The Lakers lost again, and it was a fiasco, facing the Nuggets, who ranked close, the Lakers were completely exploded, and it can be said that there was no way to fight back. This time James was criticized by fans, and although he scored 25 points, it was still the highest score in the team. But James's performance is not very good, he shot 9 of 23 in the whole game, the shooting rate is not high, and the plus-minus value is -17, Westbrook is -11, when James leads the team on the court, the Lakers are often widened point difference. Don't look at James sending 2 blocks, in fact, his defense is not very good, the defensive attitude on the court is not active, and Jeff Green, who is in position with him, scored 26 points, making the Nuggets play too easily.
After seeing James play such a statistic, the famous Jenhei Skip said: "James's Lakers just suffered their worst loss of the season, losing to the Nuggets by 37 points in Denver. It's hard to believe that the Lakers ranked first in defensive efficiency last year and 17th this season. James' defensive efficiency is in the 200th place, and he's now all offensive and not a little defensive. Although he often blacked James, this remark was still recognized by many fans, james's current defensive attitude is not good, or rather, James has no energy to defend.
This time against the Nuggets, James is neither defensive nor assistive, focusing on offense. He only got 2 assists in the whole game, and such assist statistics are obviously abnormal. Even if the Lakers already have Wei Shao, James is a top organizational forward, if he wants to assist his teammates to score, I believe he can get a lot of assists. Like last season, James averaged 7.8 assists per game, and even averaged 10.2 assists per game in the Lakers' attempts. James' ability to assist need not be denied, but he is now less willing to assist his teammates, often solving the offense himself. Like this time, his hand felt bad, but he still shot 23 times.
The Nuggets are still very targeted at James' defense, not allowing him to score easily. And James did not choose assists, more or his own to solve the problem, but he did not have any state this time, which was undoubtedly exploded by the Nuggets. Like Howard 6 of 8 and Bradley 1 of 2, they both played well, but they didn't have the ball in their hands, and that didn't work. And Wei Shao was afraid of mistakes and was unwilling to assist, and the two top passers sent 5 assists in the whole game, which was undoubtedly a failure. James and Westbrook do not pass the ball, the two play their own, the Lakers can win the game is strange.
And James did not play well, the last quarter became garbage time, James stood up at this time to brush the score, the last quarter many times scored. However, it is useless to score themselves, the Lakers' defense is not good, so they can't chase points, and finally the point difference is expanded. James's style of play has caused many fans to complain, although the personal score is not bad, but such a style of play can not lead the Lakers to win.
No defense, no assists, is James giving up on the Lakers? You gave up the Lakers earlier than Wei Shao! Although Wei Shao played poorly, at least his attitude was OK. And James didn't care much about winning or losing, and his attitude was a lot negative. Maybe James is dead hearted? He has actually played well in the past period of time, can score more than 30 points in many games, and has tried to get a triple-double, but the Lakers still lose more and win less. In such a situation, James will undoubtedly become passive, playing so hard to lose, it is better to brush the points, paddle the water. The long period of empty slashing really makes people lose their fighting spirit.
After the game, Wei Shao also said: "We have to play harder, the opponent is just working harder than us, it's as simple as that." We need to get tougher, and for me, either play hard or not. Everyone in our dressing room knows what to do, but it all depends on whether we can do it or not. Wei Shao's words also caused a lot of heated discussion, and fans thought that he had something to say.