On March 18, Beijing time, the Lakers are currently facing the most difficult moment in recent years, and the successive injuries of the thick eyebrow brother this season have made it difficult for the Lakers to maintain the integrity of the lineup, so their record has also fallen again and again. Although the Lakers have previously relied on James to cut 50+ teams in a row, but now the Lakers have once again ushered in a three-game losing streak, and even the ninth place position in the West is in jeopardy. In such a situation, the team will inevitably have some problems, especially the mentality of the players, which is like a time bomb that will explode at any time.
There was a scene in yesterday's Lakers game against the Timberwolves that was difficult for many fans to understand, when the game was in the third quarter, and James was watching the ball carrier complete a successful defense. However, the rest of the Lakers' players were gathered near the penalty area at this time, and they did not find their own defenders to defend, which also allowed the ball holder to pass the ball smoothly into the box to give the opponent a direct dunk to score. The defense of this round made James very angry, and James even went straight to the bench at the time as if he wanted to leave the game.
And then in the Lakers' conversion offense, the Lakers have always been only four people in the frontcourt, when Wei Shao and Anthony completed the attack together, we did not see James's figure for a long time. Logically speaking, James is now the core main force of the Lakers, and almost every offense needs james's participation to complete the score, at this time, the Lakers' front court directly presents a situation of four people playing five people. Of course, this time the offense failed to score, and James also showed his explosive mentality in the defensive and offensive rounds.
Just from these two rounds can see the trend of the whole game, the Lakers finally lost to the opponent by a gap of 20 points, to know that the Timberwolves are not a particularly strong team in the West, but the Lakers actually lost so many points, which shows the problem of the Lakers. As for James, he only scored 19 points in that game, but this is already the highest score in the whole team, compared with Westbrook with only 15 points and Anthony with 16 points, and their three players combined are not as high as Downs and Edwards combined.
This game may just reflect James's helplessness, the current Lakers have no combat power at all, except for James, other players can not play too big a role, when James can not get 50 points, waiting for the Lakers only to lose. Perhaps it is precisely because of the use of a large number of young players in exchange for Wei Shao that led to the current situation of the Lakers, the Lakers' players are not only aging but also have no athletic ability, so how can they compete with young teams like the Timberwolves?
This season's Lakers gave people hope for a while, and at the same time made everyone despair, the Lakers are basically unlikely to achieve too good results in the playoffs, even if the Lakers can barely enter the official playoffs, their players simply do not have the physical strength to complete a seven-game series. And James must be discouraged for the Lakers, seeing that the current Cavaliers have such a good performance, James is likely to reconsider his future after the end of the season, and then we can also witness James's next choice.
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