I want to make the playoffs, and I said sadly after the game, and I personally thanked James
Today's NBA regular season, the Lakers reversed the Bucks 128-124, the process was quite exciting, the Lakers fell behind by up to 19 points in the first half, I thought the overall situation had been decided, but I didn't expect the Lakers to narrow the gap in the third quarter, the Lakers continued to fight back in the final quarter, the key moment Brother Alphabet missed the empty catch, Reaves failed to kill the three-point shot, Lillard made a layup in overtime, the two sides did not distinguish the winner, Reaves scored a fatal three-point in the second overtime, Brother Alphabet missed two free throws, and finally the Lakers won with difficulty. In terms of statistics, Bushy eyebrows scored 34 points, 23 rebounds and 4 blocks, Reaves had 29 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 blocks, and Russell had 29 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals.

With this victory, the Lakers continue to rank 9th in the West, because the Warriors also won today, so the gap between the two sides is still 2.5 wins, it is certain that the Lakers at least hold on to the 9th place in the West is no problem, but they still have to work hard to improve the rankings, there are two reasons, first of all, the 9th playoff has only one life, and the 8th playoff loss has a chance. Secondly, the Nuggets are now the top of the Western Conference, and when the season ends, they may still be ranked No. 1, if the Lakers want to avoid the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs, then they must rush to the top 8, and then finally get 7th after the play-off competition, so that they will not touch the Nuggets, although the Lakers are eager for revenge, but playing the Nuggets in the first round is definitely not an ideal ending.
The Nuggets lineup itself restrains the Lakers, especially Jokic, the Lakers really can't defend against it, as well as Murray and Porter, these two often break out when they meet the Lakers, as a comparison, the Thunder is the opponent the Lakers want to meet the most, the Lakers killed the Thunder three times in the regular season, and the Thunder's young people mean that they lack playoff experience, and the important thing is that the style of play is also restrained by the Lakers, so if the two sides face off in the playoffs, I believe that the Lakers can solve the Thunder in a maximum of 5 games, but the Thunder will eventually have a high probability of ranking second in the West, what should the Lakers do? can only work hard to improve the ranking, it's not that the Lakers are not confident, it's that the Nuggets are really too strong, facing the Lakers have won 8 consecutive victories, of course the Lakers want to take revenge on the Nuggets, maybe don't touch it and try to avoid it, and wait until the Western Finals are better.
Looking at the whole game, the Lakers mainly have three main winning heroes, the first is Brother Thick Eyebrows, the first three quarters can only be regarded as mediocre, the offensive shooting rate is not ideal, from the end of the quarter Brother Thick Eyebrows ushered in an outbreak, tough to make up for the basket, throwing successfully, 2 three-pointers in a single quarter, thick eyebrows God went down to lead the team to a crazy counterattack, the first overtime, Brother Thick Eyebrows hit a three-pointer again, and also hatted Lillard's layup, and then the second overtime, thick eyebrows made free throws to lock up the win. According to statistics after the game, thick eyebrows played a total of 51 minutes and 52 seconds, setting a personal career longest record, and also the second most records in Lakers history, second only to Kobe Bryant (52 minutes), not only that, during the 4-game winning streak, thick eyebrows averaged 28.8 points, 18.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.
Not surprisingly, Brother Thick Eyebrows can get the best of the week this time, and fans can't understand why Thick Eyebrows can't play such data when facing Jokic and Xiao Sa, this is because Jokic and Xiao Sa can both inside and out, Brother Thick Eyebrows wants to score, guard the inside, and occasionally be pulled out, the physical consumption is serious, and the data will naturally be affected, to put it bluntly, the Lakers lack a blue-collar interior to help Brother Thick Mei reduce pressure. The second winner was Reaves, who scored 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in the final quarter and two overtime games, scoring key points every time, and even James, who was watching from the sidelines, hugged Reaves for the first time after the game. The final winner was Russell, who frequently stepped up in the third and final quarters.
In an interview after the game, when talking about the significance of the victory, he said: "It's a great win, we've beaten them (the Bucks) before, both sides are competitive, in terms of standings, we know where we want to go, of course we want to play in the playoffs, that's the goal of all of us on the team, we have to control what we can now control, is try to win game by game," These words are very easy to understand, Brother Thick Eyebrows wants to play in the playoffs, and at the same time, Brother Thick Eyebrows is also very confident in the strength of the Lakers.
Subsequently, when talking about James's absence, Brother Thick Eyebrows said: "With LeBron (James) absent, we knew we had to step up on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, before the game started, LeBron encouraged us to beat any opponent, it came from the mouth of the best player on the planet, tonight I think we listened to him and did it," Brother Thick Eyebrows means self-evident, although James was absent, he encouraged his teammates before the game, so the Lakers did not give up even if they fell behind, "The best player on the planet," The short 8 words of thick eyebrows are all thanks to James.
As mentioned earlier, the Lakers have to work hard to improve the rankings, 9th in the West is not a very good position, there is only one chance in the play-offs, there are too many variables, and 8th is much better. In addition, during the interview, he was also asked whether the Warriors and Rockets would put pressure on the Lakers, and he said that he did not pay attention to other teams, he only cared about whether the Lakers could win and play the Lakers' own style of play. In the end, the Lakers will next challenge the Grizzlies back-to-back, and the thick eyebrows are likely to take a break, but James should come back, and then the opponents are the Pacers, Nets, Raptors, Wizards, Cavaliers and Timberwolves, and the Lakers are still expected to play a wave of consecutive wins, which is a good opportunity to improve the rankings.