The NBA regular season continues, and today the Lakers are at home to face the Pelicans. In the end, they lost to the Pelicans 95:123, swallowing a big defeat. James had 32 points, six rebounds and three assists today, but made seven turnovers, and Westbrook scored 16 points on 5-of-15 shooting, also seven turnovers. The Lakers made a total of 23 turnovers in this game, while their three-point shooting percentage was only 20.6 percent, and they shot only 7-of-34. This is the main reason why the Lakers lost this game. Their frequent mistakes made the opponent fight back, in short, today's game was a bad game for the Lakers.
Today, after James' pass errors during the game, there were even boos at home for the Lakers. This is very rare. Every win for the Lakers is very important, and they have to win against a weak team like the Pelicans. Today they lost to the Pelicans by as many as 28 points, something no fan can accept. If the Lakers continue to lose, they will not even be eligible to play the playoffs.
James's remarks after today's game were also very direct. He said bluntly that he played very badly today, and he took the initiative to take responsibility, he admitted that he did not do well on the passing end, and there were many bad mistakes. And he doesn't think his knee injury has affected his performance today. Vogel was not satisfied with the team's performance after the game, but he was still very optimistic personally, and he thought the Lakers should forget this game as soon as possible and devote themselves to the preparations for the next game against the Lone Rangers.
Obviously, Vogel is now very relieved, the Lakers have reached the current situation he can not influence, and he must be very flat about his future coaching position. I'm afraid he understands better than anyone that if the Lakers can't make the playoffs this season, Vogel is a foregone conclusion. So Vogel is now more relaxed than anyone else, and he seems to have seen his future.
Due to Davis' injury, the Lakers must win when they meet weak teams in the next schedule, and they need to fight hard when facing strong teams, only in this way can they keep playing in the playoffs as much as possible. After All-Star Weekend, a lot of teams are going to the playoffs. A lax situation like the Lakers' game shouldn't have happened. If they don't stay focused, they're likely to miss the playoffs.