Unconsciously, the Lakers have suffered three consecutive defeats, at the beginning of the season we will also see them as the big hits to win the championship, looking forward to their triumphant song, now the regular season has more than forty games, their winning rate is less than fifty percent, this performance can certainly not satisfy the fans, more terrible is that there is no upward trend, the Cause of the Lakers is difficult to be solved, so that the goal of winning the championship this season can only become empty talk.
Today, the Lakers are facing the nuggets, which are two teams that we are optimistic about, very competitive, and the team has the league's popular superstars, and the game between them naturally attracts the attention of countless fans. In this game, the Lakers sent the starting players are James, Westbrook, Munch, Bradley and Howard, the Nuggets sent the starting players are Jokic, Barton, Gordon, Morris and Green, both sides have tough players missing the game, the Lakers side is Davis and Anthony, the Nuggets side is Rivers Jr., Porter Jr., Dozier and Murray, so don't use the personnel irregularity as an excuse to lose, the regular season has been halfway through, and there are not many healthy teams.
In this game, there were six equal points, the Lakers only led by three points at the most, and the Nuggets led by forty-two points at the most, and the game entered the second half of the second quarter, the Lakers did not take the lead, it can be said that the Nuggets won very easily, and defeated the opponent in only three quarters. The Lakers have a lot of players we are familiar with, the depth of the lineup and the popularity of players far more than ordinary teams, but these players are too old, it turns out that such players are overwhelmed, the Nuggets are different, there are many players involved in the offense, the stability is very high, they have become a strong team.
The Nuggets had seven players score in double figures, with Green and Hyland scoring more than twenty points and Jokic having a triple-double. The Lakers only had three players scoring in double figures, the highest scoring player was James, but the offensive efficiency and plus-minus were not high, and no players on the bench scored double digits, and many players only hit one goal.
James had 25 points, nine rebounds and two assists on 9-of-23 shooting; Westbrook had 19 points, five rebounds and three assists on 7-of-15 shooting; Green had 26 points, three rebounds and four assists on 10-of-14 shooting; Hyland had 27 points, 10 rebounds and two assists on 8-of-15 shooting; Jokic had 17 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; and Howard had 13 points, three rebounds and one assist on 6-of-8 shooting.
The Lakers and the strong team to play, basically there is no ability to fight back, recently they have lost to the Grizzlies, kings and Nuggets, of which the games with the Grizzlies and Nuggets are big losses, the strength gap is obvious. Howard, who returned to the starting line-up, expressed his feelings, saying that although he wanted to win every game, the team's performance was too unstable. Howard even said that the opponent was about to ride on the neck of the Lakers, and now it was time to change his mentality and fight back.
The Lakers have more problems, if you want to completely change it, you have to rebuild, I think it is difficult to rely on existing players to make a difference. James is getting older, Davis is plagued by injuries, and Westbrook's strengths and weaknesses are obvious, it can be said that the big three have serious deficiencies, and the effect of their getting together is not good.
Next Tuesday the Lakers are going to play against the Jazz, I think it will be one-sided again, judging by the performance of this season, the strength of these two teams is not on the same level, and the Lakers are likely to suffer four consecutive losses.