The Lakers once again lost the Clippers
In a just-concluded NBA regular season game, the Lakers lost to the Clippers 102-105, which is their third meeting this season, and the result is that the Clippers have won the final victory without Sika and George, and the Lakers have lost every game.
The Lakers are clearly the one who wants to win more in today's game, and they are also fully prepared before the game starts, after all, they just defeated such a powerful opponent as the Jazz before the All-Star Game. Vogel chose to take the initiative again, and he put Reeves, Ariza and the Warcraft in the starting lineup, in order to limit the Clippers' forward and guard group.
In fact, the Lakers' strategy has played an effect, and the Lakers' defense has obviously improved after the start of the game. But I have to say that the Lakers' starting space is really limited, and the most threatening player in their lineup is Lao Zhan. As a result, as the game progressed, the Clippers played an offensive climax in the second quarter of the game to open the score, and the Lakers fell behind by as many as 16 points in the first half.
In the second half of the game, the Lakers began to make achievements at the offensive end, and they also overtook the score at one point, but in the crucial fourth quarter, under the situation of gaining an advantage, the Lakers finally failed to withstand the pressure and finally regretted losing.
6 in 18, 21+11+3!
This is the data handed over by James today, and I have to say that the performance of old Zhan in this game is really not ideal, there is no feel on the offensive end, and it can be seen that he is exhausted on the court. There are also several times in the key moments to handle the ball is very bad, so far this season, the Lakers' performance in key moments and the Thunder tied for the league's bottom number one, for a team that wants to compete for the championship, such data is really hard.
Where exactly is the Lakers' problem?
After today's game, Old Zhan gave the answer, saying that the main reason for our problem was that the time to play with Wei Shao and Thick Brow was too short. Since the beginning of the season, the Lakers have been full of injury interference, at the beginning of the season, the old Zhan missed a period of time due to injury, and when he returned, the Lakers' state just improved, and the thick eyebrows were injured again. Since then, Wei Shao has also missed the game, and before the All-Star Game, thick eyebrows have another injury...
This may not be destined to belong to the Lakers' season, although sometimes we are reluctant to admit the fact that after all, it is a team with a big three, but the Lakers are indeed at the level of the middle and lower reaches of the league in terms of overall strength. From the overall situation, it is difficult for the Lakers to avoid playing the playoffs.
And this position is really very dangerous for the Lakers, and now the Timberwolves are seventh in the West, eighth in the Clippers, ninth in the Lakers, and tenth in the Blazers. Now that the Lakers are three wins behind the Timberwolves, it is unrealistic for them to want to surpass the Timberwolves after the end of the season, and the Clippers are full of too much uncertainty, because if Xiaoka and George come back in the final stages of the season, their strength is really immeasurable.
Therefore, the Lakers will most likely be in the ninth position, and in this position, the Lakers must first play a play-off game with the tenth place, and must win the final victory. There is also the fact that even if the Lakers win this game, they still need to play another game with the loser between the seventh and eighth, and the Lakers are not sure of winning in these two games.
Taking a step back, the Lakers won the final victory, they entered the playoffs as the eighth in the West, and the first round will most likely face the Suns. The gap between these two teams is still very obvious, after all, the thick eyebrows still need a period of time to come back, and the time left for the big three to run together is really limited, so overall, the Lakers this season will have a chance to travel in one round, and even face the possibility of not being able to play in the playoffs, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to the Lakers who have James, Westbrook and thick eyebrows.
And now James is 37 years old, next season he will be 38 years old, the state of thick eyebrows has declined, it is difficult for Wei Shao to stay here, their future is full of variables, this Lakers are really hanging, I don't know what everyone thinks about it?