Beijing time on January 29, today, the Los Angeles Lakers away challenge charlotte Hornets, this is a contest between the ninth in the West and the seventh in the East, from the strength point of view, the Lakers are obviously in the downwind, plus James, Munch and thick eyebrows this time does not play, the Hornets are in a good place. Sure enough, in the first quarter, the Home Hornets built a double-digit advantage under the play of Bridges and Rozier, with a score of 31-21. It is worth mentioning that the Lakers started the first five-man combination of only 1 of 12 shots in the first quarter of the game, and only 1 sports goal in the first quarter of the game, which was the worst in the league this season and set a record of shame.
Entering the second quarter, Jordan Jr. received the ball and slammed the score to narrow the point difference to single digits, but back, three goals and three points were awarded, followed by a mistake in Ellington's pass, Washington's fast attack flew into 2+1, Bazemore came up to make a contribution, hit the bottom corner of the three-point counterattack, soon, three goals into the inside of the pull bar and then took 2 points, Bradley shot back 2 points, but the Lakers defense was flawed, Washington hit three points again, there were 10 seconds left in the half, Anthony held the ball to advance, facing the two people shot three points, The Lakers trailed their opponents by 16 points 49-65.
In this game, the Lakers' starting player performance is a disaster, halftime, the starting five Tigers plus and minus values are all negative, the highest is Bradley's -17, that is, when any of the five starters are on the floor, the Lakers have to lose at least 17 points, and the highest score is only 5 points from Westbrook. At halftime, Westbrook was 1 of 3, contributing 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, a turnover, plus-minus -27 lowest in the game, very humiliating, as a 40 million Mr. Westbrook's performance and his annual salary obviously did not match; Bradley 2 of 8, contributing 5 points and 2 rebounds, Ellington 5 of 1, only 3 points and 2 rebounds, Johnson 3 of 0, no scoring, only 1 rebound and 1 assist, Jordan Jr. 2 of 1, had 2 points and 4 rebounds.
The Lakers' bench players play well, with plus-minus values all greater than 0, that is, when the substitute players play, the Lakers win points. Anthony played 15 minutes, 3 of 5, contributed 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, plus or minus +3, Tucker 4 of 1, had 4 points and 2 rebounds, plus or minus +5, Reeves 5 of 3, contributed 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, plus or minus +1, Bazemore was the Lakers' best player in the first half, he was 4 of 7, had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, becoming a fig leaf for the Lakers, although the Lakers were behind by 16 points, but Bazemore's plus-minus was +9, Ariza was 1 of 3, with 3 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.
For the Hornets, Bridges had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 9-of-9, 5-of-10 three-goal shooting, 13 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, Rozier 11 points and 4 rebounds, Plumlee 6 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, and Washington 9 points. The Lakers exposed two major problems in this game, the first is the poor defense, and the second is the lack of three-point shooting firepower. The Lakers' defense is useless, there have been many loopholes, Vogel is a coach known for his defense, and now the Lakers have become "ten thousand people poking", which is difficult to understand, the Lakers' half-time three-point shooting rate is only 31.6%, these two major problems can not be solved, that is, five James to come, can not save this Lakers.