On March 14, Beijing time, the Lakers faced the sun away, this game, facing the sun of the same lack of major generals, I thought that the Lakers could fight with each other to the death, but did not expect that under the "illumination" of the sun, the Purple and Gold Army could not resist the killing of the "sun ultraviolet rays", and the first quarter was led by the opponent by 29 points. This point difference also paved the way for the game, and in the second quarter, Vogel really had no choice but to let Howard play, who, although he failed to score, at least did not let the Suns pick up so easily in rebounds.
After Howard came on the court, the effect was good, and at halftime, the Lakers narrowed the point difference to 23 points. In the third quarter, the Lakers drummed up, narrowing the point difference by 16 points, but at this time suddenly discouraged, under the repeated bombardment of Booker's Ayton, the Lakers completely lost resistance, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Sun coach Monty decisively made a decision: the main force was all rested and replaced by full benches. In the end, the Lakers lost to the Suns 111-140, suffering a 29-point fiasco. The reason for the Lakers' loss is very clear, first of all, the defense.
The Lakers whether it is James, Anthony, or Wei Shao's defense is not satisfactory, the defensive attitude of the three stars has also infected other teammates, the Sun without Paul and C-Johnson is actually not very strong, but in this game, Booker seems to play like Paul, constantly passing, so that the Lakers' defense line is completely out of control, many times, the Lakers players are like wooden chickens, do not know what to do on the court, the position is also a mess, watching the Lakers' game, really let people have a feeling of wanting to smash the mobile phone.
The second is the offense, the Lakers' attack has a big problem, the key moment, in addition to James, other people are useless, there is no second stable offensive point, although Wei Shao received an annual salary of 40 million, but this season has been proved to be overwhelmed, to the Lakers seems to be for the pension, the Westbrook combat effectiveness of this field is nothing, there is no desire to win, people are very disappointed, these are the two major problems of the Lakers. James scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in this game, becoming the first player in history to unlock 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists.
For the performance of the Lakers, the famous Mouth Su Qun's comments are to the point, he said that the Lakers' performance is sorry for Anthony, such a team is not worthy of playoffs. The latter came off the bench today for 6 of 11 minutes, contributing 18 points, and the efficiency is still very high. Perkins is very dare to say, he said that such a Lakers even if AD returns will not have any meaning, it is better to let James control the ball, to fight for a scoring king. Su Qun is right, Anthony originally wanted to come to the Lakers to hold a thigh, take a championship, after retiring, the reputation is better, but unexpectedly, the Lakers have failed his performance again and again.
Perkins is also right, the Lakers have basically lost the qualification to enter the playoffs this season, even if it is into the playoffs, the Lakers are at most a round of travel, it is better to let James kill all sides and compete for the title of scoring king, after all, James's game to see one less game, let him complete the 40,000 points as soon as possible, become the first person in history, it is a good idea.