The Lakers fell to tenth! Ham shook the pot, Zhan Huang was dissatisfied with the lack of free throws, and Shuila said the reason for the loss: I have to help thick eyebrows
On February 26, Beijing time, in a regular season game that just ended, the Suns defeated the Lakers 123-113, which was the fifth battle between the two teams this season, although the Lakers were 3-2 dominant, but the Lakers lost in the last two encounters, and the loss of this game also made the Lakers now fall from ninth to tenth in the West, the Warriors lie down one place, and the Suns also relied on winning them to the seventh position in the West.
The Suns were able to win this game because of their multi-point flowering, Durant and Booker's play can only be regarded as mediocre, Durant got 22 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Booker scored 21 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, role players Grayson Allen got 24 points and 2 rebounds, Nurkic got 18 points, 22 rebounds and 7 assists, Royce O'Neal got 20 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and Bol Bol got 11 points and 4 rebounds off the bench.
Booker spoke in an interview after the game about the reasons for the team's win, saying that Nurkic's return was the main reason for our win, and that we haven't won since he was out. Nurkic played at the level of Jokic, he connected the team well, and provided high-quality pick-and-roll screens, and although his defensive ability was limited, he was really much of a help to the team on the offensive end.
Recently, Bol Bol's play can be said to have received attention from the outside world, he has played an average of only 21 minutes per game in the past three games, and he was able to score 15 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks.
We can find a number of reasons for the Lakers' loss in this game, first of all, the bench firepower is limited, they have a total of 6 bench players on the court and scored 16 points, because the absence of Reddish, Vanderbilt and others has stretched the Lakers' rotation, the Lakers have tried their best in this campaign, James scored 28 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, thick eyebrows got 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Russell scored 20 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.
After James scored these 28 points, he was only more than 70 points away from his career 40,000 points, and the Lakers had 6.5 home games next, and the reason why they had half of their home games was because this was a game against the Clippers, and it was no problem to say that it was James' home stadium After all, it was still in Los Angeles, according to this point of view, James is likely to complete the feat of 40,000 points at home, and I have to say that the league's schedule is indeed a set.
James was interviewed after the game, he talked about the team's loss, this game the Lakers only made 8 free throws, 0 in the second half, so it also caused James's dissatisfaction, he said: "People will say we only shoot free throws, but we are not the kind of team that takes 40 shots, 50 threes per game, we don't have that luxury and can only rely on playing into the box, we are very good at doing this, but 8 free throws is certainly not our style, I have been hit a few times but not blown off." ”
The Lakers made 0 free throws in the second half for the first time since James joined, and the second 8 free throws in a single game also set a new season low for the Lakers. In an interview after the game, coach Ham also talked about the team's loss, and he threw the blame on the players, saying: "You can't let the opponent score 45 points in the first quarter, otherwise the team will always be behind." We haven't defended well yet to avoid fouls. ”
There is a saying that the team's offense was suddenly paralyzed in the second half of the first quarter, and the defense was not good, but Ham did not make any adjustments, and he should take the initiative to take responsibility for losing, according to the current situation, I think Ham will most likely be laid off in the offseason, before the American media had rumored that the Lakers wanted to cut Ham, but because of the team's consecutive wins, he kept his position, but the team has recently lost to strong teams, if it is not suitable for changing the coach at this time, Ham may be out of class.
In fact, less free throws and more points in the early stage are not the main reasons for the Lakers' loss, the main reason for their loss is that the rebounding protection is not good, the whole team has a total of 3 frontcourt boards, and the opponent Nurkic alone won 7 frontcourt boards, the two teams in the secondary offense, the Lakers 10 points, the Suns 22 points, lose in this place, they lack players who can protect rebounds, thick eyebrows in the face of traditional big centers, he wants to grab the board is still difficult.
After the game, Russell talked about the Lakers' loss in an interview, and his explanation was very clear, he said: "There are a lot of long-distance rebounds in the game because of the shooting, we have to better help the thick eyebrows to grab the rebounds, the Suns are a team with great talent, which also led to Grayson Allen and Royce O'Neal playing well, and the Lakers have to make a trade-off." ”
Speaking of which, what do you want to say about the current Suns and Lakers?