Beijing time on December 24, the Los Angeles Lakers 110-138 "upset" defeated the Spurs, when hearing these two words, there must be many fans questioning, spurs are so despised? In fact, from the pre-game comparisons, the Lakers are dominant, plus they are in urgent need of a victory, although Davis is absent due to injury, but James and Westbrook are still there, Howard was also transferred to the starting, but the facts once again proved to us that paper strength is only paper strength.
To be honest, the Lakers did not completely collapse in the first quarter, or thanks to the play of James and Howard, the former 4 of 6 got 9 points and 2 assists, three points, basket, turn over and look back proficient, and Howard lived up to expectations, 5 rebounds are very critical, but even so, the single quarter still lost 9 points, follow-up, James remained efficient, the whole game got 36 points, and Westbrook only lost 5 goals in the last three quarters, 16 shots 11 of 11, got 25 points, of which the third quarter, 17 points in a single quarter, described as a double star shine is not excessive , but still lost 28 points, why?
The reason is that the age structure of this team is too bad, the young tucker close to the defense is OK, but in the selection, the experience is too poor, there are two big colanders of Toth and Anthony, and the defense of Westbrook is often distracted, James has no previous ability to assist in defense, even if there is occasional pursuit of the big hat, but most of them are watching the opponent to the basket. Know basketball, or friends who often watch the NBA, know that the defense drives the offense, and once the defense is good, the offense will become very strong. Look at the Spurs players in this game, 6 people scored in double figures, averaging only 3.8 points per game Diop, 26 minutes and 45 seconds, 11 shots, 30 points.
Overall, the Lakers are now relying on a group of veterans to support the attack, but only James is the most stable, so his playing time is also shocking, although he is about to be 37 years old, but the average time per game has reached 37 minutes, tired is really tired, but this can not be exchanged for victory, in the last 4 games, has scored 119 points, but the Lakers suffered 4 consecutive losses.
I have to say that James's embarrassment today is very similar to the late stage of Kobe Bryant, although Davis is still young, but he is injured and cannot provide too much help, it seems that the stars are gathered, in fact, it is similar to a group of young generals brought by Kobe Bryant. In addition, Bryant and James, his competitive spirit is stronger, the technology is more comprehensive, each game is a personal effort to fight, and James will consider a lot, according to his consistent basketball style, the sustainability of personal offense will not be too long, this is also the Lakers' most embarrassing thing at present, whether it wins or loses, people look a little depressed.
Finally, in a metropolis like Los Angeles, or in the giant Lakers, any wind and grass will cause a great whirlpool of public opinion, I hope they can withstand it. In fact, from the offseason to see this lineup, there is no need to have too many expectations, after all, from the past Lakers' two "F4", and the Nets' big bet, has proved that a group of all-star veterans together, there will not be much to do, we may wish to set them as a "memory season", to see the favorite stars, to see Anthony's retro three threats, to see James's old and strong, to see the transformation of Westbrook, to see Rondo's organization, to see Thomas Jr. chase dreams again...