Beijing time on March 10, the Lakers lost again in the game facing the bottom of the West, which made the Lakers completely fall into the trough, at present, whether the Lakers can retain the opportunity to play-offs, are a very big question, and there are many reasons for the Lakers this season, we take stock together today.
1. The team lineup is extremely incompatible
Off-season, the Lakers traded Westbrook from the Wizards, formed the Big Three, and then signed Rondo, Howard and Jordan Jr., and careful fans found that these few people do not have the ability to project, which will definitely affect the Lakers' internal offensive space.
Sure enough, after the start of the season, there was indeed a lineup problem, Wei Shao and James and the thick eyebrows are extremely incompatible, Wei Shao did not project, so that the thick eyebrows of the inner line encountered the opponent's crazy bag, which eventually led to the situation that the inner line could not enter, the outside line could not shoot, and losing became the norm.
2. Injuries continue
The Lakers have had a large number of injury problems from the beginning of this season, from the earliest Ariza, to the later Tucker injury, and then to the later Ellington and Reeves, the young players have almost been injured in line, and so far this season, the knee-injured Nunn has not appeared in any game for the Lakers.
Followed by the main player, the always healthy James so far this season, also missed nearly 20 games, followed by thick eyebrows, seems to have become a glass man, now the season is nearing the end, thick eyebrows for the Lakers only attended 36 games, attendance rate is not more than 50%, the bench played excellent Anthony, but also in the previous period because of hamstring strain missed many games, in the Lakers lineup, the only healthy, only one Westbrook, such an injury problem, but also to a certain extent affected the Lakers' record.
3. No defense
Defensive issues are the theme of the Lakers this season, so far this season, the Lakers' biggest problem is defense, At the same time as the average bombardment of 110.9 points per game, the defensive efficiency of 110.7 ranked 17th in the league, many times, the Lakers' problem is not in the offense, but in the defense, has been using a small lineup, so that the Lakers' inner line is exploded by the league's teams, encountered a weak team such as the Thunder, in the case of leading 20 points, it can be seen how poor the Lakers' defense is, in today's Lakers lineup, the only one with a certain defensive ability is Bradley on the outside, but only by Bradley to support the Lakers' defense, it is completely unfeasible.
Similarly, inside james and Anthony, there is absolutely no advantage over big center teams.
4. Coaching staff issues
To say that this season, the Lakers' coaching staff has no problems, I am afraid that no one believes.
In last year's offseason, the Lakers signed Jordan Jr. and Howard at the same time, this intention is also obvious, that is, to replace the team's center in turn with Jordan Jr. and Howard, thereby reducing the defensive pressure on the inside line, but unexpectedly, after the start of the season, all this is counterproductive, the team played a small lineup, with thick eyebrows to become the starting center, and Howard and Little Jordan began to sit on the cold bench, especially Howard, knowing that Jordan Jr. does not have any defensive ability, but Vogel still uses Jordan Jr., Press Howard dead to the bench.
Even if it is to play a small lineup, it is understandable that there is no center, but in the face of teams with large centers, the Lakers still use a small lineup, which makes many fans very surprised. According to statistics, so far this season, the Lakers have used 31 sets of starting lineups, such an extremely unstable lineup, it is impossible to play a good record.
5. The team did not have any reinforcements during the season
I thought that the Lakers' record in the first half of the season was eroded, and they would definitely seek trades in the free market, and on the trade deadline, there would be a little action, even if there was no way to trade Westbrook, but the basic reinforcement should still exist, but to the surprise of fans and the media, the Lakers not only did not have any news of grabbing people, but even a little reinforcement dynamics.
No matter any team, if you want to enter the playoffs, there are still personnel transactions, even if there is no trade, there are still some targeted reinforcements, and the Lakers, completely put this matter out of the matter, so that even if you want to win, you still have to come up with a little attitude.
6. The average age is too big
The average age is too big, and it is also the biggest pain point for the Lakers this season.
In last year's offseason, the Lakers traded Westbrook, signed Anthony and Howard, and many media began to spit on the age problem of the Lakers, but they did not expect that this was indeed fulfilled.
The Lakers have many games this season, all of which are played very well in the first half, the sudden power outage in the second half, especially against the young Thunder, the age problem is completely exposed, the decline in physical strength in the second half leads to a decline in offensive effectiveness, and is ignored by young players in defense, which is one of the reasons why the Lakers often appear "Lake Three Collapses" and "Lake Four Collapses".
7. The outside line projection is too poor
Outside projection problem, in these two years has been the Lakers' biggest problem, offseason although got Bazemore, Anthony, Munch and other good outside pitchers, but so far this season, the Lakers' three-point shooting rate is only 34.8%, ranking 19th in the league, this is still with Anthony and Munch, once Anthony and Munch miss the game, the Lakers' outside projection is a disaster.
And the outside projection problem, it directly leads to the opponent to tighten the defense, the Lakers' inner line is constantly wrapped up at the same time, like Wei Shao's breakthrough guard, there is no room for breakthrough, fans who have watched the Lakers game this season should know that this is another key factor in the Lakers' loss this season.
8. Too many mistakes
Of course, many fans say that many of the mistakes are contributed by Westbrook, but the current number of mistakes is 3.9 times, and it is important to know that hardened the number of mistakes ranked first is as high as 4.6 times, while the Nets' number of mistakes ranks 17th in the league, and the second place is Doncic, although the number of personal mistakes is as high as 4.5 times, but the number of mistakes of the Lone Ranger is ranked second to the bottom of the league, that is to say, many times, the mistakes of the Lone Ranger are caused by Doncic, and the overall number of mistakes is not very high.
On the contrary, the Lakers' 14.8 mistakes are often caused by the team as a whole, and it is not a pot of one less person, and the overall number of mistakes is indeed terrible.
Today's Lakers can be said to be full of holes, the best result this season is to retain the qualification for the playoffs, as to whether they can enter the playoffs through the playoffs, this is also a big question, and in this year's offseason, the Lakers need to do too much.