Beijing time on April 2, 2022, the NBA regular season continued, in the Lakers home game against the Pelicans, they and the opponent has been deadlocked to the end, but still can not win the game, and finally they lost 111:114, suffered five consecutive defeats, the record also completely fell to the 11th place in the West, and the previous Spurs 1 win difference, want to enter the playoff game has been very difficult!
For the Lakers, their record this season is indeed too bad, after losing this game, the Lakers' record is 31 wins and 46 losses, 15 games away from 50% win rate! According to statistics, this is the first time in nearly 17 years that James's team has such a bad record, the last time James's team was 15 games away from the 50% win rate was on April 10, 2004, when it was James's rookie season, the record was 32 wins and 47 losses!
From the current state, although the Lakers welcomed back the two cores of James and Anthony Davis, they still cannot make up for the team's current shortcomings. Although James played an efficient game, his physical fitness in the fourth quarter was indeed a bit unsophisticated, and Davis missed consecutive shots in the crucial fourth quarter, directly changing the Lakers from leading to backward!
This season's Lakers from the goal of winning the championship before the start of the season, to the mid-season into the playoffs, and then to the late season into the playoffs, now even entering the playoffs is a luxury, the Lakers are bit by bit consuming the enthusiasm and expectations of fans!
I don't know what will happen in the next five games, and I don't know if the Lakers can enter the playoffs. But what is certain is that even if this Lakers team enters the playoffs, it will be difficult to set off any big waves, and it is even difficult to enter the main game of the playoffs!