On January 16, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and in the Lakers' away challenge to the Nuggets, they have been lagging behind from the beginning of the game, and they fell behind their opponents by 5 points 29:34 in the first quarter. In the second quarter that followed, although the Lakers scored a high score of 31 points in a single quarter, the Nuggets scored 39 points, 13 points behind the opponent in the half. In the third quarter of the game, the Lakers collapsed again, they only scored 19 points themselves, the score of the third quarter of the game was also pulled to 23 points, the game also completely lost suspense, and finally the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 96:133, and suffered a painful loss!
In this game, the Lakers side of Westbrook actually played a good efficiency, he played 26 minutes, shooting 7 of 15 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 4 free throws, 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, compared to the recent state, his play in this game is already perfect! Compared to Westbrook, James in this game did not play well, he played 31 minutes, shooting 9 of 23 from the field, 2 of 8 from three-point range, and got 25 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks!
The Lakers' attack in this half of the game is actually still good, but in the defensive end of their state is extremely bad, the half game let the opponent get 73 points, Jokic in the first quarter of the game got 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, the second quarter got 8 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, half-time cut 14 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists of the quasi-triple-double data, such a play can be said to be more than enough, completely broke the Lakers. In the third quarter, Jokic clocked in, played 28 minutes, and had 17 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists, completely without any threat!
The Lakers in this game really reflected another state of loss, and unlike in the past, James's performance in this game was not good, and he was not able to score 30+ points, while Westbrook's play was good, the offensive end was very efficient, and there were no mistakes. But in the case that Westbrook is in excellent form and James also scored 25 points, they still lose, and they still lose like crazy, I don't know what kind of Lakers can win!
Maybe for the Lakers, it's really time to change, and if it continues, they may not even be able to enter the playoffs!