With a heavy home defeat to the Heat, the Lakers not only suffered a home-and-away double defeat by the Heat this season, but their winning rate also fell below 50%. With 17 wins and 18 losses, the Lakers are only in 10th place in the West because they have played two more games than the Warriors, and once the Warriors win the next game, the Lakers will be kicked out of the top 10 in the West. Next, the Lakers will face teams like the Grizzlies, Clippers, Suns, Thunder, and Mavericks in a row, and if they can't reverse the momentum, the Lakers will be further and further away from the playoffs. For the Lakers, they really shouldn't be called a championship team because they really can't even keep a playoff spot. 270 million in 5 years, renewing the contract with the Lakers, the Purple and Gold Army waited for your outbreak, but when you turned around, you found that the Lakers were "dead".
In the last 10 games, the Lakers are 2-8, and after the midseason tournament is over, the Lakers are 3-9. The Purple and Gold were originally fourth in the West, and they won the mid-season tournament. But what people didn't expect was that after winning the mid-season championship, the Lakers seemed to suddenly stop playing, and even James completely lost himself. After losing at home to the Heat, James refused even an interview, and his mentality collapsed. Because it's not just the Lakers who are playing badly, but even James himself is playing with disaster-level efficiency. In the words of Anthony Davis, if the team can't reverse the momentum, they're really finished. It can be seen that the thick eyebrows are really anxious.
To be honest, thick eyebrows have become the last fig leaf for the Lakers, especially against the Heat, it is obvious that Ham is too bad, James is too sluggish, Prince can't shoot a ball, Reddish is exposed, and Schifino is not even worthy of the NBA. The thick eyebrows were tired and tired from ball to ball, and he was a father and a mother on the defensive end, and he chased back some of the points difference, but he was buried by other people's poor offense and defense, and outrageous mistakes. I have to sigh how bad the Lakers team would be if it didn't have thick eyebrows. The fact is also that the Lakers went 0-2 in the absence of thick eyebrows this season, and although the sample size is small, it can be seen how bad the Lakers are considering that they lost one game to the bottom-placed Spurs and the other game was slaughtered by the Rockets by 34 points.
It must be admitted that the Lakers are getting farther and farther away from the championship, and the thick eyebrows are getting farther and farther away from honor. 4-time All-Star Team, 4-time All-Defensive Team, 3-time block king, as an 8-time All-Star player, Thick Eyebrows is recognized as a super interior line that integrates offense and defense, but in terms of top individual honors, Thick Eyebrows have not won anything, including MVP, DPOY, FMVP and other honors. Admittedly, Bushy was always missing out on these awards due to lack of attendance and problems with the team's record during his Pelicans days, but now, he is healthier, but the problem has returned to those frustrating situations.
Los Angeles "Pelicans", the name to describe the current Lakers, seems to be very apt. Around thick eyebrows, there are always some well-known helpers, but those who can really carry the banner, looking around, only thick eyebrows themselves. This season, thick eyebrows once again picked up the name of "empty slashing group leader". Often he can dominate the offense and defense, playing exaggerated statistics such as 30+15+5 blocks, but the team has repeatedly lost, the reason is simple, except for thick eyebrows, there are very few contributions that others can provide. For example, in this game, Reaves scored 24 points and 8 assists, and his performance was okay. Others can no longer be counted on.
Maybe James will pick up and score 25 points in the next game, but what's the use? Lakers this season, except for the thick eyebrows, other players give people the feeling that they are crazy to grab data when the wind is down, once it comes to the headwind, no one can stand up, all pointing at the thick eyebrows on the inside line. Of course, Thick Eyebrows also did it, but unfortunately no matter what, he couldn't wait for the support of his teammates. After signing a three-year, $186 million contract with the Lakers in the offseason, and extending his contract with the Lakers to five years and $270 million, it seems that Thick Eyebrows is destined to miss the championship. Even winning the mid-season tournament, the MVP has nothing to do with him.
It must be admitted that the thick eyebrows are indeed the last fig leaf for the Lakers, Ham's coaching ability is outrageous, and James can no longer take on the core responsibilities, but he has a super maximum salary contract. You know, so far this season, thick eyebrows have only missed two games, his attendance rate has reached a career high, and he can average 25.0 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.6 blocks per game, and even the three-point shooting rate, thick eyebrows have reached a career-high 37.5%, but the Lakers can't even reach a 50% win rate. You can't ask Bushy Eyebrow to do more, he's good enough, and the Lakers' other configurations are too far from contending for a championship.