The Lakers waited for the comeback of the thick eyebrows, the team lineup began to become neat, and was ready to attack the higher rankings and prove the strength of the team, but unfortunately, after the comeback of the thick eyebrows, the 3 giants only played a game together, and then suffered from injuries. In the last away game against Philadelphia, James was absent due to knee pain, and the next away game against the Hornets, the Lakers injury report has been released, the two super giants collectively absent, this game once again faces a huge challenge.
According to the Lakers' official injury report, james continued to miss this game due to a left knee injury, and thick eyebrows were suspended due to a right wrist injury. Vogel revealed in the interview that James and Thick Brow will conduct an injury assessment tomorrow.
Prior to the game against the Hornets, James took part in simple shooting practice, but his knees still ached, which forced him to keep on the sidelines. After the return of thick eyebrows, he played only 2 games, and the last game against Philadelphia scored 31 points and 12 rebounds, but he unfortunately sprained his right wrist at the end of the first quarter, returned to the locker room for treatment, and then returned to the game with an injury. However, it seems that the wrist injury still affected him, and for the sake of safety, the Lakers decided to let him take a truce in this game, which also means that after only 2 games of the return of the thick eyebrows, he had to be absent due to injury again.
2 super giants are absent at the same time, and the Lakers have suffered consecutive defeats?
The absence of James and Thick Brow at the same time has a huge impact on the strength of the Lakers, after all, they are the two players with the strongest and most outstanding form on the team at present. Although the Next Hornets are not really a strong team, their recent performance is very brilliant, the last game of 158 points to beat the Pacers, after a consecutive victory over bucks Philadelphia and other giants, the last 11 games to achieve 8 wins and 3 losses to rise to the seventh place in the East, the performance is very eye-catching, therefore, the Lakers in this game, will have to meet the Hornets crazy impact on the defensive end.
Lakers' defense this season is very bad, after the absence of James and thick eyebrows, the team's interior defense is facing a huge challenge, although the Hornets' interior line is not strong, but their backcourt player impact ability is very good, I believe that in this game, the Hornets in addition to the outside line will put pressure on the Lakers, Ball, Rozier and other breakthroughs, I am afraid that it will also make the Lakers' inner defense become full of holes. Unless the Lakers' role players can pick up the spirit and play an extraordinary performance, otherwise, this game is back-to-back and still away from home, I am afraid to swallow 2 consecutive losses.
Wei Shao welcomes the opportunity to justify his name
Westbrook's performance this season is inexhaustible, in addition to the technical incompatibility with James, in Vogel's system, he also seems to have lost himself. In the past period, Wei Shao's performance has fluctuated, and sometimes he has become a passerby, no different from an ordinary player. Of course, it's largely because Ofshao made sacrifices that he wanted to better integrate into the team, but that sacrifice, so far, hasn't seen the desired effect.
In the next game, James and Thick Brow are absent, And westbrook has become the number one star, the team's ball rights will be mostly controlled by him, he can also find the way he used to play in the Thunder single-core team, and even like last season in the Wizards, he can completely instigate the team's attack, because this is the time for him, as one of the 3 giants of the team, to stand up and take on the responsibility of the giants.
If in this game, Westbrook can play a super-giant performance again, then he will be able to officially justify his name, proving that his poor performance and ups and downs in the past period of time are indeed caused by the sacrifice in the ball. Then, the next fan's accusations against Wei Shao can also be retracted, and it can only be said that the team's system cannot integrate them together, and the incompatibility between the stars is not his fault.
Or put management in a dilemma
If Wei Shao single-core team to perform well, play the performance familiar to the fans, whether he can win or not, it proves that his strength is still there, the previous bad performance is indeed because of the sacrifice of giving up power, but also proves that the 3 giants are really incompatible, not tacit understanding. So, the Lakers management will obviously be in a dilemma: whether to keep Wei Shao and give the Big 3 the opportunity to continue to run in, but it is likely to waste a season, or decisively choose to send Wei Shao away with the assets in exchange for other players who may help the team change the current predicament?
Obviously, this game without James and thick eyebrows, only Wei Shao's single core team, may have a certain impact on the Lakers' action before the mid-season trade deadline.