtime games after 29 games this season, including many marathon battles with the Thunder.
Of course, this will put forward a physical test for the Lakers with an average age, but another set of data proves that the Lakers are not afraid to play overtime with their opponents - in 6 overtime games, in addition to the unfortunate defeat with the Kings in three overtimes, the other five Games Lakers have won all of them without exception. This also shows from the side that once this team enters the decisive time, the player configuration and team experience still have a lot of bonuses. In the match with the king, three extra hours was too cruel for the thirty-year-old man, and it was obvious that the old man was a little out of breath.
With the reliance on Reeves' soul-breaking blow to defeat the Lone Ranger, the Lakers temporarily secured the top six in the West, quietly and quietly identical to the city rival Clippers' record, and are expected to further improve their rankings to the upper half of the zone. However, the long regular season is only about a third of the way through, and many teams tend to start after the Christmas war and even the All-Star Game.
For the elderly Lakers, it will be when the challenge of this season's regular season really comes. By that time, will their physical reserves withstand the onslaught of young people? Will they be able to cope with extra time as well as they do today in the second half of the season? Time will give us the answer.