NBA regular season, the Lakers once again ushered in the game, against the Spurs, which are relatively weak in the West, the last game they defeated the Warriors on the gram, James 56 points is more shining ancient and modern, but this game James because of the last fight too hard, resulting in knee soreness to choose rotation, Wei Shao alone led the team, disappointing the fans is that Wei Shao did not lead the Lakers, after four quarters of competition, the Lakers still lost by 7 points, relying on this victory, Popovich got the 1335 victories of his coaching career, Equalizing the elder Nelson rose to no. 1 in NBA history. In front of Popovich, Vogel's tactics are infinitely targeted, it seems that the game is very anxious, in fact, the Lakers have been pinched, and what makes the team more embarrassing is that they have not won consecutive games for two months, and the last Lakers' winning streak dates back to January 8, so the performance is indeed lamentable.
Due to James' rotation, Vogel adjusted the lineup before the game, Tucker Jr. was once again pushed on the starting partner Westbrook, from the beginning of the game, the Spurs showed excellent offensive status, and the Lakers relied more on the inside attack, Howard's interior dunk for the Lakers to get pollination, in the middle of the game the Lakers offense has never been able to open the situation, Westbrook and Tucker Jr. Offensive efficiency is average, the defense has become a loophole, Vogel adjusted again, Anthony came on the court, with three points to help the Lakers stabilize the situation, but the Lakers still trailed by 9 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Tucker Jr. began to erupt, his cooperation with Augustine was very good, the two hit long-range shots in succession, Murray stabilized the situation for the Spurs, Westbrook returned from a break to stop the Spurs with a strong breakthrough, Johnson and Munch hit three-point shots, the Lakers continued to narrow the point gap, Murray's three points helped the Spurs continue to lead, to the third quarter, Johnson, Westbrook, Munch have many scoring opportunities, but their defense is lax, can not prevent the Spurs' attack, although they try their best, the Spurs still maintain the lead, in the final quarter, Westbrook continued to break through the basket, the Spurs under the leadership of Murray to play an 11-2 offensive climax, although Tucker and Munch hit a layup at a critical moment, but with Peltel hit multiple free throws in a row, the Lakers had no hope of victory, and the Spurs won the victory.
The Lakers had 5 people score in double figures, three people scored 17 points, Tucker got the team's highest 18 points, Wei Shao did not drive the Lakers, he played 35 minutes, 14 shots only hit 5 times, three-point shots 3 shots all lost, 13 of 7 free throws, the shooting rate did not reach the best state at all, got 17 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, and there were 5 mistakes, such data is completely unable to let the current Lakers win the game, he and Tucker Jr. are completely silent, and the projection ability of both is insufficient. But forced by Vogel to be arranged together as the starter, this time let the two play very painfully, lack of James's containment, the outside shooter in the Spurs defense has no state, Munch 7 in 1, Anthony 4 in 1, Tucker 5 in 1, Augustine 3 in 1, it can be said that these data are enough to prove that James's lack of play on the Lakers' impact is huge, Westbrook because of the lack of projection ability, his ability to attract defense is greatly reduced, completely unable to support the Lakers' tactics.
Spurs 5 people scored in double figures, 10 people rotated all scored, Murray scored a game-high 26 points, the whole team sent 28 assists, it can be said that in the face of the Lakers' lax defense, they played a dazzling performance. Coupled with Popovich's record win, the Spurs are both happy to be on the goal.
After the game, James directly left the court, in the face of this game loss, he was very frustrated, really can't see the performance of the team, and Lakers head coach Vogel said after the game: Every coach admires Popovich, I am happy for his milestone, this game used a large lineup and a small lineup, the defense of the big lineup is very bad, the small lineup defense has improved, but it is still not good enough, James's injury is not so serious, against the Rockets is expected to return.