On February 3, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers defeated the Blazers 99-94 at home, ending a three-game losing streak. Although the Lakers still played very hard against the Trail Blazers who lacked major generals in this game, it was always good for the Lakers to be able to win a victory in such a bad period.
In a way, the Lakers really owe a debt of gratitude to the Blazers this season, not only because the Blazers have always delivered a valuable victory when the Lakers are in a trough this season, but also because the Blazers let go of Anthony in the offseason, who has now become a super thigh on the Lakers bench.
In this game, Anthony came off the bench for 33 minutes, 8 of 12 shots, 5 of 6 three-pointers, 24 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, plus or minus +15 the highest in the game, and even staged a stunning air-connect dunk in the game! He became an important contributor to the team's victory. It can be said that if this game is not Anthony's outbreak, the Lakers will most likely lose to the Blazers.
But it is such an Anthony, when he first joined the Lakers, many fans were very unsympathetic to him, thinking that he was too old, the defense was too poor, and it was completely a burden to the Lakers, but the season has been played so far, Anthony has almost become one of the best reinforcements for the Lakers this season like Munch. So far this season, Anthony has averaged 13.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, shooting 43.1 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range. In order to adapt to the rhythm of the Lakers, Anthony has been practicing the ball and shooting hard this season, and the tacit cooperation with James is even more amazing.
In the absence of James, Anthony gradually replaced James's responsibility in the forward position and became the most reliable helper around Davis, although the melon said that the peak was not there, but also vaguely let people see the talented player who was proud of James and became an excellent mentor around Davis. In a post-match interview, Davis said Melon had been helping him all year, especially in the lower post. Thick Brow said: "He always talks to me, with those guys, about what he sees on the pitch and he tells us what to do. ”
Seeing such melons, many fans also said that the vision of the Lakers management is really too bad. Because in fact, as early as 2018, when Anthony was cut by the Rockets, many media suggested that the Lakers sign him, including James, who actually said in an interview that he was very willing to play with Anthony, but the Lakers have not signed melons in recent years, until he re-played in the Blazers, and the Lakers chose to introduce him.
From Anthony's signing, it can be seen that the decision-making ability and vision of the Lakers management are really average, looking back at the Lakers' reinforcement operations in recent years, most of them are very bad reinforcements or transactions. The better people, such as Davis and Anthony, are still coming to James, and the players that the Lakers themselves discovered or attracted have almost all been proved wrong in the end, even including This season's Westbrook.
This is actually the lakers management now the problem, most of their decision-makers actually do not understand the ball, when the reinforcement is only to see the player's fame or their own feelings, for the magic, James and even the previous advice for West, often choose to ignore, it can be said that the Lakers this season's embarrassment, is completely caused by the Lakers management itself. If they are willing to interfere less in the team's reinforcements, perhaps the Lakers this season have more great players like Anthony.