The Lakers will next play against the same city team Clippers, compared to the record, the Clippers' record is better, but the Clippers are now injured a lot, but under the leadership of Tyren lu, the Clippers now lack the core, but the resilience is still very good, whether offensive or defensive, very good, the current Clippers 30 wins and 31 losses in the West eighth, the Lakers 27 wins 31 losses in the West ninth, for these two teams, the rest of the game, any game is very important, if you still want to enter the playoffs.
According to the Lakers' official injury report, the Lakers will have 3 people absent from this game, that is, Davis, Nunn and Bradley, Anthony is the state of high probability of playing, and James is in a state of doubt, whether these two can play depends on the physical condition before the game. As for when Nunn will return, after he joined the Lakers, he has not played a game in the regular season so far, according to previous reports, Nunn may return in March.
James's current state is very good, Westbrook's state has also improved to a certain extent, but Davis's injury is very bad for the Lakers, and will be absent for a while, there are not many regular season games, the Lakers are now in the playoffs, it is very difficult to reach the top six, and even theoretically, the Lakers really can't get into the playoffs, because the team's record is not very good, and once the playoffs are in the second half, then the risk is greater.
Lakers' poor performance of the team this season, on the one hand, the team's injuries are more, Davis has missed a lot of games, James has been absent for a period of time, and some role players are also in a state of recuperation at the beginning of the regular season, coupled with the lack of front line lineups, resulting in the team's overall defense is not good, various reasons together led to a big problem in the team's record, the rest of the game, the Lakers schedule is not very friendly, will face a lot of good opponents.
If James can continue to maintain the hot state next, coupled with The Westbrook can have a good performance, the Lakers may have more wins in the remaining games, which is also reflected in the previous games against the Jazz. In terms of role players, if Anthony can play, there will be one more outside line stability point, plus Munch, Ellington, Reeves and others, of course, the inner line should use Howard more, looking forward to the Lakers can have good results this season.