The NBA regular season continues, and today the Lakers travel to take on the Rockets. In the end, they lost to the Rockets 119-135. James had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, Russell scored 23 points, and Davis had 23 points and 7 rebounds today, but he didn't play in the critical period of the fourth quarter.
Today, the Rockets opened up the difference earlier, and the difference between the two sides has reached 30 points after three quarters, but the Lakers did not give up in the fourth quarter, and James still desperately helped the team chase points on the court in the final quarter. In fact, it worked, the Lakers once chased the difference to only 10 points, but Ham's use in the final quarter made many people puzzled, because he didn't use Davis. Davis sat on the cold bench at key moments in the final quarter. In the end, the Lakers were unable to fight back in the final quarter and unfortunately lost the game.
Many fans in this game, including the commentators, are still puzzled by Ham's employment, because the Lakers still have some opportunities when they chase 10 points in the final quarter, but there is no Davis on the court, and the Lakers have not established their own advantages on the inside. It's debatable, and I don't know if Ham is thinking about the next back-to-back game, but if he is thinking about back-to-back games, James shouldn't be playing in the final quarter. So Hamm's employment is still very fascinating.
Today's game once again shows us the Lakers' long-standing weakness, that is, they have two players on the guard line at the same time are defensive weaknesses, Russell and Reaves are on the court, and the opponent will focus on it, which is already a very obvious point for the Lakers this season to be easy to target. And Reaves couldn't defend the opponent on the defensive end, and he fell into a slump on the offensive end. Reeves doesn't have much offensive method when he encounters the opponent's targeted defense, because of his limited size, he doesn't have the ability to play the basket, and Russell is also a player who relies on shooting, so this team has become a team that relies on James to carry the beam, and the 40-year-old James still kills the basket again and again at the critical moment, which really makes many fans feel distressed.
The Lakers' reinforcement in the middle of the season must be decisive, they must find a player for James who fits him, such as must find a famous pitcher on the outside, it turns out that James partners with a famous pitcher The effect is very good, James has a lot of opportunities to shoot outside This is the biggest problem of the Lakers, Reaves himself is not a particularly accurate shooting player. Nowadays, the Lakers' outside line is relatively stable only Prince's outside ability, but this is far from enough.