This is another time that James was persuaded by fans to leave a team, it is very incomprehensible, playing a Spurs outside the top eight in the West, the Lakers actually lost 28 points, so that the Spurs bombed a high score of 138 points in a single game, or in the absence of overtime! The Lakers' wave of losses only proves one thing, that is, the Lakers without Davis may only be a second-rate strong team, and of course, it may be just a weak team!
From the perspective of the current Lakers, it is not just a problem of two players, but the tactics and configuration from the coaching staff to the entire team, which are actually somewhat imperfect. It's hard to imagine facing the Spurs, the only team in the league that still maintains a traditional interior advantage, Vogel put up a strange lineup of Thomas Jr., Wei Shao, Ellington, Rondo, Anthony, and yes, Anthony to play in the fifth position! Maybe Vogel feels that the world's martial arts are only small and not broken, anyway, we ordinary people can't understand it at all!
And no matter what lineup the Lakers put out, the biggest problem is that there is no defense! The question of the team's offense cannot be said, why? Because you have to start with defense, there are only two possibilities for the offense to shoot or not to score, one is that the opponent's defense is excellent, and the other is that you really don't have a feel. Do the Lakers have this problem? Yes, but it is not so serious, because most of the time the Lakers are James and Wei Shao with the team to play, the inner players are more responsible for the second rebound and eat the cake, the outside players are responsible for the three points, the defensive pressure they encounter is not so big, purely no feel, is not shot!
The real fatal thing is the defense, the Lakers overall age ranks first in the league, and it is also the only team in the league with an average age of more than 30 years old. What is the impact of this? It's just that when defending, it's too hard to keep up! Anthony, Ellington, Rondo, Jordan Jr., including Thomas Jr., these are basically defensive loopholes, either directly squeezed out or directly one step through, simply unable to keep up with the rhythm, the Lakers can't play that vitality. Even James, he can only choose one of the defense and offense now, choose to defend his offense is not a score, choose the offense that defense has to work together.
The Lakers' game is not who simply takes how many points can win, when Davis is absent, the Lakers' defensive weakness is directly exposed in front of the opponent, the strength of the inner line is not there, the rotation of the outer line is not timely, the Lakers are flying at one point, as long as there is a point that cannot be defended, the remaining points will collapse. So when James scored more than 30 points and Wei Shao also scored more than 30 points, according to common sense, the Lakers should win, and the worst is also a pity to lose, but this time they lost to their opponents by 28 points. The reason is that the Lakers' offense relies on these two people, and the defense is basically equivalent to giving up, and the opponent will hit your soft ribs hard.
Now the Lakers only have three points left to change, one: trading. If nothing else, the rest of the road except for the transaction is basically blocked. Two: change of coach. In case of indecision, change the coach, the team's record is not good to play the back of the pot must be the head coach, the change of coach can only say a wave of gambling. Three: Let's swing, move towards the winners, and fight again next season!