In the Lakers and Raptors game, the Lakers played the worst start of the season, in as long as 5 minutes, the Lakers only scored 2 points, the Raptors played a wave of 19-2 offense. In the entire first quarter, the Lakers shot 3 of 25, 13 three-pointers 0, and were blasted by the Raptors to attack 33-12, and the team was already 21 points behind the Raptors in the first quarter, and the performance was very bad. Although the Lakers struggled to catch up with the contrast in the last three quarters, they narrowed the score gap to single digits at the most. But unfortunately, because the Raptors were too far behind in the first quarter, it was difficult for the Lakers to further narrow the point difference. In the end, the Lakers lost to their opponents again at home, suffering two consecutive losses. After All-Star Weekend, the Lakers played a total of 10 games, and the team only achieved a record of 2 wins and 8 losses, which was very bad.
In this game, James is one of the few players on the team to play well, he played 40 minutes and 20 seconds, 11 of 19 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers to get 30 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, in the final quarter, he had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 5 of 6 shots, and he became the main force of the Lakers in the final quarter.
However, it is a pity that when James got 30+ points again, the team still could not win this game, their performance on the defensive end was too bad to limit the raptors' play, the whole team was not enough in terms of effort and competitiveness, compared to the Raptors, the Lakers performed poorly, which also led to the team eventually losing the game.
James was also frustrated after the loss, refusing to be interviewed by the media after the game, which was one of the few times he did not attend a post-game interview this season. For James, the start of the game was unacceptable, during the game, he also showed his dissatisfaction, after the referee whistled in the second quarter, James still smashed the ball continuously, frustrated by the current status of the team.
For James, he has always stressed that the team will have a small improvement after All-Star Weekend, the performance of the whole team will be better than before, and the team's record will also improve. But what James didn't expect was that the Lakers got worse after All-Star Weekend, losing 8 of the last 10 games and the team won two games, which was the Lakers' final game victory when James got 50+.
Now this Lakers team, if James does not score 50+ points, then the team will have a hard time winning the game. Other players can't stand up on the court, it's difficult to give James more help, and now there are a lot of problems within this Lakers team, and these problems can't be solved by James alone. James' refusal to give an interview after losing to the Raptors is understandable because he is so frustrated with the current state of the team.
James, who is 37 years old this year, has done his best this season, and in many games, he is the best player in the team. However, it is a pity that this season's Lakers have not been able to run a good lineup, Wei Shao can not integrate into the team, other role players lack vitality, Davis also has an injury, in this case, the Lakers' record has declined all the way, the performance is not good. The regular season of the season has come to an end, and with the playoff seats in jeopardy, whether the Lakers can bottom out at the end of the season is worth looking forward to.