Lakers face spurs, this is the lakers' last game with Staples as the home name, many celebrities and stars all came to the court, witness this historical moment, but everyone regrets, after four quarters of competition, the Lakers 28 points lost to the Spurs, suffered 4 consecutive losses, even if James scored 36 points, Wei Shao got 30 points, still can not lead the team to win, the current Lakers can be described as a scattered sand, defense can not be defended, the offensive end lack of cooperation, all the rhythm completely follows the opponent, This is James's three consecutive games to get 30+ points, but unfortunately, the Lakers lost all three games, although he scored the team's highest 36 points, but James's plus-minus value reached minus 23, the data loss, James efficiency value is the lowest in the whole game.
Did James try his best? The answer is yes, he and Wei Shao became the core of the team's attack and defense, the beginning James showed excellent competitive state, his shooting, his three points, for the Lakers to stabilize the situation, but the Lakers have been in the backward side, no matter how hard James tries, can not change this fact, more puzzling fans are that the Lakers in addition to James in the first quarter did not have a player to stand up and score, they only had James hit a breakthrough in three minutes, and the others attacked and defended at both ends of the Spurs.
In the second quarter, James is still strong, he scored four points in a row, Westbrook became his biggest helper, the two reduced their rest time, with three benches struggling to chase points, Thomas Jr. defense was targeted, Ellington defense frequently leaked people, it can be said that the whole team, James filled the team loopholes, Westbrook filled, the Spurs scored 50 points in 15 minutes, enough to see how much the Lakers' defense has a big problem, the Spurs scored 66 points at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Spurs started to play an offensive climax, the point difference was opened again, the Lakers scored again within three minutes, James shot for the Lakers to break the scoring drought, but the Spurs whether the main force or the substitute comprehensively suppressed the Lakers' entire team, the inside howard encountered foul trouble, the outside line could not be defended, the Spurs scored a hundred in the third quarter, so that the Lakers were completely powerless, the fourth quarter Diop even scored three points, the shooting maintained a hundred percent shooting rate, James tried his best to narrow the point difference, but the point difference was getting bigger and bigger, and the Lakers could only accept the loss.
The Spurs scored in double figures, including more than 20 points on three-pointers, 18 of 39 three-pointers, Walker, Diop and White scored 21 points, 30 points and 23 points respectively, of which Diop on the bench shot 11 of 11, 3 of 3 three points to maintain a 100 percent shooting rate, if it were not for 5 of 7 free throws, he would have made history.
Compared with the strength of the Spurs, the Lakers only scored in double figures in this game, James and Westbrook combined to score 66 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, the two shot 46 shots 27, the shooting rate is very good, but the other players performed very dismal, Tucker Jr. scored 13 points, 5 shots in 13 shots, 1 of 0 three points, and no other players have scored double-doubles.
After the game, James talked about the very frustrated game, but also talked about the reasons for the Lakers' loss, he said: Our team currently does not have a set of lineup full of chemistry, we do not have enough time to complete the run-in, I and Westbrook, Davis's three-person role positioning and starting lineup, how to arrange at present, I don't know.
In fact, James said the biggest problem of the Lakers, the core of the team is not clear, it seems that the big three are fighting for each other, this game James tried his best, Wei Shao also tried his best, but the two played together can only you chisel one I suddenly one, you can get points, but you can't win the game. As for other people's empty three-point shots can not dominate the ball can not make the offense more unsmooth, compared to the offense, the Lakers' defense problems are more, the attack and defense of both ends of the problem, plus the Lakers have not determined the starting lineup, Vogel has been trying, but has not received a good effect, the current 16 wins and 17 losses, the winning rate fell below 50%, if you still play like this, maybe the Lakers will be more difficult in the future.