On December 24, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season was in full swing. In today's Western Focus battle, the Lakers lost 110-138 at home to the Spurs, suffering their first four-game losing streak of the season. The record became 16 wins and 17 losses, and the winning percentage fell below 50%, ranking 6th in the West!
In today's game, James has scored 36 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, and he has scored 9 30+ times in the last 13 games. After the game, James pointed out in an interview that the personnel was not in order to be the reason for the team's poor record, saying: "We don't have any lineup with chemistry right now. Because we don't have enough time to do that yet. How should our starting lineup be arranged outside of me, Westbrook and Thick Brow? I do not know. We can fix our defense, but we need help from players who can't play, and all of our well-defended players trigger health and safety protocols. ”
Interim coach Fitzdale has not yet led the team to victory, according to Lakers chronicle Harrison Faigen, Fitzdale is very sensitive to the word defense, he said: "I am not making excuses, but the reality is that the construction of the defensive system is very complicated, it is difficult for us to integrate new players into this system." We're not going to give up, and my job is to keep everyone together. We have to play with a win or die attitude. I'm here to make a statement, I want to win. ”
Westbrook did well today, he cut 30 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and he said after the game: "I'm not panicking, four games ago, we were 16 wins and 13 losses and we were fourth in the West. So, a lot has happened in our team in the last week and a half. We had a bunch of guys in our dressing room who never gave up and never gave in. And, whether you lose 2 points or 28 points, it's just a game loss. ”
According to the schedule, the Lakers will play the Nets at home on December 26, and they will fight for a win to end the losing streak.