After the away defeat to the Suns 111-140, the Lakers want to return to the top eight in the West this season has little hope, even if the Lakers finally staged a miracle to win the playoffs, and finally in the first round of the playoffs, it is likely to meet the Suns, and this season's regular season facing the Suns, the Lakers lost all 3 games, losing an average of 21.5 points per game, which makes it hard to believe that the Lakers can stage a black eight miracle.
After the game, former NBA player Perkins said: "The Lakers are finished! There's no point in getting AD back now, it's better to let LeBron (James) compete for the scoring champion, that's it! As James' former teammate, Perkins clearly has some sympathy for James, after all, combined with this season and James' recent performances, he is really too difficult.
In this game, Lakers player James played 30 minutes, 10 of 20 shots, including 5 of 11 three-pointers, 7 shots of 6 free throws, 31 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block, on the performance is really not bad, but the Lakers still can not avoid a loss, in the final analysis, at this stage, the Lakers in addition to James, no one else can stabilize the output, a data proves how difficult James is now.
According to statistics, after the All-Star, the Lakers have only won 2 wins and 7 losses so far. In the 2 winning games, LeBron James scored 50+ points. That is to say, the current Lakers have reached the point where James has no hope of winning without firing 50 points, and expecting a 37-year-old veteran to cut 50 points every game is undoubtedly impossible. A lot of people are complaining that James is always undefended in some rounds of the game, but it's important to know that James is tired enough just to fill the Lakers' black hole on the offensive end.
At this stage, it can actually be clearly seen that many Lakers players themselves have given up this season from the mentality, and the mental outlook they show in the game looks like going to work, including Wei Shao. After the game, talking about the team's loss, Lakers player Anthony Davis said: "He (James) has a one-year contract with the Lakers, and then who knows what will happen?" I don't know what he's going to do next. So we have this season and next season to take advantage of and try to win another ring from it. ”
It is obvious that thick eyebrows are already thinking about next season, although he said that he is still trying to make a comeback this season, but everyone knows that the Lakers have no hope of winning the championship this season, and even in the eyes of many people, they do not even have the hope of entering the playoffs, including many Lakers players themselves seem to be ready to give up this season, but only James seems to want to fight and not give up this season.
Speaking about teammate Anthony Davis' comeback prospects, James said: "Yeah, it's more of a situation to talk about when the time comes. But obviously his health is the most important thing for himself and for our team. But at the end of the day, I'm just focused on each of our games at the moment and trying to keep playing. When he comes back, I'll be very excited. I miss him, I miss the big man on the field, but I can't think about that now. But seeing him no longer wear protective boots is certainly a positive thing. ”
Even now suffering from a knee injury, James is still struggling to play the next back-to-back game against the Raptors, and speaking about his injury, James said: "Only time will give the answer. We're about to take a flight back to Los Angeles, usually the day after the race (it hurts). I'll wake up in the morning and see how it feels tomorrow. As always, I'll head to the arena and start getting ready, and see how it responds to tonight's game. I hope it's the best kind of situation. ”
Obviously, even if some teammates have given up this season, even if the rest of the schedule is extremely difficult, even if there is little hope of winning the championship this season, as long as there is still a little hope, James will not choose to give up, for him at the end of his career, he must cherish every game very much.