Lakers fiasco Nuggets 37 points, suffered three consecutive defeats, after the game James refused any interview, directly returned to the locker room, a number of celebrities and retired players and fans for the Lakers are very dissatisfied, the Magician after the game is more blunt, the Lakers team is not hard enough, lack of urgency to win the game, Kwame Brown is more open to talk about James data affected the Lakers' victory, said Vogel will not use the team's traditional center, compared to James, Westbrook also encountered unprecedented doubts, many media people suggested that Westbrook play as a substitute, Or let the Lakers directly trade Wei Shao, in this case, let Wei Shao's brothers be very unhappy, in the personal media to support Wei Shao, anger everyone.
Seeing that the team encountered such a big criticism, the Lakers core James finally could not sit still, he personally spoke for the Lakers in his personal media, and apologized to all the fans who supported the Lakers, James said: I apologize to all the fans who support the Lakers, and I promise to do my best to make the Lakers better.
In fact, James apologized, not only to calm the Lakers controversy, but also to apologize for his performance, in the game of losing to the Nuggets, James scored 25 points, although 13 consecutive games scored more than 20 points, but this is also his lowest score in 13 games, when the team fell behind in the big score, James had no fighting spirit on the court, in addition to offensive scoring, there was no defense at all, which also led to James being pushed to the cusp of the storm, NBA celebrity Skip posted a direct point that James's defensive contribution value ranked outside the league's 200, saying that the Lakers' loss was inseparable from James's lack of defense. These external factors are the root cause of James's apology.
In fact, do the Lakers really blame James for losing? In addition to James being able to score, other players in the whole game can not stand up to share the offensive pressure, although Wei Shao is a superstar player of the team, but he now gives up passing in order to avoid mistakes, playing more like a role player, There is no impact of Wei Shao, completely lost the light of the past, 3 assists in the whole field, you can feel that Wei Shao's change is completely snake for the Lakers, the Lakers gave up the traditional center, is to make Wei Shao more impactful, but it has become such a look, Shouldn't these teammates apologize to James? Vogel's tactics are unclear, the starting lineup is fickle, and the players have no sense of belonging at all, shouldn't he apologize to James? James is 37 years old, many players have retired at this age, and James is still moving forward with the Lakers, shouldn't these retired players who criticized him apologize to him? The Lakers' sluggish record is definitely not a problem for James alone, but the reason for the whole team.
At present, for the Lakers 2 good news a bad news, the good news is that Davis is expected to return at the end of this month, his comeback, can effectively alleviate James's offensive and defensive pressure, another good news is that the Lakers with a 10-day contract to renew the forward player Stanley Johnson, this is Stanley Johnson's third 10-day contract, when the Lakers play a small lineup, Johnson is the team's starting big forward, hoping that his hard work can wake up the sleeping Lakers.
The bad news is that the Lakers' next schedule is not optimistic, respectively, two home games against the Jazz, Pacers, and then the East 6 consecutive guests, respectively against the Magic, Heat, Nets, 76ers, Hornets and Eagles, against the Jazz is very difficult, the Pacers are relatively easy to play, only the Magic is relatively weak on the road, the other teams are strong teams in the East, each is not a good stubble, even if James made a promise, see the next schedule, still let many fans pinch a sweat for them.