Halfway through the NBA regular season this season, the Lakers' 20-25 record made fans unhappy anyway. On the surface, the team's injury problem is more serious, and Thick Eyebrows, Reeves and Lonnie Walker are out for a long time. But since the Lakers won the championship in Bubble Park, injuries seem to have become the norm in recent years, especially thick eyebrows. From the end of December to the beginning of January, the Lakers won five consecutive games, and at that time they were infinitely close to the Warriors, only 1 win, and the last 5-4 defeat, the Lakers were thrown away again, only this time the Lakers were changed, the Thunder, Timberwolves have gone away, and the Suns and Blazers came down to accompany the Lakers for a few days. The 20th year of his career, 6 out of 25, the years are ruthless! The Lakers are already terminally ill, but you have an obsession.
Let's start with a few sets of data. James has scored in every calendar month of the season, averaging 25.8 points per game in October, 25.8 points per game in November, 31.2 points per game in December and 35 points per game in January. There are also two statistics, James is averaging 6.3 points per game this season, the first in the league! In addition, James ranked first in the league in total points in the final quarter. Up to now, James has averaged 29.8 points + 8.4 rebounds + 7 assists per game this season, and in the 20th season of his career, at the age of 38, there is no legendary superstar in NBA history better than James's statistics. But one statistic is surprising, James is only shooting 29% from three-point range this season, the lowest of his career (he also shot 29% from three-point range in his rookie season)! Simply put, James has scored most of his points this season by impacting the basket and mid-range. To put it another way: every goal is physically draining, very tired and tired.
The Lakers have lost 5-4 recently, which is very representative, not to mention winning the Rockets, and the game with the Nuggets is not too convincing, after all, Old Jen does not play. The focus is on the Lone Ranger, the 76ers by 1 point, and the Kings by 5 points. Let's look at a few data! Playing against the Kings, James shot 1 of 7 in the last quarter, missed three three-pointers, missed one jumper, and made a layup of 1 of 3! Against the 76ers, James shot 3-of-7 in the final quarter, missed two three-pointers, made a dunk, made a layup, and hit a jumper. In the fourth quarter with the Lone Ranger, James was 2-of-5, missed a three-pointer, and hit two of four layups. In the first overtime, James hit a three-point iron and missed a layup; In the second overtime, James hit three three-point shots and missed a layup. After these three games, James' overall performance in the fourth quarter (counting overtime) was 6-of-25, including 0-of-10 three-pointers!
Isn't it a surprise? In fact, when I put this set of statistics, I was also surprised, as commentator Skipbelles said: "James does not have the genes to play key moments of the game!" "But it's not that bad, it's not that good. The reason why it's not so bad is that James has been scoring in the first three quarters of these three games, and because Toub's defensive performance is too struggling, James has to top the No. 5 position a lot of the time. And most importantly, there is the pinching from the opponent, where James gives the ball to teammates in the open space, not necessarily to the score. To put it simply, if James only has 80 physical strength now, he has already consumed 70-75 in the first three quarters, and there will be a little blood left in the fourth quarter. Not much better, because when James himself realized that he was overdrawn, he could only try three-point projection, pinning his hopes on his feeling, but this has formed a vicious circle.
The years are indeed relentless. In fact, there is no need to go back 10 years, even in the last year of the Cavaliers 5 years ago, James could still play 47 minutes and 08 seconds in the playoffs, and he could carry Morris Jr. in the East finals to complete a layup and defeat the Celtics. At that time, when James was behind in the fourth quarter, he couldn't shoot three-pointers, he was hard chisel by ball, the opponent could only give him strength, but he couldn't stop it, James was a small tank, crushing the opponent inside. The same was true in the first three quarters of James this season, when James rushed and the opponent either got out of the way or paid for a foul. But by the fourth quarter, James was just not fit. And James is the league leader in scoring in the fourth quarter this season, and that really came out with a gritted back tooth.
The Lakers are terminally ill! The management is reluctant to use the next two first rounds, thick eyebrows of glass physique, the team's role players can not contribute energy, their respective shortcomings are obvious, Wei Shao plays very happily on the bench, and puts Wei Shao on the field at key moments, like a time bomb, maybe when it will explode. Even if the thick eyebrows come back, what can this Lakers do? Thick eyebrows fight and fall down again? Old Zhan was overwhelmed and also fell? For the Lakers management, from the beginning of their willingness to digest Wei Shao, they have already shown their attitude, everyone chooses Wei Shao, then use it together until the end of Wei Shao's contract, what can be played, that's your business. It can't be said that the Lakers management is absolutely wrong, and before the start of this season, I don't believe that the 38-year-old Jen can still play 30+8+7 statistics.
Old Zhan didn't want to give up because he had an obsession. In 10 games, James will surpass Abdul-Jabbar to become the first person in NBA history to score. To complete this small goal, there are still epic milestones of 40,000 points + 10,000 rebounds + 10,000 assists waiting for him. If this achievement is also successfully achieved, and Brownie is about to enter the league, Old Jen is looking forward to father and son competing together. Old Jen knows that he can still play gorgeous statistics, so he is unwilling to give up, and he also hopes to hit more honors, but the Lakers have long given up.