On April 26, Beijing time, Ham dumped the player, Zhan Huang changed the topic, Reaves cried, Russell was isolated, and the Lakers were all in chaos after the 0-3 defeat.
The Lakers' third game against the Nuggets became the last straw that broke the camel's back, in this game, the Lakers were suppressed by the Nuggets for most of the time, and in the end it was another fiasco, which has been played by the Nuggets in the playoffs for 7 consecutive games, and was humiliated by the Nuggets' 11-game winning streak.
And after the game, the Lakers team was also completely infighting, and everyone is now completely thinking about themselves. Head coach Darvin Ham blatant dumped his players after the game, saying: "In this game, some of our players missed those open shots that they instinctively hit. The implication is that the tactics are in place, the players can't shoot, and they directly start to throw the pot wildly.
Ham himself is difficult to protect, and he is called out of class by the fans in this game, what should he do? Throw the pot to the players first, so that he can not take this responsibility himself, Hamm has already given such a statement. But when the head coach doesn't dare to take responsibility, the Lakers are finished.
And it's not just Coach Ham's statement, James is also changing the topic after the game. Someone asked him what you think of your defense in this game? James said, "Kudos to the Nuggets for hitting one difficult shot after another. But in fact, Gordon slashed 29+15 to a career-high in this game, and dunked 6 times, do you say this is a difficult shot? Gordon himself may not be able to say such a thing, the dunk hand is sore or is it difficult? Where is the Lakers' defense? James, where is your defense against Gordon?
This round of the series is James against Gordon, let Gordon play like this, almost become O'Neal, are you okay? Reeves is even more desolate, and he has already cried after the game. Even before the game was over, when the Lakers were already 13 points behind, Reaves fell on the shoulders of the team's assistant coach Fairhandy, and then his eyes were red, and he cried silently, and he was already lying on the shoulder of the assistant coach and began to cry.
Later, he finished the game strongly, and he kept chasing points, but 10 of his 22 points were scored in the last minute, why did you go in front? Finally, Russell, Russell was replaced early in 0 in 7 and didn't take a point, and was isolated, when the team talked about tactics, Russell himself sat next to him and ate silently, and he didn't have to listen to tactics, and the coach didn't let him go anyway. There's no ball on it, and there's no chance, so I just don't go, the Lakers have become like this now, but they have their own ghosts, and everyone's hearts are no longer in one place.