Beijing time on February 28, the NBA regular season continued, the Lakers home to meet the Pelicans, for both teams, are must win, this is a typical play-off card position battle, the Lakers record of 27 wins and 32 losses, ranked ninth in the West, after the last loss to the Clippers, has been the Clippers to open up three win differences, and the Pelicans side of the record is 24 wins and 36 losses, Although there are still 3.5 wins away from the Lakers, since getting McCollum, the overall strength has been significantly improved, and the recent record has shown a warming trend, after the last game to win the Suns, the Pelicans are morale is high, aiming to win the game.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams showed a strong offensive desire, James continuously assisted teammates to score, Wei Shao was efficient in the first quarter, got 8 points and 2 rebounds, James sent 2 assists, also got 6 points and 2 rebounds, but the Lakers still lost 4 points 20-24 in the first quarter, why is this happening? That's right, that's a mistake, the Lakers have made too many mistakes, James, Westbrook, Munch and Howard have made consecutive mistakes. In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers continued their own mistakes, the offensive end only relied on James alone to support, Wei Shao felt nothing, 4 in the single quarter 0, James although got 7 points, but still could not support the Lakers' offense, the half game ended, the Lakers appeared 16 mistakes, only sent 7 assists, and the Pelicans directly got 12 steals, and finally the half game ended, the Lakers 40-51 behind the Lakers.
Back in the second half of the game, James continued to use his personal ability to score, and the Pelicans side blossomed more, in less than half a quarter of the game time, the Pelicans expanded the point difference to 22 points, the first time the Pelicans stopped the Lakers, Vogel directly let Jordan Jr. play, in less than two minutes, the Pelicans stopped the Lakers again, after the suspension came back, Vogel has exhausted his skills, come up with some pitchers to save the next game, helplessly, the Lakers feel nothing, the point difference continues to expand, With the end of the third quarter, the Lakers' turnovers reached 21, directly behind the Pelicans by 30 points. In the final fourth quarter, the Lakers recovered a little score, but the Pelicans quickly responded, although the Lakers tried to chase the points, but the point difference was too large, and finally the Lakers lost 95-123 at home to the Pelicans.
In terms of data: James 32 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, 2 breaks and 2 caps, Westbrook 16 points and 6 boards, Anthony 13 points and 5 boards; McCollum 22 points, 5 boards, 8 assists and 3 blocks, Ingram 19 points, 5 boards, 8 assists and 2 blocks, Varan 19 points and 10 boards, Jones 11 points and 6 boards 3 assists 3 blocks, Hayes 11 points and 9 boards.
Lakers lose, from the perspective of the whole game, the biggest problem appeared in the mistakes, successive mistakes let the Pelicans frequently use mistakes to score, but from behind the mistakes we can find the Lakers' bigger problems, such as cooperation, three quarters of the game, the Lakers assist only 8 times, the whole game, the Lakers are all fighting for each other, there is no cooperation at all. After a game, you can even see more internal problems of the Lakers, the whole game the Lakers played without a little vitality, in addition to no cooperation, people's hearts have been scattered, James alone painstakingly supported, obviously not enough to support the Lakers' offensive and defensive system.
After talking about the lakers' internal problems, we need to talk about the Lakers' three-point shooting rate, the first two seasons of the Lakers' defense is the top existence in the league, but at the beginning of this season, the Lakers strengthened the outside shooter lineup, unfortunately, in today's game, the Lakers' three-point shooting rate is even only 20%, the proud defense is lost, and even their own offense can not find the state, so what does the Lakers take to win?
Although the Lakers can still maintain the seat of the playoffs now, but the Lakers' next schedule is not easy, the Trail Blazers and Pelicans behind them are chasing after each other, if you say that with such an attitude to continue, it is estimated that you can't wait for the return of the thick eyebrows, the Lakers will automatically fall out of the playoffs, obviously have such a luxurious lineup, but can not find a way to win, who is responsible? It's hard to blame whose fault it is, but it seems that everyone is at fault.
Well, today's topic ends here, do you think the current Lakers can still be saved? Welcome to leave a message.