On December 22, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. In today's Western Conference focus battle, the Lakers lost 111-118 to the Timberwolves on the road, and their record became 15-14, falling to 10th place in the West.
It should be noted that since the end of the midseason, the Lakers have performed very badly, with only 1 win and 5 losses in 6 games, and after today's loss, they suffered a wave of 4 consecutive defeats, setting a record for the longest losing streak this season, and they only got one victory against the Spurs, who are at the bottom of the West. For the current predicament of the Lakers, people from coach Ham to interior star Davis have analyzed.
In the last 6 games, although the Lakers have not performed well, Davis has performed very well, averaging 32.5 points, 12.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.2 blocks per game, shooting 60% from the field and 55% from three-point range. In today's game, Davis played 38 minutes and 42 seconds, shooting 11 of 20 (1 of 1 three-pointers), 8 of 9 free throws, scoring a game-high 31 points, plus 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.
On his team's recent performances, Davies said: "It's a terrible feeling to lose, it's very difficult to lose four games in a row. Obviously, you want to get back to victory. But I think overall, we worked hard enough tonight. Speaking about the next game against the Thunder, Davis said, "We think it's a game we have to win. ”
Russell's recent performance has been terrible, he played 38 minutes today, shooting 7-of-19 and 2-of-6 from three-point range to finish with 17 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks. In his last five games, Russell has averaged 9.4 points per game while shooting 34.5 percent from the field and 25 percent from three-point range. On the team and himself, Russell said: "I just have to play better, I have to find ways to do better, I have no excuses. I'm going to try to get better on the defensive end, but that's not what I'm good at. ”
Relatively speaking, Reaves had a relatively good performance today, he played 27 minutes today, shooting 7-of-14 from the field, 1-of-4 from three-point range, 5-of-5 from the free-throw line, and scoring 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. But after the loss, Reeves said: "I don't care what the stats are, I don't care if I have a bad reputation, I just want to win. ”
In today's game, Hachimura ushered in the opportunity to start, he played 34 minutes, shooting 7-of-12, 2-of-5 three-pointers, 2-of-6 free throws, and scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal. During the game, Hachimura was fouled by Timberwolves player Reid and fell to the ground. Luckily, Hachimura revealed after the game that he was fine, saying, "I'm fine, I've had an X-ray and the result is negative. ”
As the team's manager, Ham is naturally to blame. Summing up today's game, Hamm said: "We were always disappointed with the defeat and never wanted to go into that Xi pattern of losing. We were a little bit worse but tonight I saw some very, very good things. ”
At the same time, Ham said: "Once our players are fit, we will be able to make breakthroughs. ”
According to the schedule, the Lakers will take on the Thunder, who are second in the West, on December 24. They will then return to their home stadium on December 26 to face the Celtics, who are currently the top team in the East, in a year-end match. Will the Lakers be able to get out of the slump soon? Let's wait and see.