On January 20, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season was in full swing. In a focus battle that just ended, the Lakers welcomed the Pacers' challenge at home. With a maximum 15-point lead, the Lakers suffered a major reversal by the Pacers in the second half, eventually losing to the Pacers 104:111, failing to win two straight games.
In today's game, the Lakers had a very strange phenomenon. That is, when the main players are on the floor, they tend to play very passively, and when the bench players are on the floor, they play more efficiently. So after today's game, the Lakers showed a strange phenomenon, that is, the main players have extremely poor plus-minus values, and the substitute players have high plus-minus values.
Looking at the starters first, James had 30 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, a team-low of -20; Westbrook scored 14 points on 5-of-17 shooting, a plus-minus of -18 The team's second-worst; Bradley was -7, Howard was -3, Ariza was -6; and the total plus-minus of the five starters was -54!
Looking at the substitutes, Anthony came back today to cut 14 points and 7 rebounds, plus or minus +3; Munch scored 10 points and 2 assists, plus and minus -3, Tucker scored 20 points, the plus-minus value was +12 for the whole team, Stanley Johnson was +2, Reeves was +5, and the total plus-minus of 5 substitutes was +19!
It is worth mentioning that so far this season, the Lakers have used 22 sets of starters, ranking first in the league. However, after more than half a season, they still have not found the most suitable starting lineup. From this perspective, there are still many problems they have to solve.