The Lakers are in trouble! Previously, in the Lakers and Clippers game, the Purple and Gold Army was bloodied by opponents in the same city, losing 21 points. You should know that this is still in the case of the absence of pickled peppers and small cards. Such a performance, the Lakers are very disappointed. After this game, the probability of the Lakers advancing to the playoffs has dropped a lot. However, this is not the end, but the starting point, because the Lakers have also received two critical hits.
The first critical hit is that the Lakers may lose hope of advancing to the playoffs. Earlier, the focus of everyone's discussion was on whether the Lakers could directly get playoff tickets, and now the focus of everyone's discussion should become whether the Lakers can get playoff places. Why? One is because the Nuggets are taking the lead and don't want to give latecomers a chance, and the other reason is because the Pelicans, Blazers and other teams are not idle and are constantly chasing forward. In the game that just played, the Nuggets won, and so did the Pelicans. In this way, the gap between the Nuggets and the Lakers widened to 9.5 wins, and the gap between the Pelicans and the Lakers was shortened to 0.5 wins.
The second critical hit was that there was a contradiction within the Lakers. The Lakers lost to the Clippers, and Westbrook, the team's three-time leader, did not deliver a satisfactory answer. After the game, he bore the brunt of some fans' complaints. In the face of outside skepticism, Wei Shao said in an interview that he had no expectations for this season. In other words, Wei Shao basically broke the jar and broke it. This also shows from the side that the Lakers' locker room problems have been revealed. Previously, there were many rumors that Westbrook would leave the Lakers next season, and perhaps this was true news.
The playoffs are slim, the team is in turmoil, and the Lakers suffer a double whammy. Now look, James's original choice was very wrong, I don't know if he regretted it? Previously, the Lakers had a chance to win DeRozan or Buddy Hield, but James and Davis chose Westbrook because they felt that Westbrook was more suitable for the Lakers, and was less energetic than DeRozanway and less leadership than Hildewell. As everyone knows, after Wei Shao came to the Lakers, he did not integrate into it. Wei Shao's performance is obvious to everyone, not only did he not help the team, but sometimes became a drag bottle for the team. In contrast, DeRozan and Hilde are still fighting.
The problems the Lakers are facing are too big, and this season is basically over, right? Next season, James is another year old.