Today, the Lakers and the Rockets played a game, just look at the depth of the lineup, the gap between the two teams is obvious, the Lakers in order to ensure that they enter the playoffs, urgently need a win, and the Rockets are in a mess, the results are not important for them, they have given up the season, the result of this game process let the fans feel surprised, because from the beginning to the end of the confrontation is fierce, the score is close, they played a draw in regular time, and finally after overtime to divide the winner and loser.
This season's title-winning favorite Lakers unexpectedly lost to the Worst Rockets in the West. The Rockets are the team that has won the fewest games of the season, with a winning percentage of less than thirty percent, ranking last in the West. And the Lakers of this game, the Rockets did not have a player who was selected for the All-Star Team to appear, and the player with the highest average score per game in the season, Wood, was absent from the game due to injury, the Rockets are a civilian team, and what is worse is that the core players can not play, it is such a weak team that can no longer be weak, actually defeated the Lakers, the result of the game can only explain one point, the Lakers are too uncompetitive, they do not have the strength to win the championship.
James has scored more than twenty points in twenty consecutive games, but one person can't change the fate of the entire team, and the Lakers' results are very bad, and the last eleven games have only won twice.
In this game, the 37-year-old James played as many as 45 minutes, and he had 23 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists on 9-of-26 shooting, plus four blocks and one steal.
It's a very comprehensive performance, if the egg picks the bone, he has a slightly lower shooting rate, a little more mistakes, and other aspects of the performance is almost perfect. We can't ask for more from James, who has done his best, and currently, James ranks third in the league in terms of points per game and playing time, averaging rebounds, assists, steals and blocks per game in the top thirty in the league. Unfortunately, good statistics can not lead the team to achieve good results, and now James's situation is very embarrassing, if the Lakers do not qualify for the playoffs this season, then the possibility of James leaving will be very large.
Today, not only James came up with the color data, But Also Westbrook also ushered in an outbreak, but unfortunately did not change the result of the loss. James has scored twenty points in a row, and Westbrook has scored more than thirty this season, and throughout February, his highest score was only twenty, and today he finally scored thirty points, and it is hard to imagine that superstars will have difficulty scoring. Westbrook's annual salary has exceeded $40 million this season, ranking third in the league, and now, his performance is not proportional to his value, and I think the Lakers want to change, and trading Westbrook is the first step.
After the game, Wei Shao's speech caused a heated discussion among fans, he did not reflect on the reason for the loss, nor did he find the reason from himself, Wei Shao said that although the Rockets are the team with the fewest wins, all teams will do their best to face the Lakers. Wei Shao's idea is that the opponent performs well, so the Lakers will lose, I think the Rockets are a team without talent, there is almost no point of advantage, this game can beat the Lakers, can only show that the Lakers themselves have many problems.
The gap between the Lakers and the sixth-place team is so large that it is almost impossible to enter the playoffs directly, and the top priority is to retain the playoff qualification and hope that they can successfully complete this goal.