On May 23, Beijing time, when James only rested 4.3 seconds in the Western Conference Final G4, he slammed 40+10+9 but it was still difficult to win, and it was difficult to prevent the Lakers from being swept away by the Nuggets 0-4 on aggregate. After the Lakers continued the team's history 9 times 0-3, they were bound to be swept by the worst record in history, and James Mei was a year older, but he still had no chance to return to the Finals to compete for the championship, so where did the Lakers lose when they were swept? More than 50% of Tencent News netizens think that the strength is too bad to win the Nuggets, 30% of netizens think that James has tried his best to help his teammates CBA, Hamm has problems coaching and the thick eyebrows are too bad to play too badly is also some votes, in general, the outside world still recognizes that there is a significant strength gap between the Lakers and the Nuggets.
The Lakers lost only 24 points in 4 games, but were swept to reflect the difference
Review of the Lakers Western Conference Series:
G1: Lakers 126-132 Nuggets
G2: Lakers 103-108 Nuggets
G3: Lakers 108-119 Nuggets
G4: Lakers 111-113 Nuggets
The Lakers suffered a 4-0 sweep in the 9th playoffs in team history, and James suffered a 4-0 sweep in the 3rd playoffs in his career. If you only look at the specific point difference of the 4 games in the Western Conference finals, the Lakers only lost 6 points, 5 points, 11 points and 2 points in turn, and only lost 24 points in 4 games in total, and only lost 6 points per game, it seems that the strength between the two sides is still quite close.
It's just that the Lakers are hard to win in the West, and everyone who has watched the game can understand that in fact, the entire series is under the control of the Nuggets, and the Lakers are even more powerless to limit the Nuggets' Jokic + Murray super inner and outer dual-core. The total score was swept 0-4, which is actually more reflective of the strength gap between the two sides, and where did the Lakers lose when they were swept?
More than half of netizens recognized that there is a clear strength gap between the Lakers and the Nuggets
More than 50% of Tencent netizens blamed the defeat on the strength gap between the two sides. Although in the park season three years ago, when the Lakers eliminated the Nuggets 4-1 in the Western Conference finals, the Lakers were the first team in the West at that time with 49-14, ahead of the Nuggets at the time of 43-22 by multiple winning advantages, 35-year-old James and 27-year-old thick eyebrows, but also 25-year-old Jokic and 23-year-old Murray.
Now, after three years, they will meet in the Western Conference again, the Lakers are only the seventh team in the West with 43-39 losses in the regular season, and the Nuggets are the first team in the West with 53-29, with a difference of as many as 10 wins. Considering that the Nuggets deliberately put water in the final part of the regular season, the difference in strength between the two sides is far from 10 wins.
The Lakers can go all the way to the playoffs from 2-10 with only a 0.3% probability of starting the game, especially the elimination of the Grizzlies and Warriors in two consecutive rounds of 4-2, which naturally gives the outside world great expectations. In fact, there is still a clear gap between the Lakers' hard power and the Nuggets, especially Jokic is now recognized as the first superstar in this year's playoffs, and Murray is also more outstanding and mature than the park season three years ago.
The 38-year-old James is good enough to do his best, but he still can't save the Lakers
The Nuggets have a younger and better dual-core, and the 38-year-old James can't stop a younger star from grabbing the snatch. As for the overall strength of the team, the Nuggets have the first offensive firepower in the playoffs league, they have enough height and confrontation advantages, and they have excellent three-point prospects, all of which can suppress the Lakers in all links, and also have home court advantage, so it is not surprising that the Lakers lost to the Nuggets, only one game did not win much is surprising.
James is the "god" in the hearts of countless fans, he has too many expectations, but he can't stop the erosion of time. James was good enough in the Western Conference Final G4 game, shooting 11 of 13 for 31 points in the first half, setting a career record for the highest score in the playoffs half, but only scored 9 points in the second half of the crazy bag, and the 40+10+9 was ultimately unable to save the Lakers, especially the final attack was blocked by Gordon.
James' teammates are indeed "CBA", and there is a gap compared to the Nuggets
James was hard enough, he fought until he was 4.3 seconds away, but it was clear that the rest of the Lakers' performance could not give much support. As the core of the inside, he was once again abused by Jokic, and the West Final G4 game only scored 6 of 15 to get 21+14, unable to block Jokic's 30+14+13 triple-double, especially in the final moments to watch Jokic hit a key winning layup.
As for Hachimura who scored only 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting, Reeves scored 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting, but it did not extend the previous three consecutive 20+ performances. Schroder scored average 13 points on 13-of-13 shooting, while Russell scored just four, and he had a poor performance throughout the series. It's not hard to see that James' teammates can't help him much, so it's no wonder that 30% of netizens blame James' teammates for the sweep.
Rookie coach Hamm is significantly different from Malone and was abused to teach lessons
Of course, the reason why the Lakers were swept is far more than that, as a rookie coach, Hamm is also a great responsibility, he used Russell in the first three games, especially the blind use of three guards in the first game to dig a hole was burst, etc., and the subsequent response was not timely, etc., were all abused by Nuggets coach Malone on the spot. As for the ups and downs of the thick-eyed brother's performance, Russell's inability to adapt to the intensity of the playoffs, etc., the Lakers' bench strength is not enough, etc., are also factors that have obtained a certain number of votes and become the Lakers being swept away.
The Lakers ended their low drive and relatively high walk, but in the end it was inevitable to be swept away and missed the Finals championship, so there is too much to summarize for the Lakers this season, and there is too much work waiting for them to complete this summer, which needs to be upgraded and strengthened, and the Lakers are expected to win the championship again next season.
(Text/Drunken Lying Float)