On December 29, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Lakers challenged the Rockets away. This game has also attracted a lot of attention from the outside world, and wants to see if the Lakers can beat the Rockets, the penultimate rocket in the West, to end their losing streak. Before the game, the Lakers announced the starting lineup, and once again ushered in a change of lineup, directly sending 5 small lineups.
Lakers start 5 players: Westbrook, Bradley, Munch, Stanley Johnson, James;
Rockets starters: Gordon, Jaylen Green, Porter Jr., Nwaba, Wood.
Five small lineups against the last big four small lineups, perhaps the Rockets do not have a strong inside line, so the Lakers directly chose the five small lineups to attack, depending on the effect of the opening.
This starting lineup is still quite surprising, after all, before letting James play the No. 5 position, the team's internal line will become very weak. Unexpectedly, this direct start took out this lineup, fortunately, this time James has Bradley and Munch by his side, which can provide outside firepower. In addition, the temporary worker Johnson has been reused, which is still quite surprising, it seems that his defense of Harden has been appreciated by the team, and if he can grasp it this time, it is still very promising to stay.
Another big starter, this is the Lakers' 19th start of the season, the most of the league's 30 teams. Among them, the Lakers have not had a set of starts that are more than 4 games, which also shows that they have been running into each other and have not yet found the most suitable set of lineups.