After losing to the Hornets, the Lakers have suffered two consecutive losses, and this is also the 7th game the Lakers have lost in the past 10 games, and the recent poor performance has also led to a significant decline in the Lakers' ranking in the West. At the beginning, the Lakers can still rank 6th in the West, and after losing 7 games in the last 10 games, the Lakers' current record has also come to 24 wins and 26 losses, ranking 9th in the West, falling out of the top 8 in the West, it can be said that the Lakers' performance so far this season is very unsatisfactory, and it has not reached the record expected by the outside world for this team.
I believe that many fans know that this season's Lakers lineup is very strong, they have a number of stars, in addition to the three giants of James, Davis and Westbrook, the team also has Howard, Anthony and Jordan Jr. players who have been selected as All-Stars in the past, in terms of role players, they also have game-experienced Baezmore, Ellington and Ariza, etc., and young players, the Lakers also have players such as Munch, Reeves, Nunn and Tucker, this lineup is even compared with other teams, The Lakers have to be more dominant.
Many of the team lineups are long-established players who have played famous in the NBA, coupled with excellent rotation lineups, before the start of the new season, many media believe that the Lakers are expected to achieve a good record in the regular season this season, to impact the best record in the regular season this season.
Unfortunately, however, the Lakers had injuries at the beginning of the season, many players could not play, and then a large number of players needed to be isolated, and the team lacked major generals. A large number of players have been absent for a long time, which also greatly affects the team's run-in effect, the Lakers have not been able to play a satisfactory performance in the game, and the chemistry of the three stars James, Davis and Westbrook in the game is only average, and there is no very bright performance in the game, they are rarely able to work at the same time to help the team win the game.
After the role players joined the Lakers, they did not play a shining performance as before, on the contrary, after they came to the Lakers, the performance of these players declined, and they could not give more help to the core players in the game, in many games, players like Ariza, Ellington and Bazemore, their scores were single digits, and even many games had 0 points in a single game, which was not good.
Injuries, poor run-ins and poor role players have also led to the Lakers' performance so far this season. In the second half of the new season, when other teams have run into the lineup and have begun to prepare for the playoffs, the Lakers still have not been able to find their own rhythm, and the team has not been able to create a complete and mature offensive and defensive system, which is undoubtedly disappointing.
The Lakers are not in a good position at the moment, and as a team ready to storm this season's championship, they face a very real problem, that is, they may need to play the playoffs if they want to enter the playoffs this season. According to the team's current ranking, if they can't achieve a wave of consecutive wins in subsequent games, then it will be difficult for them to catch up with the top six teams in the West, and at this stage, the Lakers have fallen behind the Nuggets, who are in sixth place in the West, and the gap is still very obvious. In this case, the Lakers still don't mention the championship this season, how to ensure that the team can enter the playoffs, this is the most important problem for them to consider.