The NBA regular season continues, and today the Lakers are at home to meet the Nets. Today's game is also the highlight of the Christmas war. In the end, the Lakers lost to the Nets 115:121 at home, swallowing a five-game losing streak. James contributed 39 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists in this game, and it can be said that he has done his best.
In addition to James' excellent performance, the other players in the Lakers starting lineup have performed sluggishly, especially Westbrook. Although Westbrook contributed a triple-double of 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists today, he only made 4 of 20 shooting. It was 0-of-3 from outside the three-point line. Wei Shao wasted too many offensive opportunities, so that the Lakers were already behind by a large margin in the first three quarters, and the fourth quarter was in a passive situation.
The Lakers stubbornly chased points in the fourth quarter, especially James had a very good personal performance in the fourth quarter. The Lakers once tied the score, but the Lakers made a mistake in the final moments of the handling of the key ball, and the Lakers trailed by three points at 115:118 with more than twenty seconds left in the game. Westbrook picked up the ball at the free throw line and directly chose to kill the basket. The dunk was not hit.
And who noticed the right bottom corner at the time? At that time, James raised his hands and made a move to ask for the ball. But at that time, Westbrook did not choose to pass the ball to James to seek a three-point shooting opportunity to equalize, and James was in an empty position at that time. Who paid attention to James' move after Westbrook's dunk miss? James's hands were very disappointed, and during the suspension, James was even more frustrated, and his actions revealed helplessness.
Westbrook slammed the basket twice in a row in the final moments. Being a player of this level really shouldn't be. Today, James has developed a growing sense of disappointment with the Lakers. We can read it from the body language on his field. The Lakers have now suffered a five-game losing streak and their rankings will slip further.
At present, the Lakers' offseason trade is an extreme failure. We can already draw such a conclusion with no stone in the ass. If there is one person responsible for the Lakers' poor performance this season, it must be Pelinka. Pelinka is an incomprehensible general manager who immediately dismantled the championship squad after winning the championship, which is the first time we have seen it in the history of the NBA. Blindly pursuing the star lineup and giving up the team's immediate combat strength. What the Lakers gain will eventually be a failure.