The NBA regular season continues, the Lakers play the Pelicans away, the two teams are currently ranked 9th and 10th in the West, and the direct confrontation between the play-off teams will also be extremely red, and they all hope to overpower their opponents in the rankings, at least to get home advantage in the playoffs. The Lakers played very well in the first half, leading by 20 points at one point at the most. However, in the second half, the pelicans almost wiped out the point difference in the third quarter alone, and the Lakers were not able to adjust in time in the last quarter, and finally lost to the opponent, and thus were overtaken by the opponent in the ranking.
Of course, this game for James can be described as a mixture of sad and happy, he hit a difficult three-pointer in this game, the total score is also 37,000 points, for James may be just a seemingly simple number, but this is also the second player in the history of the league to achieve this achievement, he is left with only a monument in front of Jabbar waiting for him to surpass, if not unexpectedly, it only takes two seasons for James to have a good chance to surpass Jabbar, or even get a miracle of 40,000 points.
However, for James, although the game scored 39 points, the team still could not win, especially the injury also continued to plague James, James slashed 35 points in the first half, but only scored 4 points in the second half. Despite James's physical explosion, in a system like the Lakers, perhaps no one other than him can stand up and help the team. James's body, which is shouldered by the offensive and defensive side, is also inevitably problematic. With the loss of this game, the team once again fell to the tenth place in the West. Not to mention the playoffs, even the playoffs have a lot of difficulties for the Lakers. Coupled with their difficult schedule behind them, it is difficult to give James enough rest time, and for the 37-year-old veteran, it can be said that it is already full strength.
It is worth mentioning that after the game, Lakers head coach Vogel shirked responsibility, saying in an interview that James's injury caused the team to lose momentum in the second half, and James's injury also affected his body and play. But Vogel didn't see his magic, and in the third quarter of the game, the Pelicans continued to chase points, he did not adjust in the slightest, and the lineup on the court remained unchanged despite the obvious weakness. Opponents wiped out the point difference in one quarter, largely due to Vogel's hand. But after the game he didn't seem to take too much responsibility. Maybe after the season Vogel will be the first member to roll up and leave.
In terms of the current state of the Lakers and the atmosphere within the team, the playoffs seem to be drifting away from them, despite having a top player like James, neither teammates nor coaches can give him enough support, and the team's problems are gradually exposed, and it is difficult to believe that such a team can create miracles in later games.