Beijing time on December 24, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers lost 110-138 at home to the Spurs, suffering 4 consecutive losses, it is worth mentioning that this game will be the lakers' last game in Staples, after which Staples will be renamed Crypto Arena. The Lakers also held a commemorative ceremony during the game's halftime break. However, the Lakers did not deliver a perfect result for staples' great name, and this game lost to the Spurs and lost the game again. The Lakers played very badly in this game, the whole team shot 5 of 27 three-pointers, although LeBron and Westbrook performed well, adding up to 66 points, but the team still simply and neatly lost the game.
After the game, LeBron praised the Spurs' tactical execution. He said the Spurs maintained strong execution in every round, and as long as the Lakers' defense made mistakes, they could make the Lakers pay the price, and they played excellent basketball. When it comes to how to solve the defensive problem, LeBron said that it is enough to just get the players back, and now all the people in the team who can defend are out because of safety agreements. He mentioned Bradley, Bazemore, Ariza and Reeves by name and said there are only one or two men in the squad who can defend right now.
In the case of a large-scale absence of players, the Lakers now have a huge loophole in the defensive end, but perhaps what really makes James a little frustrated or even angry may be the attitude of his teammates, when the game is more than 7 minutes left, the Spurs offense did not score, Jordan Jr. grabbed the rebound and gave it to James, James pushed the ball to the front court, waiting for his teammates to arrive to play a tactic, but James waited for nearly 8 seconds, but none of his teammates followed up to the front court, but they all walked slowly in the backcourt James alone formed a 1-5 situation in the frontcourt, and finally James helplessly shot a three-pointer and did not hit, judging from James's physical movements, he was very disappointed with the round.
What's worse is that the Lakers are not only having problems with the attitude of the players at the moment, but their lineup is also extremely unreasonable. Pelinka signed a whole bunch of defenders during this time, while interim manager Fitzdale always put on a bizarre combination of Thomas Garondo Gattuck Jr. Although it looks like a small-ball lineup, this lineup is not only undefended, but also extremely poor projection ability, and the small ball that Fitzdale and Pelinka understand does not seem to be the same as we think. Other people's small-ball lineups are five players of about two meters, and the Lakers seem to be as short as possible.
The Lakers now have 12 guards on the team, and Pelinka will sign a guard to supplement it no matter what position there is, and the coach will have to use these poorly defended guards. From any point of view, Thomas Jr. and Rondo were on the floor at the same time as a disaster, with the team having neither space nor defense, being casually beaten by others. Although the team does have a lot of injuries now, the fans' requirements are actually not high, they just hope that Pelinka can sign a player who is more than two meters, don't always waste time on these short guards, the Lakers don't need this kind of guard who can't do anything badly, as the fans say, signing a two-meter pole is better than now.
After losing this game, the Lakers are temporarily ranked sixth in the West, and then they have to prepare for the Christmas war, which used to be a much-anticipated focus battle, but considering the current state and personnel problems of the Lakers and the Nets, this may be a disappointing chicken rib battle.