Since Davis was injured, losing seems to have become a compulsory course for the Lakers, and the process of each game can be described by the ugly word, whether it is a strong team in the league or a bottom fish belly, it seems to be able to win a victory for the Lakers. Today, in the face of the Wizards who have not played well recently, the Lakers are still in a bitter battle with their opponents, and finally they lost again 119-127. James still scored a game-high 38 points, but skipping didn't buy it, and he started shelling James again after the game.
Skip wrote on his social media: "Oh my God, James, you acted like you were depressed after losing, you didn't think so at all. All you care about is your record on the scoring charts, you don't want to defend Porzingis at all, and it's your responsibility to play like this in the fourth quarter. This is not the first time Skip has publicly criticized James, skip has shown dissatisfaction with James when he got the super high data and the Lakers were still losing.
Skip's attitude toward James in recent times has undergone a rollercoaster change, and when James gets milestones and good results, he will stand up and celebrate. When James can't lead the team to victory, he will also be the first to criticize ruthlessly. In today's face of odd dishes, James did not show too good a play on the defensive end, but this is also a very helpless behavior. Since Davis was injured and Jordan Jr. was traded, James has only been able to play as a center for most of the time, and today when facing Porzingis, who has the advantage in height and age, he really has no way to effectively limit it, after all, James is already a player who runs for four, and you can't expect him to show his vitality on both offensive and defensive ends as he did at his peak.
Today's Porzingis scored 27 points against the Lakers' defense, and basically scored the basket with ease without any obstruction. In fact, this is not a problem with James's defense alone, but the entire Lakers' defense has lacked continuity and integrity for a long time. Among the Lakers' starting five, James needs to take on the team's offensive responsibility, and although The state of Westbrook has picked up, these two are not young after all, so it seems difficult for them to carry out a tight defense in the whole field. The other Lakers players are completely unmotivated defensively, and in the past few games, their outside defense has been like a colander, and it has been easily passed by the opponent a few times to fully find the time to shoot in the open position.
James continues to get high scores in fact, in fact, a little helpless choice, after all, the current entire team can rely on too few scoring points, if he does not use this "brush points" way on the offensive end to continue to attack, I am afraid that the Lakers are not only pulling the crotch on the defensive end, but may also cause people to laugh at the offensive end. In the final analysis, the biggest problem for the Lakers at present is that the whole team is like no soul, and the team often encounters violent beatings from opponents in the first quarter.
It is for this reason that James will usher in his own milestones again and again, and today he successfully surpassed Carl Malone and reached the second in history in the regular season. If you can, I believe that James prefers to string together the team's offense and let the team get the final victory, but unfortunately, the current Lakers except him, there is really no one who can stand up and take on the heavy responsibility of offense. Seeing that the regular season schedule is nearing the end, the Lakers have been chased by the Pelicans behind them, and if they still can't find a way to win in the next game, they may eventually be completely squeezed out, and they won't even have the chance to enter the playoffs.
Even if they can keep their ninth place in the playoffs, they will most likely face one of the Clippers or Timberwolves, both of which have very strong and strong center players, Zubac and Towns, whoever they are, is an unsolvable problem for the Lakers.