The NBA regular season continues, the West ushered in a focus battle, the Lakers home against the Nuggets, this is a game that is related to the fate of the Lakers, even if the thick eyebrow brother feels ankle soreness, but he still insists on playing, James is missing the game because of injury, opposite the all-around Jokic, the fans pinch a sweat for the Lakers. In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers played well at home, Howard limited Jokic very well, the first quarter ended 28-24 Lakers led by 4 points; in the second quarter, the Lakers took advantage of the chase and played a 12-2 small climax to open the point difference, but at the end of the quarter, the Nuggets blossomed more, and surpassed 1 point to end the first half of the game. In the third quarter, the Lakers played a 15-5 attack wave to regain the lead, however, the Nuggets were prepared, quickly erased the point difference, the two sides of the quarter into a draw; the final quarter of the battle, the Nuggets played a 13-2 small climax to lay the victory, the Lakers are powerless to return to heaven, the two sides after four quarters of competition, and finally the Lakers 118-129 lost to the Nuggets suffered 6 consecutive losses.
Although the thick eyebrow brother was injured, he performed well, shooting 11 of 25 from the field, getting 28 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, and taking on the core responsibility. Wei Shao's performance is also remarkable, with a comprehensive statistic of 27 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists on 11 of 15 shooting, which has changed significantly from the previous game, and Anthony, who came off the bench, also performed very prominently, scoring 17 points on 8 of 18 shooting. The three main players performed well, but the Lakers still lost. The offense of role players is too weak, Munch 11 points, Bradra 10 points, Howard 8 points, and Tucker 7 points, 4 important rotation players combined are not as good as a Jokic, he shot 15 of 22 in the game, got 38 points, 18 rebounds and 6 assists of the big double double, more importantly, in addition to Jokic, Gordon and Barton also broke out, scored 24 points and 25 points respectively, and jointly cut 49 points, it is safe to say that the Lakers lost to role players.
After the game, due to the Spurs' victory over the Blazers, the Lakers and Spurs pulled away to 1.5 wins, and there are only 3 games left in the regular season, if the Spurs defeat the Nuggets in the next game, then the Lakers will lock in a playoff spot, and the Lakers have no way back. It is worth mentioning that if James wants to choose the scoring king, he will have to play at least 2 games. In addition, Lakers star O'Neal said that the Lakers may have to focus on offseason operations. He also suggested that in addition to leaving James and Thick Brow, the rest of the players need to be adjusted, which also means that the Lakers have to make a big move, no less than rebuilding. The worry is that Wei Shao is carrying a contract of more than 40 million yuan, and his performance this season is so difficult, which team is willing to take him in? Even if the rest of the veterans do not want it, the Lakers will not spend much money to lay off, after all, they are all basic salary contracts. I have to admit that Wei Shao has become the biggest trouble for the Lakers.