After losing to the Nuggets on January 16, Beijing time, the NBA Lakers suffered a wave of three consecutive losses, their winning rate became 48.8%, which is below 50% of the win rate, their record ranking is currently 17th in the league, in January this year, the Lakers have experienced 4 consecutive wins, 3 consecutive losses, they themselves do not seem to have any sudden problems, but sometimes they can't win, the Lakers' state is very unstable, or that who is a bit of a five-five meaning, and when the Lakers suffer three consecutive losses, Octopus may wish to bring the Lakers' 3 major heart-wrenching data during this losing streak, these data may be able to uncover the root cause of the Lakers' 3-game losing streak?
Westbrook 41 shot 30 iron
During the Lakers' 3-game losing streak, Russell Westbrook made a total of 41 shots, which ranked second on the team, but his shooting rate was only 26.8%, that is, 41 shots were crazy to play 30 irons, of which the three-point shot was 8 to 7 iron, and the three-point shooting rate was 12.5%, although Wei Shao had subconsciously reduced the number of personal shots, averaging only 13.6 shots per game in 3 games, which was already close to the number of shots in his rookie season, but this was very helpless, and the basket always liked to reject his offense, whether it was the inside line Mid-range or three-pointers, Westbrook now has no stable way of scoring, which is very similar to the Warriors' Drummond Green, the difference is that Westbrook's defense is not as good as Green, which is really old...
Zhan Huang's positive and negative values total -59
The Lakers lost 8 points to the Grizzlies, 9 points to the Kings, and 37 points to the Nuggets during their three-game losing streak, and the total loss of 54 points in three games was only 18 points per game, which was not very scary, but the problem was that the plus-minus of LeBron James in these 3 games totaled -59, which ranked first in the team, ranking second to last was Munch's -42, and the third place was Wei Shao's -40, which naturally had the impact of the game's garbage time, such as Zhan Huang's garbage time in the game. The team played some counterattacks, Zhan Huang's court performance is indeed not as bad as the plus-minus value, but we can't deny that Zhan Huang's current team leadership effect is not as good as imagined, age and injury have weakened his dominance on the court, he is no longer the Former Zhan Huang.
The 6-man defensive efficiency is worth over 130
Defensive efficiency value and offensive efficiency value is relative, the offensive efficiency value is the higher the stronger, the lower the defense is the better, during the 3-game losing streak, the Lakers have 6 players with a defensive efficiency value of more than 130, these 6 are Howard, Johnson, Zhan Huang, AB, melon, Munch, during the 3-game losing streak, only Bazmore and Jordan Jr. Have only Bazmore and Jordan Jr., the average playing time of these 2 is ranked second to last in the team, the first to last, what is the concept of the defensive efficiency value of 118? The Blazers, who have the worst defensive efficiency value in the league so far this season, have a defensive efficiency value of 114.9, and the best defensive efficiency value is the Warriors, the Warriors' defensive efficiency value is currently 102.3, and through comparison, it can be seen that the Lakers during the 3-game losing streak, their defense is like paper paste!
Due to The frequent iron playing by Westbrook, the Lakers' offense is difficult to get better, due to the team's veterans and base salary players are more, the Lakers' defense is not good, plus LeBron James is 37 years old, his team leadership ability is not at the peak of the level, the Lakers' performance is a bit of a mess, fortunately, Anthony Davis, who has been absent for 13 consecutive games, he will soon have to accept the state assessment, in theory, the thick eyebrow brother can come back in the next game of the Lakers, and the latest is expected to be the end of January, The Lakers' lineup configuration is built around the big three, when the Lakers big three at the same time, maybe they can quickly get out of the predicament, right?