On December 26, Beijing time, the Lakers finally lost the Christmas battle with the Nets, although they had the advantage of the environmental atmosphere of the home battle, and the Nets were only Harden single-core team, but the Lakers could not win the game smoothly, and finally the team suffered a regular season loss at home 115:122. Nowadays, the Lakers seem to have lost many battles, no matter what kind of excellent data James plays, but the result of the final waiting team is often lost, as the strongest superstar in the league today, now James has completely failed to lead this Lakers team.
In addition, there is another detail in this game that is also worth noting, that is, Thomas Jr. did not get the opportunity to play. In the previous 4 games, Thomas Jr. averaged 25.2 minutes per game, and he was once the lakers' starter. But perhaps due to the recent poor data performance, coupled with the Lakers is also a smooth signing of Dallon Collison and others, so now Thomas Jr. is completely abandoned by the team's coaching staff, and finally helplessly fell out of the Lakers' rotation lineup.
It is worth mentioning that Thomas Jr. officially signed a 10-day short-term contract with the Lakers on December 18, and according to the NBA League regular season schedule, after this Christmas war, the Lakers' next regular season game will be against the Rockets on December 29. Therefore, according to the contract period, if the Lakers do not renew the contract with Thomas Jr. for a short period of time, then this Christmas war is Thomas Jr.'s last game with the Lakers.
At present, the Lakers will most likely not continue to sign Thomas Jr., after all, the data performance efficiency of 11 in 11 and 5 in the regular season, coupled with the fact that Thomas Jr. is completely the opponent's scoring machine at the defensive end, the Lakers will definitely not let Thomas Jr. stay in the team. Looking at the other teams in the league, there is basically no need for Thomas Jr. to join the club, unless a team is willing to use Thomas Jr. as the absolute core, so as to form a lineup tactical system around him, and as far as possible with teammates with excellent defensive ability, but in fact, no team is willing to do so. Of course, as a very inspirational little player, here is still hoping that Thomas Jr. can get a chance in the NBA League, and I really don't want Thomas Jr. to leave the NBA stadium completely!