On January 16, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 96-133 on the road. James played 31 minutes, cut 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, and failed to save the team. The Lakers suffered three straight losses and the current ranking dropped to 7th in the West, moving into the playoff zone.
Fry, a former NBA player and now an NBA TV analyst, talked about the loss. Fry said the Nuggets' game against the Lakers was like eating a buffet, especially Jeff Green, who deducted several times and no one cared. I think Frye talks about that very well. The Lakers are really pulling too much on the defensive end of this game. I think the biggest problem with the Lakers' defense is not that they can't defend, but that they don't defend at all.
Defense is really not a matter for one player, it's a matter for the whole team, and he needs all the players to be able to actively participate in the defense. Fans who like to play should have such an experience: everyone defends very hard, and the result is that there are always people who do not participate in the defense, resulting in the opponent scoring easily in the people who are not defending. After a few rounds, those who were serious about defending were not in the mood to defend. This is the so-called one-man defenseless, the whole team is not energetic. For the Lakers to rebound quickly, every player needs to start with defense.
Fry also believes that the best performance in the Lakers is Wei Shao, because at least Wei Shao has a fire in his heart. Fry said: "The Lakers showed no energy and passion, which should have been a good opportunity for them to compete." Honestly, I think the best performer in the Lakers is Westbrook, who has always played with passion, and although he hasn't always been right, at least he has a fire inside. ”
In fact, when Wei Shao was interviewed after the game, he also talked about similar issues. Wei Shao believes that regardless of the team system and game plan, other teams just play harder than the Lakers. I think Westbrook is very right about this, the Lakers have such and such problems, but the first thing to do now is to show the attitude, try to play hard, and try to release the energy and passion of the players.