In the recent wave of 4 consecutive wins of the Los Angeles Lakers, but also today ushered in the same wave of 8 consecutive victories of the Memphis Grizzlies, although it is a home game, but the Lakers did not get much advantage, in the first quarter of the case of the draw, but in the second quarter by the opponent played a 38-25 climax, once behind 13 points, and the midfield battle (the Lakers 52-65 behind the Grizzlies), the Lakers have and only James scored doubles, the entire first half James played 19 minutes and 30 seconds, 13 shots 9, Three-pointers, 3 shots, 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and besides him, the Lakers' highest score in the whole team was only 8 points on the bench Tucker Jr. In midfield time, NBA celebrity Shannon Sharpe also tweeted: "The Lakers have no one except LeBron who is playing hard, it is really embarrassing." ”
It is true that the Lakers have been in good shape recently, the last 6 games have achieved a good result of 5 wins and 1 loss, but the opponents are actually not very competitive, respectively, the victory over the Rockets, Blazers, Timberwolves, Kings, Eagles, and these teams are not playoff-level teams, the only game lost, but also happened to be today's opponent Memphis Grizzlies, that game Lakers once led by 14 points, but in the second half was reversed by the opponent, and finally lost to the opponent with 5 points.
At present, this Lakers do have a bit of the feeling of the original Cavaliers, but compared to the original Cavaliers, James is now more "lonely" in the Lakers. Due to Vogel's recent obsession with the "five small lineups", allowing James to play the starting center position, not only to take care of the offense, organization but also to take on internal and external defense, for the 37-year-old Zhan, this task is indeed too heavy.
And this Lakers and Grizzlies clashed again, although the opposing main center Adams failed to play because of the trigger health and safety agreement, but another main interior line of little Jarren Jackson's outbreak, but let the Lakers somewhat invincible, at the end of the half he cut 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks, offensive and defensive ends have created considerable difficulties for the Lakers' restricted area, compared to those traditional five positions, little Jalen inside and outside to eat, it does make the Lakers unable to find a suitable defender to limit it, plus Bane, Conchar's outside players have opened fire one after another, the Grizzlies have blossomed inside and out, and James can only feel the helplessness of the lone hero.
The Lakers in this game other players do not seem to have entered the state, starting Westbrook, Munch, Bradley, Stanley Johnson all N in 1 hit iron, this team is proud of the "five small lineup" in the past 4 games, although only played 48 minutes, but the net efficiency value is as high as +23.6, today encountered the more efficient offensive and defensive Grizzlies, death five small also tragically into "suicide five small". At present, this game is still in progress, in the third quarter the Lakers still have no other players to score in double figures, James continues to improve his own score, it is no exaggeration to say that this game without James, the game may have lost suspense in the second quarter.
At present, the Lakers are ranked sixth in the West with a record of 21 wins and 19 losses, and there is only 0.5 gaps from the fifth lone ranger, and the fourth place is just the Memphis Grizzlies, the win difference between the two sides has reached 5.5 games, if this game can beat the opponent, it is definitely a great improvement for the self-confidence of the purple and gold legions, but this game The Lakers returned to the liberation overnight, let James dominate the attack, presumably facing the Nuggets, Jazz, Heat these strong teams, they may have to be in trouble again.
In the case of thick eyebrows still not returning, the Lakers' proud big three in the Westbrook in the downturn, can only rely on the old Zhan alone to carry the team forward, has been 37 years old, although still maintain their peak skills, but want to in the original Cavaliers, in a shoulder to pick up the team, single-core team to reach the finals, basically unrealistic, after all, the West including the Suns, Warriors, and even jazz, Nuggets are potential opponents in the Western Conference, on the Lakers' current state of offensive and defensive imbalance, let alone the championship, Even whether it can directly make it to the playoffs as a top six in the West has to be marked with a big question mark.