Discuss the review | The Lakers gave Ham eye pills, and time was running out for him
The Lakers' home defeat to the Heat is likely to be a turning point for the Lakers this season. When the suspense of the final quarter of the game was lost early, the Lakers' home court sounded the sound of "Heat come on", to be honest, the patience of the home fans was still good, and they shouted it at the end of the game.
Yesterday's Lakers had their worst game of the season, with 10 turnovers in the first quarter and a single three-pointer missed. With 21 turnovers and 4-of-30 three-pointers, the kind of statistic you want to win in the current climate, unless you're playing against another Lakers.
This goal, the fans are tormented to watch, and the players on the field are also tormented. After the outrageous form of the first quarter, James quickly reduced his enthusiasm for the game, and the game was 6-of-18, 0-of-6 from three-point range, 12 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, the worst game of the season.
Everyone looked frustrated, and even more so the thick eyebrows who had not been able to see any hope of winning after 43 minutes. The Lakers changed their starting lineup for three games in a row, with Reaves mentioning the starters, Prince, Reddish and James Mei. This is the Lakers' 10th starting lineup of the season, and Reaves, who is back in the starting lineup, shows a certain degree of discomfort.
In the last twelve games, the Lakers are 3-9, and their three wins include the Spurs, Hornets and Thunder. It can be said that except for the Thunder, the Lakers have not won a high-value opponent. The Lakers' form plummeted after the midseason, which has a lot to do with Ham's rotation adjustments.
Russell's lack of regain form led Ham to decide to put him on the bench. There is nothing to say about this decision, Wei Shao can play as a substitute under Hamm, and there is nothing Russell can't play. But the point is, while Russell went off the bench, Reaves didn't start either.
Early in the season, Ham started Russell and Reeves at the same time, but it didn't work. After letting Reeves play as a substitute, Reeves gradually found vitality and rhythm, and played more and more comfortably. But that doesn't mean Reeves has to play as a substitute for the rest of his life.
When Russell goes down and the starting lineup lacks a playmaking point and a point of possession, Reeves should be brought up. As a result, Ham fielded a starting lineup of James, Prince, Reddish, Vanderbilt and Davis, a lineup with no second playmaking point and ball point at all, which continued to wear down James.
In the first game of this lineup, the Lakers won against the Thunder. As we said earlier, the Lakers won this game by extreme fluke. James scored 40 points, and the Thunder had a rare cold hand, Ham wrapped Alexander all over the court, so that the Thunder, who had the first three-point shooting percentage, shot 31%, and he also shot an exaggerated 16-of-32 shooting.
The superposition of multiple small probability events allowed the Lakers in the quagmire to pull the Thunder into the water. The result was this game that gave Ham the confidence to continue with this starting line-up and then lose all the way to now.
James can't score 40 points every game, and the Lakers definitely can't shoot 50% from three-point range every game. When James was consumed from the beginning of the game, his energy would quickly decline in the second half, and the late season of the season James was gone.
This rotation has caused a lot of opposition within the Lakers' locker room, and the Lakers' offseason signings of Russell, Reaves and Hachimura have all become substitutes, and Hachimura has not been able to get any playing time before his injury.
All the contradictions erupted after the loss to the Heat, and according to Shams, the gap between the Lakers' locker room and Ham is deepening, and the contradictions lie in rotation and adjustment. Hamm's lineup of a two-ghost starter with no second ball-handler was seen internally as an incomprehensible decision.
As for external and internal doubts, Hamm will only repeat: "We have to be healthy to maintain continuity." "It's as if the Lakers' problems are all caused by injuries, so if everyone is healthy, it's okay, then why do you need a coach?
Generally speaking, the content of Shams' reports is the news released to reporters within the team. In other words, the Lakers' patience after losing to the Heat has also reached a critical point, and this report is an eye medicine that the Lakers gave Ham, a big blow.
Ham has two and a half years left on his contract, and as long as he can get past the trade deadline, he should be in charge at least for the season. Ham has been on a rollercoaster ride for more than a year with the Lakers. From "Hamm only has his hands in his pockets" to "Hamm still has something" to now "Hamm continues to put his hands in his pockets".
Ham has been an assistant coach in the league for many years and has won championships with the Bucks, and is a direct descendant of Budenholzer. As a rookie coach, Hamm's report card is impressive enough to reach the division finals. But his master can be directly fired, let alone him.