On December 20, Beijing time, after the Lakers played a wave of consecutive wins, they lost to the Timberwolves and Bulls for two consecutive losses, and the most important factor for the Lakers to lose was the "collapse of the inside line". Looking at the last two games, the Lakers have lost a total of 31 offensive rebounds, and the two games have lost 21 offensive rebounds in a total of 10-31, relying only on Jordan Jr. can not support the inside line, and James playing five is also unable to support the inside flag.
In the last game of thick eyebrows, the Lakers lost 25 rebounds 36-61, of which the offensive rebounds were 1-15 by the Bulls. As for the Lakers in this game, the Lakers have improved in the scramble rebounds, the Lakers rebounded 46-43 net than the Bulls 3, but lost 7 offensive rebounds 9-16, and the two games were robbed of 31 offensive rebounds by the opponent, and lost a total of 21 offensive rebounds, which is undoubtedly a very heart-wrenching thing.
The Lakers lost the help of offensive rebounds, so that they were repeatedly killed by the opponent in many moments, and it also sounded the alarm for the Lakers' interior defense.
In the case of the injury of the thick eyebrow brother, Howard is also currently in isolation mode, and the team relies on Jordan Jr. to support the inside line. Jordan Jr. grabbed 7 rebounds in 20 minutes and 37 seconds, including 3 offensive rebounds, james 14 rebounds set a new season high, but the Lakers' overall offensive rebounding rush was not good, and at one point there was an embarrassing scene in which Wei Shao and Jordan Jr. looked at the defense, and Caruso easily grabbed the offensive rebound.
When Howard can return is undoubtedly the key to saving the Lakers' interior line, after all, Howard rushes to grab rebounds and protect the important interior line.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)