"When you're a Lakers player, you get the spotlight and you can never make excuses for the lack of effort here. I don't mind losing, but when you're not trying harder, it shows a little bit that I hate using that word, but it looks like they're 'giving up'! During the half-time break of the game against the Lone Rangers, O'Neal, who commented on the game, couldn't help but complain about the performance of the Lakers players.
But just when everyone thought that the Lakers were about to collapse again, the Lakers set off a fierce counterattack in the third quarter and turned the game over. But when everyone thought that the Lakers were very hopeful of turning defeat into victory, the Lakers were turned over by the Lone Rangers in the fourth quarter!
Considering that the thick eyebrows are not there, Jordan Jr. has also been cut, Howard has little time to play, and the Lakers have been posing for a long time as "suicide five small", and the loss can be said to be reasonable; and considering that the Lakers have recently lost into a habit, and finally lost 5 points, the result is not unacceptable, but it still makes all parties feel a little pity.
And the last 5 minutes of two mistakes, two three-point wave shots, and finally in the case of the winner has been decided, the two points are brushed, after scoring 25 points, it will not play, and finally in the first time of the referee's whistle, the head does not return to the dressing room, everything is so familiar rhythm. But compared with the last game to play the Pelicans, the first pot must be back by old Zhan, this time it is not the turn of old Zhan to carry the pot, after all, in the third quarter, the Lakers set off a counterattack process, James's three three-pointers (two of which are logo shots) played a key role.
In other words, when James's feel has risen and the team has turned the game over, basically James's team will let him take over the game. But now that Old Zhan is 37 years old, his performance in the fourth quarter gives the outside world the intuitive feeling that he can't move anymore. And not being able to move is not only reflected in the offensive end, but also in the defensive end. In the past, James's team, at key moments, was personally defended by James to defend the opponent's arrows. But in this game decisive moment, the Lakers' initial confrontation was Westbrook to defend Doncic, but every time Doncic used cover to name Old Zhan or Munch.
If Munch goes up to single-handedly defend Doncic, due to the huge gap in size, the Lakers will directly pinch on the line, and they will bet that doncic will not be able to shoot after turning the ball out. If old Zhan is changed to Doncic, because he is the largest player on the Lakers side, the Lakers will not be clipped, and they bet on old Zhan's single defense. But this time the Lakers lost the bet, and Doncic played James like the scene where Zubac was named every time Doncic played the Clippers; James single-handedly defended Doncic's round, basically did not put any pressure on Doncic. When James has been hit by Doncic's roll call, and then pushes his teammates from behind to defend in the face of Doncic's roll call, it shows that he has been instigated.
For a long time, the outside world was criticizing the Lakers' teaming model of sacrificing defense for offense last summer; criticizing Westbrook's defense, criticizing Munch's defense, criticizing Ariza's defense... But at the critical moment, Doncic frantically named James, and single James almost scored, who is the weakest ring of the Lakers defense is not obvious? Even if Pope and Caruso stay in the Lakers, will Vogel finally dare not put James on the court? Can't Doncic name James?
This season's James often appears to be unable to score or retreat, to prevent the ball from wandering, and now he has been named by Doncic to doubt his life, and he can no longer count on the defensive end. And the offensive end is more and more in the game win or loss of the situation to brush points to continue the record, but can not stand out at the key moments, more and more on the field to show "side effects", people must be convinced of the old, now James has lost the ability to take over the game, he has lost the dominance of leading the team to the top! When this old and sick team is so sick and disabled that the Lakers, whose playoff qualifications are all in jeopardy, it's time to consider rebuilding!