On January 5, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continues to unfold, and the Lakers will sit at home to meet the Kings. Recently, the Lakers' form has recovered, beating the Blazers and Timberwolves in a row to win two consecutive games, and the winning percentage has returned to 50%. In this game, the Lakers once again changed the feel of the lineup, Ariza ushered in the first start of the season.
The Lakers still stick to a five-small lineup, this time: Westbrook, Munch, Bradley, Ariza and James; the Kings are Barnes, Bagley, Jones, Haliburton, Fox.
The Lakers also changed in this game, with veteran Ariza replacing temporary worker Stanley Johnson, whose 10-day short contract expired and has not yet been renewed with the team. It's also the Lakers' 21st starting lineup this season, with only 39 games played, which is also the most in the league.
This time James is still the starting center, the last rebound was robbed, and did not make the Lakers wary, it seems that this game Howard and Jordan Jr. are still difficult to get the opportunity to play. King coach Gentry, speaking about James' role as center forward, said: "Whether James plays in the No. 5, No. 4, or No. 3, 2, 1, 7 or 8 positions, he is the same (strong). ”
The Lakers only had 2 players missed in this game, Davis and Nunn were absent due to injury, of which Davis will be absent for a while, and Nunn is close to returning. In today's pre-game training, Nunn also conducted bottom corner three-point training, and the state was also good. According to coach Vogel, he will get a lot of playing time after Nunn's return to see if he fits into the Lakers' system, after all, the Lakers' only mid-term contract last offseason was given to him.