Back-to-back losses to the Timberwolves and Pelicans, very helpless, the Lakers once again suffered two consecutive defeats, and their winning rate was also pulled back to 50%. However, from another point of view, in the schedule that has ended, the Lakers have played back-to-back games (7) the most in the league, and their number of games (counting the finals of the midseason tournament) is also the most in the league, the schedule is tight, the Lakers are the first in the league, and the Lakers have only played 15 home games, but the number of away games has reached 19. 270 million in 5 years, re-signing the Lakers, carrying the banner, and rising strongly, you gradually make James feel dependent.
Although the overall record is not satisfactory, it is also an indisputable fact that the Lakers have the most compact schedule in the league, and their frequent road and home games are scarce, which means that after this difficult period, the Lakers' schedule will gradually become friendly. Although the current win rate is only 50%, however, the Lakers' next 12 consecutive regular season games, 11 of which will be held in Los Angeles, which means that the Lakers will usher in a sweet period, the team's core center Anthony Davis bluntly said that they need to grasp and make good use of this schedule to catch up with the team in front of them. And the key to the Lakers' next sprint lies in thick eyebrows.
Looking back, the Lakers' record is indeed difficult to be satisfactory with, but at least, they have a surprising side, and the thick eyebrows are the most surprising point. In the offseason, the Lakers offered Thick Eyebrows an early contract extension of $186 million for three years and an average annual salary of more than $60 million, and Thick Eyebrows also decisively re-signed with the Lakers, and the contract between the two sides was extended to five years and $270 million. After the signing of this contract, although everyone thought that it was well deserved, many people also believed that the Lakers had certain hidden dangers, because Thick Eyebrow has always been plagued by injuries over the years, and once he can't keep himself healthy, then he will become a liability. It's not a question of whether Thick Eyebrows can play a price, but whether he can guarantee himself to play.
At least as of now, Bushy Eyebrows has done a good job of maintaining attendance. Counting the midseason championship, the Lakers played 33 of the 35 games, and the thick eyebrows played 33 of them, except for one injury, a rotation rest after the midseason, and the rest of the games, the thick eyebrows maintained full attendance, which is a huge improvement for the thick eyebrows. In fact, Busheyebrow has been in very good health since the trade deadline this past season. In addition to two back-to-back absences, thick eyebrows have maintained full attendance in other games, and they have always maintained a healthy body in the playoffs. And once Bushy Eyebrow is no longer in danger of injury and absence, then he is one of the top stars in the league.
averaged 25.0 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.6 blocks per game, which is the data of thick eyebrows this season, and in the rebounding list, he is the same as Jokic and Sabonis, tied for first place. For the all-round performance of thick eyebrows offensive and defensive, fans are already familiar with it. However, another difference between this season's bushy eyebrows is that his ups and downs have become smaller. Before, thick eyebrows gave people the feeling that he might hit 40+20 in a certain game, or he could immediately score less than double digits in the next game, back-to-back or continuous high-intensity battles, which would make thick eyebrows reach the limit in terms of physical fitness, and often he would enter a "cooling period". But this season, this phenomenon is almost gone.
The most crucial point is that Thick Eyebrows has regained his projection form. In the past three seasons, Bushy Eyebrow's three-point shooting percentage has been only 25.7%, 18.6%, and 26.0% respectively , and his mid-distance has also become unstable, not even with any certainty, even the killer feature of thick eyebrows, close-range throwing, is no longer sharp, which leads to thick eyebrows can only repeatedly impact the basket, although the effect is very good, but this has extremely high requirements for physical fitness, after a high-intensity collision, thick eyebrows need a slightly lower intensity, shooting-based games to relieve the pressure, plus his projection instability problem, state ups and downs, it is easy to understand.
And this season, the thick eyebrows have stabilized again in the middle distance, and the throwing is also nine out of ten, and even the three-point shooting rate has reached 37.5%, although the production is not high, but the efficiency is a career high. With the guarantee of projection, thick eyebrows do not need to hit the inside all the time, he can switch with each other, and his physical fitness can be relatively controlled, obviously the state of the offensive side of thick eyebrows this season has been much more stable, which can also help him better protect himself, we all know that when he is full of energy, he is more focused, and the risk of injury will be much smaller. This season, thick eyebrows can be regarded as really carrying the banner and becoming the offensive and defensive core of the Lakers, which makes the Lakers see the hope of competing for the championship.