The NBA regular season officially began today, the Lakers hosted the Warriors at home, leading the first half, and finally being taken away by the Warriors' wave, losing the game 114-121.
The Lakers' loss is expected, the preseason has been 6 consecutive losses, but they just said that the preseason is just warm-up and training, not worthy of attention, which is already a big problem. No. 0 Westbrook is still addicted to his past habits, but now that he has come to the Los Angeles Lakers, with James and Thick Brow, two team-decided ball carriers, Westbrook does not realize that his previous playing style must be changed to help the team win.
Old Zhan and Thick Brow combined to score 67 points, 22 rebounds and 7 assists today, but there is no third Lakers player to score in double figures, which is really not moving.
In contrast, when the Golden State Warriors arrived in the second half and changed to the bench lineup, the more courageous they played, the difference between the two teams suddenly appeared. In the third quarter, the difference between the two sides was basically smoothed, and in the fourth quarter, the Warriors continued to blossom more, and the Lakers could not be overwhelmed. Although James can win 30+, but after all, he is old, he can't always carry the whole four quarters of the game, and the other players of the Lakers can't continue to firepower, and they have not been able to create fouls to score at the free throw line, the point difference has always been maintained at about two goals, and the Warriors maintained the situation on the court until the end of the game.
The biggest problem with the Lakers is the lack of depth of the bench lineup, once the efficiency of old Zhan and thick eyebrows becomes low, the rest of the Lakers players failed to grasp the opportunity to shoot well, in contrast, the Warriors' tactics are clear, even if the substitutes play, they can put the tactics in place, so that the firepower gap between the bench lineup and the starting lineup becomes blurred.
At the same time, Westbrook's bad habits are obvious, but he himself did not realize that as a guard, he often leaked people on the defensive end, habitually returning to the color zone and grabbing rebounds, resulting in a lot of opportunities for the Warriors to shoot in the open position.
With the current Lakers players, it is no problem to put up a reasonable and ready-to-play lineup, but how to win at least 50 wins in the long regular season (the ticket to the Western Conference playoffs), the Lakers to achieve this goal, there are still many things that need to be changed.