The Lakers will next play against the Nuggets in the West, the current Lakers have ushered in two consecutive losses, so the next need to win, after all, the regular season record is currently 21 wins and 21 losses in the seventh position in the West, and the Nuggets' record is 21 wins and 19 losses in the sixth position in the West, that is to say, the strength of the two sides in this game is relatively close, and the number of Nuggets absent is also quite large, but who can win this game in the end, it still depends on the final result.
The Lakers also officially announced the list of injuries, of which 2 people are absent against the Nuggets, that is, Nunn and Davis, and Anthony and Howard are in doubt, the official writing is that Anthony has a back injury, and Howard has a knee injury, whether he can play, it depends on the pre-game state, and James is a high probability of playing, the current Lakers win is definitely the most dependent on James, if James does not play, the Lakers are less likely to win, after all, Westbrook's shooting rate in the recent period is too low.
Offseason Lakers through the trade to get Wei Shao, the purpose of forming the big three is to win the championship, but from the current regular season record, the difficulty of wanting to win the championship is very large, from a variety of trading rumors, it can also be seen that the Lakers' chips are not very good, so it is extremely difficult to change the lineup through trading, which is also obvious to all, of course, this season's Lakers role players, some performance is still very good.
Among the role players, Munch, Anthony, Bradley, Reeves and others are still performing very well, which is one of the reasons why the Lakers have been able to win consecutively before. When Davis was absent due to injury, James began to play the No. 5 position, and during this time the 37-year-old James played like the 27-year-old James, both in terms of scoring and defense, if it were not for the record, James might already be at the top of the MVP list.
Winning can solve all the team's problems, against the Nuggets, the Lakers need to defend Jokic, Jokic is the core of the Nuggets' scoring, the core of the interior and the core of the pass, after all, Porter and Murray are in a state of absence, which is why the Nuggets have a poor record this season. Against the Nuggets, maybe the Lakers need to consider using inside players, of course, they also need to look at Vogel's arrangement and look forward to this game.