On March 15, the NBA regular season ended a focus battle, the Lakers lost 103-114 to the Raptors, back-to-back to losing streak. In this game, the Lakers played badly, trailing the opponent 4-26 at the beginning, and in the second half of the stage of urgently chasing points, the defense was not in place, and the opponent scored consecutively. Although the Lakers narrowed the point difference in the last quarter and saw the hope of reversal, but there was not much time, and the opponent withstood the pressure, so the Lakers ate a defeat, and the record came to 29 wins and 38 losses, still ranking ninth in the West. The Lakers lost 8-10 after the All-Star and performed badly.
James didn't linger after the game and left the arena directly, and he was clearly angry about the game. In this game, James came out with an injury, fell down after the first quarter of the layup, and at one point covered his thighs, and almost injured again. Seeing that his teammates were not active in grabbing rebounds, James also angrily slapped the ball and angrily stared at his teammates. Down the field, James cut down 30 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, plus-minus -21, although scoring the highest in the game, but the team lost. As a result, James scored 36,854 points in the regular season, 75 points away from surpassing Malone to rise to second place.
There is news that James will not be interviewed by reporters after the game today, which shows that he is still very angry.
After the game, Lakers coach Vogel was interviewed, and he said that the Raptors' "unique" defensive style allowed the Lakers to accelerate the offense early, which led to some bad rounds, resulting in some bad ball handling mistakes and mistakes.
Vogel also said it was definitely a game where Dwight Howard could be used, and Gabriel also brought good energy: "Even though he didn't shoot well tonight, he absolutely liked his energy. ”
I have to say that Vogel is still looking for excuses after the game, which has also been criticized by many fans, this season's Vogel led the team to perform very badly, whether it is the use of people or on-site command has a big problem, he talked about Howard, because of personal reasons missed today's game, the next can comeback.
The Lakers are next to open a four-game streak, opponents are timber wolves, Raptors, Wizards and Cavaliers, and Howard is expected to return. At present, the Lakers are in a quagmire, the lineup has obvious shortcomings, the defense can be easily penetrated by the opponent, and the speed of the defense is very slow, which is very obvious in the game against the Raptors. There are also problems such as James's injuries, and the next Lakers are still difficult.