On December 30, Beijing time, the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies 99-104. James 37 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, continued his excellent performance, one person completed three heavy tasks, once led the Lakers in the third quarter and still had 3 minutes to lead 83-70, but finally was reversed, Fitzdale "abandoned" a person is a failure.
James 37+13+7+2+2
In the past 5 games, James averaged 34.4 points, 10 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.4 blocks per game, entering MVP mode, and today even if it is a back-to-back battle, he not only continues to be hot, but also in the team's predicament, he shoulders three heavy responsibilities, as follows:
First, incarnate as a three-point shooter.
In order to deal with Adams, Mozdale sent Howard to the starting lineup, so that the paint space problem once again haunted the team, plus Munch and Bradley's entire half-time three-pointer feeling was completely absent, the Lakers needed someone to share the pressure on the three-point line, James' entire first three-pointer 8 6, in the words of fans, found a lifetime of three-point shooters, and turned out to be the most stable person.
James scored 8th three-pointer
Second, activate Wei Shao and lead the second team.
James can hit three points at a time on the outside, which allows him to blend with Wei Shao, James plays without the ball, Wei Shao holds the ball or attacks, or combs the team, three quarters of war, Wei Shao 10 points and 8 rebounds to send 12 assists, after returning to the three-double mode, he can play the role of second leader.
Westbrook three points
In addition, the Lakers are currently suffering from injuries, Tucker and Westbrook have no chemistry at all, James can also lead the bench to play their own roles in the mode of organizing forwards, and Howard and Munch have both benefited from his assists.
The center role of the three or five small lineups.
Fitzdale continues Vogel's strategy of using the interior, Howard and Jordan Jr. only use one, so James also plays the center position of the five small lineups in part of the time, described in the words of fans, the 37-year-old Zhan is really a father and a mother, of course, the effect we have seen for all to see, whether it is offense or defense, he is perfectly responsible for the fifth position.
Tucker didn't get stuck and was beaten 2+1 by 3J
With James's excellent performance of 29 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, the Lakers still have 2 minutes and 43 seconds to rest in the third quarter, and when preparing for the final finale with reserve physical fitness, Fitzdale made a wrong choice, he did not abandon Howard, who performed up to 100 points on the defensive end of the game, to guard the interior line, using Anthony, Johnson, Tucker, Collison and Westbrook lineups, and as a result, in the next 4 minutes, the Lakers led from 83-70 and was hit by a wave of 8-0 small climaxes. Only 83-78 enters the last section.
Morant made up the basket, the key ball
Worse, into the final quarter, Fitzdale did not use Howard again, as a result, the Grizzlies continued to be in excellent shape, a wave of 21-9 offensive and defensive flow to freeze the score at 99-92 rebound; James played hard, the arc top three-pointer chased the score to 97-99, helpless the team had no one to guard the basket, Morant made a 102-99 lead, the Lakers made a key mistake, Jones made two free throws to kill the game.
So far, James has completed three heavy responsibilities in this game, Westbrook 16 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists and triple-doubles, the Lakers once led by 14 points but was finally reversed, abandoning Howard is the biggest failure. In the 16 minutes of warcraft, 6 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist data is not outstanding, but his field efficiency value is +16, but it is such an excellent performance, but it has been abandoned since 3 minutes after the third quarter, so that the team lost 14 points, 14 rebounds in the paint zone for the next 15 minutes, including 4 offensive rebounds, and finally lost.