4 absent from G1! James claims that he will be in the best form, and 11 members of the expert team are optimistic about the Nuggets to advance

The Lakers and Nuggets series will start tomorrow, and the Lakers also updated the team's injury report before the game, and the team has 4 players who will miss G1, namely Schifino, Reddish, Vanderbilt and Wood, of which Schifino and Wood have undergone surgery, while Reddish is due to a sprained right ankle, Vanderbilt is a midfoot sprain, these four players have been absent for a while, and it is expected that G1 will not play in the series.

I believe many fans are concerned about Vanderbilt's injury, hoping that he can usher in a comeback in this series, after all, his defense is really important to the Lakers, and the team needs him to defend the Nuggets players inside, as well as help defense, and share the pressure on Davis on the defensive end. In the latest Lakers training pictures, Vanderbilt also appeared on the scene, but now he still needs to wear protective boots, and he is not doing high-intensity training, according to Dave McMenamin of the Athletic, Vanderbilt is still wearing protective boots as a precautionary measure, and the team does not want to see him get worse injured, and he will do this when he travels to the road.

At this stage, Vanderbilt may not be able to play in a short period of time, he has missed more than 30 games in a row, in the latest injury evaluation, there is still not much news about Vanderbilt, there is no clear return time, he has been training alone.

With the start of the playoffs, Vanderbilt's hope of a comeback is getting slimmer and slimmer, but it is not ruled out that he will return, if the team needs it, Vanderbilt is also in good shape, maybe Vanderbilt can return early, if he can play this series, this will be a huge help to the Lakers.

Of course, the most critical thing in this series is James's condition, although he is 39 years old, he is still the key to the Lakers being able to advance in this series. Before the G1 game, James also gave an interview to the media, and when talking about his form, he said that although his current form has not recovered to 100%, I will be at my best, compared to last season's Western Conference Finals, my current form is really good.

Everyone should have a bottom in their hearts when they hear James's speech, James in the playoffs is coming, compared to the playoffs, James will play in the regular season, because he will keep his best in the playoffs, although he is 39 years old, but there are still not many teams that can prevent him, the Nuggets want to completely limit James, which is not realistic, and James, who is in full form in this series, believes that there will be a very brave performance.

It's just that the media and experts at this stage are not very optimistic about the Lakers, especially the 11 people in the ESPN expert group made predictions before the game, 11 of them are optimistic that the Nuggets can advance, and no one supports the Lakers, of which 7 predict that the Nuggets will eliminate the Lakers 4-2, 2 predict that the Nuggets will win the Lakers 4-1, 1 predict that the two teams will play to tie-break, and some even predict that the Nuggets will sweep the Lakers 4-0.

In this round of the series, G1 is very important, because it is very likely to determine the trend of this series, if the Lakers can steal a win at the Nuggets' home court, then there is hope for this series, if they lose, this is a certain blow to the team, if they want to advance to the next round and break the doubts of the outside world, the Lakers G1 needs to fight hard.