Beijing time on April 2, 2022, the NBA regular season continues, in the key card position battle of the Western Playoffs, the Lakers lost to the Pelicans at home, and recently suffered five consecutive losses, and the Tenth Place Spurs opened a winning gap, and the hope of entering the playoffs has become smaller and smaller!
Many people originally thought that the Lakers could win this game, after all, James and Davis both returned in this game, both of which missed the previous game because of an ankle injury. The comeback of the match also proved that they really wanted to win and wanted to be in the play-offs! James had 38 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and Davis had 23 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, both of whom were very good in stats, but the team still couldn't win the game!
After the game, Davis said in an interview that he felt pain in the final section of the game. James also said in an interview: "My ankle is very sore now, and the next game starts a little early, I hope my ankle can be properly treated." ”
It can be said that the Lakers' dual core is a comeback in the line of fire, and it is already good to play such data and state in the case of injury not completely healed, but the team just has no way to win, which makes everyone very helpless. At present, the Lakers have one win with the Spurs left, the last 5 games remaining, and each game is facing a very difficult opponent, I don't know if it makes sense for them to do their best, after all, even if they enter the playoffs, it is difficult for them to win teams like the Pelicans, Clippers or Timberwolves.
Even if they take ten thousand steps back, even if they enter the main game of the playoffs, they can only enter the playoffs as the eighth in the West, facing the Suns in the first round, and their probability of winning the Suns in the series is really close to zero!