On January 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, in which the Los Angeles Lakers' home game against the Minnisda Timberwolves was in the game, and the Lakers are currently leading by a slight advantage.
The Lakers started the game well, once leading near the double-digit point difference, but the team's internal deficiencies really can't be compensated by tactics and enthusiasm, Timberwolves' bench center Naz Reed had to eat and drink on the inside, after three quarters of the game, Reid's scoring and rebounds were close to a new career high, coupled with Westbrook's poor performance, there were seven mistakes in the half, and the Lakers quickly gave their lead and fell behind at halftime.
The team did not play well, you can see that the players and coaching staff are also more anxious, at the end of the first half, the Lakers players and coaching staff on the way back to the locker room appeared some unpleasant, was captured by the broadcast camera, assistant coach Phil Handy suspected of having some quarrels with defender Bradley, and James who walked behind him quickly followed, came and talked with Handy while walking back to the locker room, Bradley was also walked by Horton Takla, it seems that everyone is not very happy.
If you want to guess the difference between Bradley and the assistant coach, it can only be said that the contradiction is in the defensive issue, Bradley is the last fig leaf on the defensive end of this Lakers, a low-paid veteran played a middle-class contract level performance, and he worked hard to defend a mistake and the leakage of other players, which can make his efforts into vain, if the assistant coach still has a word for Bradley at this time, then it is really difficult to accept for a person who is hard at work.
As for how to solve the Lakers' defensive problems, any coach will not help, this pot can not be carried, only through trading or waiting for the return of the thick eyebrow injury to have a possible turnaround, James's personal performance is still impeccable, but his influence on the game has not been as good as before, can not support a defensive system, the offensive end of their own good enough, but the role players have their own shortcomings, maybe the Lakers can still win this game, he alone has been unable to reverse the Lakers' decline this season.