The Lakers are the 19-20 overall champion and the Bucks are the 20-21 championships; and before the start of the season, the Lakers are second in the odds of winning the championship and the Bucks are third in the odds of winning the championship... However, on the pitch, the two sides are not in the same grade at all.
If the two sides met for the first time this season, the Lakers lost in the referee's key decision, and lost in the letters to beat the thick eyebrows to regret the defeat. Then after this game, we can be sure that the Bucks will no longer regard the Lakers as an imaginary enemy on their way to defending their title!
With 6 minutes and 05 seconds left in the third quarter, the Bucks had already scored 99 points, widening the point difference to 30 points. In the previous two rounds, judging from the language of the camera of the game, the thick eyebrows did not want to fight... At the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, Old Zhan scored several in a row with two or three defensive players; but looking back, the Lakers' whole team defense was still very loose, and Old Zhan simply did not defend for a few rounds...
In the middle of the game, the famous media person Su Qun issued: "Watching the Lakers being played by the Bucks, sighing, this kind of ball even if Anthony can play, two more three-pointers, it will not help, the difference is too much" sigh! Of course, this game, the Lakers are not without highlights; they once played the Bucks 23-9 in the final quarter, twice narrowing the point difference to about 10 points. However, this way of narrowing the point difference is extremely embarrassing for the Lakers; first of all, the Bucks are obviously loose in the fourth quarter, the defensive intensity is down, and there are a lot of inefficient 1-hits and 4-looking offensive ends. But whenever the Lakers narrow the gap and force the Bucks to tighten up again, the letters can stand up and break the balance. Secondly, in the last quarter, Wei Shao directly DNP... When the whole team chased points, the Lakers pressed the highest paid person on the bench, in fact, we can already declare that the Lakers' adjustment to form the big three in the summer has completely failed.
Of course, the Lakers' problems are related to Westbrook, but it's not just because of Westbrook; look at the Lakers' lineup, piled up a bunch of shorter guards, the front line + the inside line is really old and slow; when Stanley. Johnson, a defensive top player in the Lakers, was named by Holliday and Middleton in the second quarter, and how different is the intensity of the Bucks playing the Lakers compared to their team group confrontation? And the season has passed more than half, the Lakers can't even attack and defend, and the only root cause of this team ranking 9th in the West is the dish!
After the game, the expression of Old Zhan and Thick Eyebrows looked very frustrated; on the contrary, Wei Shao, who was not on the fourth quarter at all, stood up to comfort the brothers; and then considered that some time ago, Wei Shao played a rebound on the upper edge, and at every turn it was a line error, eye defense, and finally looked at Wei Shao comforting Old Zhan and Thick Eyebrows, and now the Lakers' game can already be seen as a sketch, completely becoming a "happy comedian"!
There are only more than 30 hours left before the trade deadline, the Clippers, Cavaliers, Pelicans and other teams have been reinforced, and the Blazers, Pacers and other teams have basically begun to rebuild. On the contrary, there are several title-contending favorites, and there is no specific action. But no specific action, does not mean that there is no idea; recently the US media has associated the 2K god Lamb, Gway, Schroeder, Turner with the Bucks. Of course, even if the Bucks don't end up trading, it doesn't mean they can't be reinforced; they and the Suns and warriors are big hits for the championship, which means that they will be the most attractive next choice for players in the buyout market.
Since December, there has been an endless stream of news about the Lakers' "intentions"; although the Lakers want to send Wei Shao out, they are very clear that almost no team is willing to take Wei Shao's contract now! Even if it is changed, at most it is to change a Wall whose combat strength is not as good as Wei Shao, whose contract is even larger than Wei Shao, and who has to add a first-round pick, if it is really changed like this, the glass of the Pelinka family is estimated to attract the brick greeting of Lakers fans.
Wei Shao could not move, and the Lakers' trading chips were only left with Horton. Tucker + Nunn + 27 years of the first round of signing the "three-piece set". But actually Horton. Tucker has played badly this year; and his mid-range shooting is worse than Westbrook's, and it is also a "core play" that requires crazy ball holding, but his so-called talent is unlikely to reach the league's first-line level, Horton. Tucker is OK when he is a head of trade, and the transaction with him as the main body cannot be exchanged for Turner, Grant, even Round Face Deng, Austin. Holliday, T. Rose can't be exchanged... And Nunn's performance in the Heat is OK, but this year did not play a minute, and there will be no trading market now! As for the little Jordan that the Lakers want to send away, Bazemore, it is originally the basic salary of the veteran, not to mention that this season has played so badly, you don't use it, how can it be exchanged for immediate combat strength? The only way for the Lakers to get instant combat power is to make a first-round pick!
But the problem is that The old Jan's contract expires in 23 years; who knows if he will return to Cleveland by then? And the contract of thick eyebrows also expired in the summer of 25 years, judging by the brittle body of thick eyebrows, by the summer of 25 years, will he still be a top athlete?
Another look at the Lakers' current lineup, piled up a large group of old and sick, lack of young talent; they also gave a number of first-round picks in the deal of getting thick eyebrows... Therefore, we can almost foresee that from the 23-24 season, the Lakers will run to rebuild, and when the contract expires, they may even run directly to the rot; so the only 27-year first-round pick that the Lakers can currently move is likely to be high, maybe there will be a chance to directly choose a "natural person", and the current Lakers may not dare to continue to overdraft their first-round signing!
During the game, the live director gave the camera to Pelinka, and played the trade deadline with only 39 hours, 8 minutes and 26 seconds left, highlighting the camera language of "the Lakers need Pelinka to hurry up and make a deal"; but in fact, the current Lakers are no longer a question of whether Pelinka wants to change, but do not want to continue to overdraft the "future", and lack of chips, Horton. Is it possible that Tucker's single exchange of Josh Richardson and others is not the position that the team really needs, and the purple and gold legions that have been reduced to "happy comedians" will continue to dream of "next gram"?