On December 21, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued. In a game yesterday, the Lakers lost 110-115 to the Bulls on the road, suffering two consecutive losses, and the record became 16-15, currently only 7th in the West.
The game was also the lakers' last three consecutive away games. In addition to Vogel and Bazemore, the rest of the Lakers reportedly flew back to Los Angeles last night. Both Vogel and Bazemore were detected to trigger a health safety agreement after arriving in Chicago, so they had to stay in Chicago. Assistant coach Phil Handy and player Bradley flew back to Los Angeles from Dallas on Sunday Beijing time.
According to the Lakers' interim coach Fitzdale yesterday, during halftime, Vogel sent him a text message with some thoughts and adjustments about Vogel himself. Fitzdale also said he received messages from Vogel both in midfield and after the game. It's a tough time for Vogel, and Fitzdale bluntly says he doesn't want to coach a team in this strange situation anymore and hopes Vogel will come back soon.
Although unable to play, Bazemore, who has been cheering for the Lakers yesterday, tweeted before the start of the race: "This is a marathon, let's cheer up." While the Lakers were playing, Bazemore also "live- and live", tweeting several times: "Played well in the first half, brothers!" "Number 7 (Anthony) is awesome!" "The music of Chicago today makes me feel so much that it will never go out of style!" "Let's cheer up next time!" It can be seen that although he can't play, Bazemore is still in a good mood.
In addition, according to the famous Shams, the Lakers will sign a short 10-day contract with forward Gemelio Jones with a difficult exception, and they will also sign a two-way contract with Mason Jones of the South Bay Lakers. According to the league requirements, each team has a maximum of two two-way players.
According to Hrrison Feigen, the Lakers will cut either Khuf or Brown. In yesterday's game, Brown played 5 minutes and had 2 points and 1 rebound, and in the case of extreme shortage of manpower in the team, Khuf still did not get any playing time, perhaps which means that he is likely to leave the team.
According to the schedule, the Lakers will challenge the Suns on the road tomorrow.