The Lakers' recent form has not been particularly good, they have encountered the biggest difficulties since the beginning of the game, although James's state is very good, but Westbrook's recent state is somewhat embarrassing, Davis is out of the team due to injury, the team's overall lineup is very chaotic. And recently after the Lakers won the Rockets, the Rockets' accompanying reporter Jonathan Fagan also pointed out the Lakers' current problems and how the Lakers should use Westbrook!
Westbrook has been very struggling before, in fact, in large part because Westbrook needs space, before the Rockets, Westbrook also played very hard at the beginning, before the Rockets made changes, Westbrook played a very difficult, shooting only 42.6%, shooting only 23.8% from three-point range, averaging 24.1 points per game. After the change, Westbrook averaged 30.2 points per game, shooting 51% from the field, shooting 30% from three-point range, and all the data had a very obvious improvement, and the change made by the Rockets was to empty the inside line and trade Capela!
But then the Rockets suffered because there were no interior players in the playoffs, and they were also personally terminated by the Lakers. And now the Lakers are also following the old path of the Rockets, the recent game James more to play the fifth position, the team's Howard and Jordan Jr. these two internal lines are slowly abandoned by the team, which is also the Lakers slowly to provide a better offensive environment for Westbrook to make changes.
Westbrook has also made a change, he plays more without the ball, which also makes James' recent games more comfortable. So from this point of view, Westbrook and James, and even the entire Lakers team, are making changes, this period is the painful period of change, in fact, some fluctuations in the record is also acceptable!
Once Davis returns, the Lakers' small lineup is Davis, who can make room for Westbrook very well, and James is also better liberated, which will make the Lakers play more freely. Now this time as long as James and Westbrook can run well together, wait until Davis returns, this team will really enter a full state!