The NBA regular season continues, the recent momentum of the Lakers once again ushered in the game with the Grizzlies, which is also a good opportunity for the Lakers to take revenge, after all, they were in excellent shape before, but the ideal is very full of reality and bone, the Lakers once again fell in front of the Grizzlies. Although the difference between the two sides in the final score is not large, but those who have watched the game are clear about what is going on, the Lakers once trailed the opponent by nearly 30 points, and the last quarter was suddenly hot to replace the main force in advance, but the substitute players performed well, a wave of streams chased the point difference to single digits, the Grizzlies' main force was played back, and finally regretted that the losing streak was ended. The Lakers fell to seventh, losing the draft into a bright spot, Westbrook was rarely silent, and Vogel refused to talk about thick eyebrow injuries.
After losing the game, the Lakers' record this season is 21 wins and 20 wins of just over 50%, and the ranking has once again slipped to 7th in the Western Conference table, just 0.5 wins ahead of the Timberwolves 4 consecutive wins, and one careless ranking will fall again. In the game with the Grizzlies, many players on the Lakers team are not in a state of play, attention and concentration are not concentrated, they can not keep up with the rhythm of the Grizzlies, the offensive end frequently plays iron, and the small lineup's ability to protect the rebound does not make the Grizzlies frequently play counterattacks, and they cannot respond accordingly, and the score is constantly pulled apart.
Among the starting five, James gave all his 35 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, the remaining 4 players Westbrook, Munch, Bradley, and Johnson only scored 22 points in total, and Bradley and Munch, who had performed well in the previous few games, also lost themselves in this battle, 4 shots in a total of 39 shots and only hit 8 goals, and none of them scored double-Westers to throw multiple outrageous balls. During the game, the famous commentator Shannon Sharpe tweeted: The Lakers have no one to play with their hearts except James, which is really embarrassing.
When the big score was behind, the Lakers replaced the bench, but the Lakers bench players played a good performance, helping the Lakers play a wave of 21-0 small climaxes, the biggest contributor is the 23-year-old Rivers. In the game, he repeatedly broke through the Grizzlies' inside line to play 2+1, broke through 4 of the 5 times in the last quarter, caused 3 fouls against the opponent, scored 11 points in a single quarter, and it was under his leadership that the Lakers bench played an efficient performance, forcing the Grizzlies to pull the main force back to the court. And Reeves also became the highlight of this game for the Lakers in addition to the old Zhan.
Earlier we also mentioned the poor performance of several people in the starting lineup, the first to bear the brunt of it is Wei Shao. He had only 6 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 2-of-12 shooting in the game, with a plus-minus of -22. Westbrook's performance has been struggling since joining the Lakers this season, and although he has had several excellent performances, he has not performed well in most cases. Before the game, when facing questions from reporters, Wei Shaodu told reporters that he would find a solution and the Lakers would get better and better. However, after the battle, when facing the reporter's question, Wei Shao was silent for a long time, and the reporter asked: How do the Lakers play a strong team? Wei Shao replied after being silent for more than ten seconds: No comment. Poor performance had a big impact on Westbrook.
The Lakers' poor record, when the thick eyebrows will return has become a matter of concern, and the Lakers head coach also talked about this after the game, saying that the thick eyebrows have been doing some shooting practice recently, but Vogel will not give his injury update for the time being, "We will update in four weeks." Obviously, it will be a long time before the return of thick eyebrows. This is not very friendly for the current Lakers, although this season's thick eyebrows have declined significantly compared with the championship season, but the Lakers' defense is still online when the thick eyebrows are on the court, and the Lakers' defensive efficiency without thick eyebrows has obviously dropped by several grades.
The schedule has been carried out for nearly half so far, the Lakers are only near the playoffs, and their follow-up schedule is very difficult, many away games plus the opponents are the top teams in the league, they want to advance to the playoffs must strive to win more games, now need Vogel to consider, is the small lineup really suitable for the Lakers? Is Westbrook really suitable for the Lakers? How to solve the lakers' dilemma in the follow-up, otherwise don't say that the championship is rushed, whether it can advance to the playoffs is unknown.