The Nuggets and Lakers playoffs rematch has been played three times so far, and the Lakers are 0-3 behind, only one step away from being swept by the Nuggets again.
The Lakers are in such a predicament that they are on the verge of going out of the tournament that the lack of strength of the team is partly due to this, and James' "ball dominance" style of play is another part.
Why is James' dominant style of play one of the reasons why the Lakers are now trailing 0-3 in the series?
Soon after the start of the G3 game, the Lakers got an excellent opportunity to convert and break quickly, James and Hachimura instantly formed a 2-on-0 offensive state, James did not choose to pass the ball to Hachimura who ran in front of him, but chose to dunk his own dragon. Hachimura first ran quickly to the frontcourt, and after running a few steps, he realized that James couldn't pass the ball, Hachimura stopped directly and watched James stage a violent aesthetic dunk and easily score 2 points.
On the surface, James gave a wonderful impression to the Lakers fans on the scene through his violent dunk, but in essence, James's goal deeply hit the team's team spirit. If James chooses to pass the ball, he can save his physical energy, after all, he is 39 years old, and his physical strength cannot maintain the efficiency of the whole court, and he can save his physical energy to cope with the decisive moment later; second, he can better mobilize the enthusiasm and participation of his teammates Hachimura; third, he can inspire his teammates Hachimura to better self-confidence. Pass the ball to Hachimura, complete a 1-on-0 chance for his teammates, and turn around and high-five Hachimura to celebrate, how beautiful the picture is! But James finally chose to dunk by himself, and only saw the 2 points that were about to be entered into his personal scoring account, completely ignoring his teammates.
No one can feel the loss in Hachimura's heart when he forcibly reins in his fast attack footsteps, which means the sadness of not being respected and recognized by his teammates. James scored 2 points, but it hurt the enthusiasm of his teammates and the principle of the team everyone for me and everyone for everyone. has always advertised James's high ball quotient, but this ball really exposed James's poor ball quotient level. The real high ball quotient is not to look at how good you are at the positive statistics such as scores, assists, rebounds, etc., but to see when you should choose to pass the ball and when you should choose to play by yourself. On the premise of knowing that the team's strength is not as good as the opponent, he is still unwilling to mobilize and stimulate the joint force of the whole team, but only pays attention to his own data and only cares about his own singles, which cannot be called having a high ball quotient!
This goal is actually not an isolated case, and there are actually many scenes like this in James' entire career. Only teammates sacrifice their stats to perfect James, and James easily doesn't sacrifice his stats to perfect his teammates, especially scoring. Scoring is one of James's most obsessed data, in order to achieve a personal 40,000-point feat as soon as possible, how many times on the premise that the winner has been decided, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't score points, James will still choose to go to the basket at the last countdown to brush up 2 points, including the 2 points that G3 scored at the last moment of the game.
In these 3 games, the Lakers did not have a chance to win the game, and in each game, the Lakers almost took the lead, gaining the upper hand, leading by 10-20 points, but in the end they always collapsed and were defeated by the Nuggets. If the Lakers want to win the Nuggets, James needs to make changes, he needs to play more selflessly, take more care of his teammates, fulfill his teammates, and inspire his teammates to play extraordinarily. If not, it is estimated that it will be impossible to escape by being swept by the Nuggets 4-0 again!