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James was happy early! The Lakers win implies three major concerns, and Reeves revealed the truth

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The Lakers beat the Thunder at home to win the most crucial game of the season, and after this game, the Lakers won a long-awaited three-game winning streak.

How important is this game? Before the start of the season, the 8th to 11th record in the West was all 36-37, and after comparing the head-to-head records, the Lakers were ninth and the Thunder were eleventh, which means that if they don't win this game, the Lakers will open two wins with the Thunder in an instant, which is undoubtedly fatal with little left in the regular season. Before the game, Russell suddenly felt unwell and could not play, which made the fans sweat.

James was happy early! The Lakers win implies three major concerns, and Reeves revealed the truth

The Lakers were able to win in the end, thanks to these three!

The first is Davis, who swept away the previous slump, efficiently cut 37 points and 15 rebounds on 15-of-21 shooting, dominating both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, especially the key defense in the fourth quarter, laying the foundation for the Lakers to win; followed by Schroder, who scored 21 points in 35 minutes of the game, including 13 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Lakers maintain their advantage in the Thunder's chase stage; Finally, Lonnie Walker, after the Lakers' big trade was completed, Lonnie Walker gradually fell out of the rotation, this game due to the absence of Shutra, Walker regained the opportunity, the whole game, 7 of 12 shooting, including 4 of 8 3 points, 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals.

After the game, James also expressed his joy on social media for the first time: To the doubters! That's right, sigh! We are right here, someone is chattering behind his back, but when they see us, they want to smile at us in the face and beat him! Keep beating their asses!

James was happy early! The Lakers win implies three major concerns, and Reeves revealed the truth

James is confident about the future of the Lakers, but to maintain the victory, we can't ignore the Lakers' three concerns.

1. James injury.

There are many opinions about when James will be able to return, after some media broke the news that James will play in the final 3-4 games of the regular season. But James immediately denied the news on social media, only saying that he maintained a three-in-a-row row and was ready for games at any time, and the Lakers' official ambiguity made fans even more confused.

According to the latest news from the NBA official reporter, the reporter recently got news when talking to James' agent Rich Paul, that the current appropriate word for James' return is not "optimism", but "hope", and now James just made a fixed-point shot and was just allowed to practice without confrontation.

It can be seen from this that James' comeback may not be smooth, from no confrontation to full-court confrontation training, which is obviously not something that can be completed overnight.

James was happy early! The Lakers win implies three major concerns, and Reeves revealed the truth

II. Davis' free throws.

Against the Thunder, Davis is undoubtedly Mr. Key, but his free throws are still not optimistic. In this game, Thick Eyebrow had 11 free throw opportunities, only 7 of them. And the free throw percentage of thick eyebrows in various time periods announced by the media during the game is even more embarrassing: in the first quarter, 75.3%; 76.7% in the second quarter; Section III 87%; Section IV 78%; 67% in the last three minutes; 56% at the last minute.

From the above data, it can be seen that the more critical the moment, the lower Davis' free throw shooting percentage, and this season because Davis missed free throws in the final moments, resulting in losses, there have been no less than three games. So for Davis, on the one hand, it is necessary to play less games to increase the intensity of shooting training, and on the other hand, to improve inner endurance.

James was happy early! The Lakers win implies three major concerns, and Reeves revealed the truth

III. The Employment of Hamm.

The more late the season, the more you can see the stubbornness of the Hamm manager. After the big deal was completed, Hamm insisted on Beasley, Lonnie Walker was dropped, and if it weren't for Russell's injury, we wouldn't have learned that he was so good. In fact, when Beasley is not in good shape and has no feeling, he can give Walker some opportunities.

On the other hand, after James' injury, Davis is undoubtedly the team's most important tactical initiator. But we rarely see the tactical arrangement around Davis in the game, and the Lakers lost before, largely because the ball couldn't get into Davis' hands at all. Therefore, on a certain level, Davis' "softness" in the first few games, Hamm is also to blame.

James was happy early! The Lakers win implies three major concerns, and Reeves revealed the truth

Of course, before the Lakers can climb out of the pit little by little, we must thank Pelinka for the deal he completed and the quality assets that Wei Shao exchanged. After the game, Reeves also did not shy away from saying bluntly: After trading Wilson, the team filled the gap in the lineup, and as long as Davis remained aggressive, the team could win.

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