In the first three quarters of the game, the Lakers who played away also took a one-point lead at 84-83, and even in the fourth quarter, the Lakers also had a certain degree of initiative. However, in the key moment of the game, the Lakers lost, Demar DeRozan gave what he wanted, and he scored 19 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in a single quarter of 11 shots, 7 and 5 free throws, leading the Bulls to the final victory and giving the Lakers two consecutive losses. Throughout the game, the Lakers were slightly deficient in terms of control errors, and the performance at key moments was not good enough, and LeBron James and Russell Westbrook did not take over the game at key moments.
In contrast, DeRozan's performance in key moments (the last five minutes of the game, the difference of no more than five points) was extremely good, and he scored 10 points and 1 assist on 4 of 6 shooting and 4 free throws in key moments. The rest of the Bulls performed as follows: Nikola Vucevic had 2 points on 1-of-3 shooting, Lonzo Ball 0-of-2 from the field, 2 points from the free throws and Javent Green for 2 points on 1-of-1 shooting. At the crucial moment of the game, the Bulls scored 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting, and DeRozan scored 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting, which was a bit of a taste of giving, and DeRozan still took over the game with the middle distance that is not valued so much today.
So, how did the Lakers perform at key moments? The Lakers scored 8 points on 2-of-7 shooting in key moments, including 4 points on 2-of-4 shooting by Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony, Isaiah Thomas, and Wayne Ellington all shot 0-of-1 from three-point range and did not score, and James did not have a sports game at key moments and relied on free throws to score 4 points. It can be seen that the Lakers performed very badly at the key moment of the game with the Bulls, in addition to the three-point shot was not grasped, James did not have a sports battle shot that people could not understand, when the Lakers needed him, he failed to play a better performance.
In fact, the Lakers' key ball performance this season is not bad, they have 18 games in key moments this season, and the Lakers have achieved a record of 10 wins and 8 losses. In these 18 games, the Lakers averaged 12.4 points per game, ranking first in the league, and the Lakers shot 46.4% at key moments, ranking ninth in the league; the three-point shooting rate was 29%, ranking eighteen in the league, in addition to the three-point shooting rate is somewhat low, the Lakers' performance at key moments is actually quite outstanding, but unfortunately, in the game with the Bulls, the Lakers failed to continue the previous outstanding performance.
Of course, this may have something to do with Anthony Davis' absence. The Lakers' internal ranking of no less than 2 points in key moments is as follows: James 4.8 points, Davis 3.2 points, Westbrook 2.8 points, Malik Munch 2.2 points, shooting percentages are as follows: James 38.7%, Davis 58.8%, Westbrook 50%, Munch 41.2%. It can be seen that although James scores the most points at key moments, his shooting rate is relatively low, while Davis ranks second in scoring, but the shooting rate is the highest, which is the one who can ensure both production and quality.
Simply losing to the Bulls is not a terrible thing, after all, DeRozan is extremely good, but for the current Lakers, they need to solve the atmosphere in the team, after Davis' absence, the Lakers are in a very dark stage, if there is another wave of bad records, the situation in the Lakers team may not be too optimistic. At this time, the Lakers need someone to stand up and stabilize the situation, James as a leader should have a better performance, he should probably take out the state of full strength Zhan!
Text/Duncan's laugh