Beijing time on March 28, the Lakers today can be described as "lose and lose", the team in the lead of 23 points of the good prospects, the final quarter of the attack is dumb, the defensive end is not in the state, in the end, tragically overturned by the Pelicans, the ranking fell to the tenth place in the West. It doesn't matter if the Lakers lose, the most fatal thing is that they "lost" an absolute core player, and this player is the team's home star LeBron James. During an attack in the first half, James accidentally stepped on the foot of Pelicans center Hayes while on the card slot, eventually causing the widow to fall.
Slow-motion footing showed that James' foot had been distorted by 90 degrees, but he still insisted on finishing the game with an injury, and at the end of the first half, he shot 9 of 13, 6 of 9 from three-point range, 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 25 points plus 5 boards, 3 assists and 1 block. In the second half, due to the impact of the ankle injury, James's state gradually cooled down, especially in the final quarter, James's role in the defensive end was basically negligible, the fundamental reason was that his foot was too sore to run. In the end, James scored 14 of 27, contributing 39+9+5 stats.
It is worth mentioning that although James' state in the last quarter is not very good, the Lakers also have a chance to win the game, however, due to the inability to play on the offensive end, James did not take over the game in the last few attacks, but gave the ball to Munch, Westbrook and Anthony, unfortunately, the personal ability of the last three is indeed not in the same grade compared to James, and James can only watch Ingram lead the Pelicans to take away the game. James acknowledged this after the game, saying he lost all his explosiveness after a sprained ankle and simply couldn't burst into the interior as he wished.
For James's injury, many fans expressed concern, after all, the thick eyebrow brother was suspended for such a long time because of the ankle injury. At present, Brother Thick Brow has been truncated for 16 games, and the recovery time is as high as 32 days, and there is no sign of return. Just 4 hours later, according to Lakers reporter Dave McMenamin, James has had an MRI test, the results of the injury report have also come out, the good news is that James's ankle has not shown structural damage, bad news, next, he may have to take at least three games off, or even more.
For the sake of conservatism, the Lakers will continue to evaluate James's situation to determine whether he can play in the next game, after all, the Lakers' next opponents are not weak, including the Lone Rangers, Jazz, Nuggets and Suns. James said he hopes it's not too much of a problem, and if his ankle can still support the intensity of the game, he will fight with an injury. Once James can't play in the next game, then the Lakers players can basically go home early to fish.