On April 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season officially ended, and the Lakers won two consecutive victories since January by defeating the Nuggets in overtime. Unfortunately, the Lakers' record is fixed in the 11th place in the West, and they did not qualify for the playoffs and bid farewell to the playoffs early.
The Lakers have a record of 33 wins and 49 losses this season, which is really difficult to accept. In last year's offseason, the Lakers' big three lineup, James + thick eyebrows + Wei Shao, this configuration made many teams salivate. However, the Lakers could not qualify for the playoffs, and Wei Shao also suffered a lot of doubts. Last season, the Lakers stopped the first round of the playoffs, thinking that this season would be shameful and courageous, but unfortunately, the Lakers' record this season is even worse.
Whose fault is it that the Lakers missed the playoffs? The Lakers' big three are naturally to blame, but there is a set of data that is very abrupt, and the Lakers big three have only played 21 games together this season. A regular season is 82 games, which is only 25.6% of the games compared to the Lakers' Big Three this season, and the lack of running-in is a factor that caused the Lakers to miss the playoffs. In these 21 games, the Lakers' big three won 11 and lost 10, with a winning percentage of 52.3%, barely more than half, which is obviously unqualified.
Injury is a stumbling block on the lakers' road to the crown, the Lakers' big three strength is really good, but James and thick eyebrows have missed many games due to injury, only Wei Shao is struggling to support. In the end, Wei Shao is still questioned by the outside world, and even some famously revealed that the Lakers will use extended terms to cut Wei Shao in the offseason. Wei Shao is the triple-double king in NBA history, and his ability is not so bad. However, this season for the Lakers, Wei Shao's shooting has gradually lost its crosshairs, and the number of mistakes has always remained high, which is really difficult to solve.
When the Lakers are full of confidence and want to impact the championship, the Lakers big three have only played 21 games together this season, which completely drags down the rhythm of the Lakers. At the beginning of the season, the Lakers' big three failed to run into success. In the middle of the season, James suffered an injury with a thick eyebrow. In the final stages of the season, with thick eyebrows injured and James truce, the Big Three never got on the right path. Now that the Lakers have not made the playoffs, the future of the Lakers' big three has become confusing, and how to optimize the lineup in the offseason will become a problem for the Lakers.
Lakers coach Vogel's situation is also not good, and the famous Woj revealed that the Lakers are about to sack Vogel. The outside world generally believes that Vogel did not use the Lakers big three, and now the big three combined game data is out, and only 21 games have been played together in the whole season, can this really blame Vogel? The Lakers' current problem is not just a problem with the manager, who can think that a season of time can not make the Big Three run into success, this phenomenon is rare in the entire NBA league!