All-Star Weekend will start tomorrow, but the Lakers are hard to say relaxed, in the game against the Jazz, thick eyebrow sprained right foot early exit, through the MRI test, he suffered a midfoot sprain, is expected to be re-evaluated in four weeks.
That is to say, the comeback of the thick eyebrows will wait until mid-to-late March, this time node, the NBA regular season has entered the end, the playoff seats are gradually clear, and the fate of the Lakers this season will also be conclusive.
Currently, the Lakers are ninth in the West with 27 wins and 31 losses, only 2.5 wins ahead of the Trail Blazers behind them. In the past, after the All-Star, there will always be a weak team in the league that chases after the game, and they will take advantage of the strong team to relax their guard and win wildly, which may not really help break into the playoffs, but it will put a huge pressure on the teams in the playoffs.
The Lakers are in such an area, and the Spurs, Kings, and Pelicans don't want to even qualify for the playoffs, especially the Kings, who have missed the playoffs for 15 consecutive years, and management needs to see a change. The situation is worrying, and Vogel is likely to restart the "five small mode" during the period of thick eyebrow recuperation, that is, overdrawing James and retaining the qualification for the play-offs.
TNT commentator Barkley predicted the lakers' future, counting on James alone, and they are likely to not be able to make it to the playoffs.