Beijing time on January 31, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers lost to the Hawks 121-129, suffered 3 consecutive losses, in the three games that James missed due to injury, the Lakers did not win, this game they had the opportunity to prove that they could win without James, only relying on thick eyebrows and Wei Shao to lead the team, but the Lakers finally led the double digits at one time, the fourth quarter was blasted by the Eagles a wave of 38-20, lost 18 points in a single quarter, and finally reversed.
It is very embarrassing that after the Lakers lost to the Nuggets, James had publicly made a promise: "Lakers country, I apologize, I also promise that we will get better!" After that, the Lakers did get a 3-2 record under James's leadership, and the winning rate was once more than 50%, but after James was injured, the Lakers immediately suffered a wave of 3 consecutive losses, that is, after James made a commitment, the Lakers did not really get better, only achieved 3 wins and 5 losses.
Among them, James's absence is undoubtedly the biggest reason, not only fans can see it, the Lakers players themselves are also very clear, they are very dependent on James, after this game, Lakers player Munch was asked whether it was difficult to comb the offense without LeBron (James) in the glue game, Munch said: "Yes, we miss him very much." Still, we need to figure out how to play without him. ”
In fact, Munch is not the first person to say something similar this season, including Anthony and Davis have publicly stated that they need to learn to win without James, to put it bluntly, they still have a very serious James dependence. This leads to the fact that when James is not there, the Lakers do not have a player who can really control the court, and it is easy to be chaotic at key moments, which is also an important reason for the Lakers to collapse in the fourth quarter.
Thick Brow also said in an interview after the game: "We are frustrated now because we should have won this game. And we make the mistake of hurting ourselves. That's the frustrating part – we could have controlled these mistakes. Trae Young scored a difficult ball and you can't control that. But those little details, offensive rebounds, mistakes, you can control those things and give yourself a chance to win the game. So that's the most frustrating part. I still feel like we're a great team. I think the most frustrating part is that we can't end the game. There were a lot of games we could have won, but other teams bounced back and beat us. It's our own fault, and that's frustrating. ”
Thick eyebrows are not wrong, in the fourth quarter of the decisive moment, the Lakers almost completely collapsed on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, they even had a difficult time playing an effective tactic, they lacked an organizer who could really string together the team, and this is the role that James is best at. But it is precisely because the Lakers rely too much on James that james's current injury has led to james' current injury.
According to the latest news, James' injury is not structurally injured, which means there are no obvious problems. There may have been some minor changes that caused the ordinary knee swelling, usually due to excessive load, indicating that James's injury was mainly due to the physical, especially the knee consumption, after the Lakers let him play center, and the team's dependence on him was still too heavy.
The good news is that James has hopes to make a comeback in the next game, and with the Big Three all back to health, the Lakers still have the hope of impacting better results, although they are currently in ninth place in the West, but the season is not over, they still have hope to flush the top six in the West.