Russell Westbrook missed the game for the first time this season, and according to the previous script, the Lakers should have a big win over the Blazers. The game seemed to be such a script at the beginning, with the Lakers frequently hitting three-pointers in the second quarter to take a seven-point lead at the end of the half to make it 54-47. However, entering the second half, the Lakers suddenly lost power, Andrea Simmons scored 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting in the quarter, and 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting in the fourth quarter, and the Blazers finally completed the reversal 107-105, and the Lakers lost the game.
After the fiasco to the Bucks, the Lakers have three games before the All-Star Game, the opponents are the Blazers, warriors and Jazz, Anthony Davis said that he hopes the team will meet the All-Star Weekend with a 3-0 performance, the result is that the Blazers have to face more cruel facts, the next Warriors and Jazz are not soft persimmons, Davis's 3-0 loss is likely to become 0-3, because the Lakers' locker room may have become a mess.
Losing the game is actually normal, with the Performance of the Lakers this season, they seem to have not much bottom line to speak of, but in the face of the current Blazers, the Lakers really should not lose the game, what kind of Blazers is this?
First, before the game with the Lakers, the Blazers had already lost six in a row. On January 31, 2021, Beijing time, the Blazers lost to the Bulls, and then they started a six-game losing streak, during which they also lost to weak teams such as magic and thunder, and also lost to the Thunder twice. Before the game with the Lakers, the Blazers had a six-game losing streak, and the whole team had no morale at all, and the Lakers were not contentious.
Second, before the game with the Lakers, the Blazers trade released a signal to abandon the season. Because Damien Lillard's abdominal surgery is likely to lead to season reimbursement, the Blazers' prospects for this season are not clear, and the team has also sent away Norman Powell and Robert Covington, and the second-in-command CJ McCollum before the game with the Lakers. There is no doubt that these trades by the Blazers reveal signals of abandoning the season. Almost all of them can play are fresh players, but it is such a team of blazers that actually defended the Lakers.
Third, the Lakers suffered the only defeat in nearly 39 seasons. Looking at the data alone, the overall performance of the Lakers is not bad, shooting 55.4% from the field, 45.9% from three-point range, and 17 three-point shots in the whole game. From the 83-84 season so far, the Lakers have only nine single-game shooting rate of 55%+, three-point shooting rate of 45%+, three-point shooting 15+ performance, the first eight games, the Lakers all won, only this one against the Blazers, the Lakers lost the game.
What led to the Lakers' loss was their poor defense and too many mistakes, and the Blazers found a feel in the second half as a manifestation of the Lakers' lax defense, and the Lakers made 21 mistakes in the whole game, which was shocking. Another point is that the Blazers grabbed 11 offensive rebounds in the whole game, while the Lakers all had 3 offensive rebounds. In terms of the number of shots, the Lakers have 15 fewer shots than the Blazers, which allows the Blazers to score higher points through the number of shots when the overall shooting rate is not high.
Previous losses can be blamed on the poor performance of Wei Shao on both ends of the attack and defense, and the loss to the Blazers in this game should be temporarily gone. Needless to say, the Lakers at least have LeBron James and Anthony Davis, which is not a game that should be lost. Therefore, this loss tore off the last fig leaf of the Lakers, the player trade deadline is coming soon, the Lakers will not make changes, and this season will be like this!
Text/Duncan's laugh