The empty slash of 36 points did not save the Lakers, and James could only watch the team swallow four consecutive losses. Under the multiple factors of the epidemic and injuries, the Lakers are currently facing a shortage of employees, coupled with the almost restructuring of the team in the offseason, the Lakers have used a total of 17 starting lineups so far this season. After losing the Spurs, James also said in frustration at the press conference that there is currently no set of lineups with chemistry on the team, and even does not know who should start outside the Big Three.
In this game against the Spurs, the Lakers continued their start against the Suns, James partner Westbrook debuted, and the other three starters were Tucker Jr., Ellington and Jordan Jr., which was their 17th starting lineup this season. In the end, although Zhan Wei both bombed 30+, the team still swallowed a fiasco.
After the game, James said that the Lakers' roster this season was chaotic, which was different from the previous seasons he had experienced. He said: "We (the Lakers) don't have any chance at the moment, to accumulate anything, not to accumulate time in the same game (of any one lineup), so there is no chemistry in any of our lineups." Subsequently, he also stated that the current reality is that in addition to the big three, the team should send who to start, this question is not even clear to the team itself.
As mentioned earlier, the Lakers, who have undergone major changes in the offseason lineup, are constantly "debugging". During this time, they also experienced a series of injuries. Then the outbreak of the epidemic in the league, in this context, the team's personnel crisis deepened, and it was more difficult for the team to practice the lineup.
In this case, the Lakers have been struggling so far this season, and they may still have a chance to fight, but at present, it is difficult to get any opportunity to practice a fully physical lineup, and it is really too difficult for them to play a good result.