Beijing time on January 16, today's NBA regular season, the Lakers went to the away game to challenge the Nuggets, the two teams have similar records this season, originally thought it was a match between the two sides, who knew that the Lakers fell behind from the second quarter, and then the point difference was widened, the maximum point difference reached more than 40 points, and finally the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 96-133 by 37 points!
In this game, the Lakers only scored in double figures, including James had 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists on 9-of-23 shooting, 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 7-of-15, and 13 points and 3 rebounds for Howard's 6-of-8 shooting; on the contrary, the Nuggets were all soldiers, up to 7 people scored in double figures, and the whole team scored 23 three-pointers, shooting 57% of the shooting rate and the team shooting 51%.
After the fiasco to the Nuggets, James did not participate in the interview, but directly left the stadium and returned to the hotel, for James, the team suffered such a fiasco really has nothing to say, he has done enough.
When it comes to the reasons for the loss, Howard said: "The opponent's shooting feel is very good, Jokic has created a lot of excellent opportunities, we don't communicate well on the court, especially during the intermission, everyone has to move, especially when I am attracted to the outside line by Jokic. ”
Lakers head coach Vogel said in a post-game interview: "Our form philadelphia is sluggish, there is a misplaced problem in defense, they hit us at both ends of the attack and defense, we need to play better." ”
In fact, from the perspective of the whole game, the Lakers' defensive loopholes in various positions are indeed too many, for the Nuggets' blocking and cutting, the empty cutting defensive pressure is too small, giving the opponent too many shots outside the line, and finally let the opponent easily shoot a lot of three-pointers, as the lakers' head coach, Vogel does not change whether it is a big lineup or a small lineup does not seem to play clearly.
After losing this game, the Lakers not only suffered three consecutive losses, but also fell below 50% again, ranking seventh in the West with 21 wins and 22 losses. It is worth mentioning that in the past month, the Lakers have faced teams with a winning percentage of more than 50% in the league, with a record of 0 wins and 6 losses.
Since the injury of the thick eyebrow brother, the Lakers have been a little uncomfortable when facing strong teams on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and if the Lakers want to go further in the playoffs, then the team does have to make some changes! Now that the trade deadline is approaching, see what kind of deal Pelinka will make!