Yesterday was indeed a bit of a pity, in the key qualifying battle, in the absence of thick eyebrows, James played ill and lost to the Warriors, and the Lakers were only 0.5 wins ahead of the Warriors, but the Warriors had 3 games left, and the Lakers only had 2 games left. And the Warriors are 3-1 against the Lakers this season, so the Warriors may overtake the Lakers to 9th in the West.
In the three games that the Lakers lost to the Warriors this season, there was one in which James did not play, one in which the thick eyebrows did not play, and one in which the thick eyebrows injured their eyes in the first quarter and exited. In the last three meetings between the two sides, James and Bushy have only played in one quarter of the game at the same time, and they won by six points in that quarter.
Yesterday's scene with James was distressing. It's a bit of a lonely feeling. Coupled with the flu, James was thoughtful on the sidelines. When the timeout arrived, the rest of the players got up to applaud their teammates, and James could only use the time to sit and rest a little longer.
In the post-game interview, the Lakers reporter reported that James's voice was weak and hoarse. He wasn't fit enough to play, but he insisted on finishing the game with illness.
Ham praised James in his post-game interview: "I think LeBron is phenomenal, he's been through everything and given everything in the last 48 hours. We missed some goals that we would normally be able to score, and that's a league where you shoot and you win, and you don't shoot. He did everything he could to lead the team to win the game but it didn't work out, we couldn't do it. ”
Ham also said that the Lakers don't have time to feel sorry for themselves. However, there are many people who believe that Ham should take responsibility for the Lakers' defeat yesterday, and that he should not try the lineup in such a crucial game, and the regular season is almost over, and it is not appropriate to still try the lineup.
NBA celebrity Nick Wright said today: "In the last three and a half minutes of the third quarter of the game yesterday, Ham sent a lineup that he had not used before (Russell, Vincent, Dinwiddie, Prince, Hayes), and the Lakers were beaten 5-16, and the game lost suspense during this period. ”
At that time, the Lakers were 84-90 behind the Lakers, and the difference was not big, James went to rest, and Ham changed to that lineup, and as a result, after the third quarter, 89-106, it was difficult to chase.
However, compared to the Lakers, the Warriors are definitely the ones who are taken care of by the league. Like the following kind of mobile cover, cover push, the referee did not blow a foul, and the Lakers lost a lot of points.
The game is a foregone conclusion, there is no way to change it, dwell on the past, it is better to play the last two games against the Grizzlies and Pelicans well, and strive for a complete victory. The fate of the Lakers in the play-offs is not to run away, the key is to see how well they are ranked and whether they have home-court advantage.
Reaves said he was keeping an eye on the Lakers' playoff standings, saying, "yes, for me, I'm focused on the play-in standings. Obviously, you want to go all the way up the table, put yourself in a good position and then make a splash like you did last season... Our main focus is to play the ball with a high ball quotient and when we do that, I feel like we can beat anyone. ”
Last season, the Lakers secured the No. 7 seed in the play-offs and made it all the way to the Western Conference finals.
Please give the Lakers extra confidence that they can make the playoffs and go further than they did last season, regardless of their final standings. A game that is a winner, you can always trust Lao Zhan. As James said in an interview yesterday: "At the end of the day, we know that when we stick together, we can be as good as any team in the league." ”