Boom 28+13+7! The thick eyebrows fought wildly, and 10 of the 15 still lost, and the Lakers exposed four major shortcomings
On November 5th, Beijing time, the Lakers went to the away game to challenge the Magic, the two sides had played each other not long ago, when the Lakers narrowly won by 3 points, in terms of strength, the Lakers must be much stronger, but the game process was beyond our expectations. In terms of starters, the Lakers are Russell + Reaves + Reddish + James + Thick Eyebrows, and the Magic is Blake + Suggs + Wagner Jr. + Banchero + Bitadze.
In the first quarter of the game, Suggs, Banchero and Bitadze took turns to score at the beginning, and in just a few rounds, it can be seen that there is a problem with the Lakers' defense, Russell jumped and James responded with 5 points in a row, Reeves made a foul, Russell scored three points, and the Lakers were able to maintain their lead during this time, but then the Magic began to exert force, Wagner Jr. was crazy under the basket and kept scoring, Blake dunked easily, Brother Thick Mei couldn't take care of the basket because he wanted to score, Banchero and Ingles hit three points again, and the difference quickly came to double digits, The Lakers couldn't prevent anyone, thick eyebrows and Wood teamed up to stop the bleeding, and the Lakers scored a net minus 14 points in the 25-39 quarter.
Banchero scored 12 points in the first quarter, almost a sudden. In the second quarter, driven by Reaves and James, the Lakers chased to single digits, but unfortunately their offensive did not continue, Cole Anthony and Big Wagner took turns to score, and the point difference returned to double digits, Ham was helpless and did not dare to let James rest, as long as Lao Zhan was off the court, the Lakers would definitely lose points, thick eyebrows threw in response, as a result, Anthony fired outside, Banchero single-made 2+1, the point difference came to 15+, it was Wood's turn to stop the bleeding with three points, Wagner Jr. also responded with three points, James made a layup, And Wagner Jr. threw himself and grabbed a layup, and the Lakers beat the Magic 51-67 at halftime.
Half-time statistics, Brother Thick Mei 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks, did his best on both offensive and defensive ends, James 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Russell 7 points and 3 assists, Wood 6 points, Reaves 8 points and 2 assists. On the Magic side, Banchero had 15 points and 5 assists, Wagner Jr. had 16 points and 4 rebounds, Suggs had 7 points and 4 assists, and Wagner Jr. had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
If the Lakers want to narrow the point gap, they must improve their defense, in the third quarter, Reaves and James took turns to score, the Lakers showed signs of strength, but unfortunately they still couldn't prevent the Magic, Banchero was 2+1 again, Wagner Jr. tossed, the difference actually exceeded 20 points, Ham didn't call a timeout, Reeves felt revived and led the Lakers to fight back, the thick eyebrows were very tough, and the single was made into 2+1, the Lakers finally chased within 15 points, but Suggs shot, Banchero broke through and caused 2+1, Banchero made a layup and scored, and the difference returned to 20 points, Blake and Ingles were also scoring, Ham was grim-faced, and James made a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, but the Lakers trailed the Magic 80-101 at the end of the third quarter.
There is still suspense about this point difference, the Lakers are unwilling to give up, the thick eyebrows make up for the basket in the last quarter, the difference is 19 points, Wagner Jr. throws, Anthony makes a layup, Big Wagner dunks, the difference comes to 25 points, the Lakers are helpless, Ham can only call a timeout, after coming back, Reaves hit a three-point surge, James is also scoring, thick eyebrows make fouls, but Magic always has someone to stand up, the point difference has never narrowed, James scored 4 points in a row, Anthony three points and Wagner Jr. dunked in response, the Lakers were still 16 points behind when there were three minutes left, Magic bench Schofield added fuel to the fire and hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers finally gave up their resistance and finally lost to the Magic 101-120 in a humiliating loss.
To put it bluntly, the Magic is a weak team in the East, and the Lakers lost too undeservedly, after this battle, their record has come to 3 wins and 3 losses, and they are currently ranked 8th in the West. In terms of statistics, James scored 24 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 3 turnovers, and was very efficient in 8 of 15, but unfortunately he couldn't take the Lakers. Brother Thick Mei played a crazy battle, with 28 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 blocks and 4 turnovers in 15 shots, and he was impeccable on both offensive and defensive ends. Zhan Mei played so well and still lost, looking at the whole game, the Lakers mainly exposed four shortcomings, first of all, the outside line was inaccurate, and the team only made 8 of 30 shots, like Russell, 1 of 10 couldn't be seen. Secondly, the Lakers' defense is very bad, there is no way to take the Wagner brothers on the inside, and they can't prevent the impact of Banchero, and they frequently leak people on the outside.
The third problem is that, as mentioned earlier, the Lakers rely too much on James, and Lao Zhan doesn't dare to go to rest, otherwise the Lakers will definitely lose points. The last question, we have to criticize Ham, first of all, Russell and Reaves can't be on the court at the same time, so the Lakers have suffered a lot, but Ham has never learned a long lesson, and it turns out that Reaves may be more suitable to play on the bench. In addition, Brother Thick Mei plays the No. 5 position, wants to score, has to guard the basket, is really tired, and the Lakers really don't have a center? The answer is no, Wood can try it out as a starter, or Hayes has better frame protection ability, and the thick eyebrows like to play the No. 4 position, and Ham prefers him to play center, which is obviously difficult for a strong man.
Wood is not good at defense, but Ham can try, maybe his partner with thick eyebrows will have a good effect, and as for Hayes, he only played 11 minutes today, and Ham basically didn't give a chance, which shows that Ham is very stubborn, and he is not willing to try. Of course, the Lakers have three players absent from this game, namely Prince, Hachimura, Vanderbilt and Vincent, but this cannot be a reason to lose, the Magic is a weak team after all, I hope Ham can open up in time next, otherwise the Lakers will lose again, and the possibility of firing Ham cannot be ruled out.