Lakers defeated the Heat 94-96 at home, and suffered two consecutive losses. They only achieved a bad record of 1 win and 3 losses in the last four games. It is not difficult to see based on historical records that the only game that the Lakers won was the Timberwolves, which had no combat effectiveness. The other three games they lost were all real strong teams.
The competition has been around for too long, so we don’t have to talk about it here because there is no need. Next, let’s discuss together why the Lakers can’t even beat the Heat, who are in such a bad competitive state?
I don’t know why so many people have come forward to criticize James ? It is undeniable that James played very badly in this game, with 7 of 21 shots in the game, shooting as low as 33.3%, and 1 of 8 three-point shots. His shooting percentage almost fell to freezing point, which is definitely a bad thing that can be seen by the naked eye.
But no matter how bad James plays or how embarrassed the Lakers lose, should we find the most fundamental reason and then prescribe the right medicine. If we insist on shirking all the Lakers' losses to one person, isn't this a bit too much? In order to give fans a correct understanding of the Lakers, I decided to tell everyone the real reason for the Lakers' decline.
There is no doubt that based on the video analysis of the past few games, it is not difficult to see that there are three main reasons for the Lakers losing.
first point, Davis 's absence disrupted the Lakers' defensive system.
I don’t know if the fans have carefully studied the Lakers and the Heat. In fact, as long as you take a little attention, you can see the problem. What I still remember is that Harrell and Caruso didn't even understand the strategy of defending the pick-and-roll. Duncan Robinson only needs a simple no-ball cover to break the Lakers' defensive system. It would be a miracle that the Lakers could win.
Fans know that this season, the Lakers, who averaged only 105.5 points per game, ranked first in the West in the defensive efficiency, have no defensive ability in the past few games? It's not because Anthony Davis is missing.
When talking about this, someone will definitely stand up and question me, and even point at my nose and shout, "Isn't it just that Davis is missing, it really has such a great influence on the Lakers' overall defensive strength?" Obviously, in the face of such doubts, I will tell you without hesitation that the pressure brought to the Lakers' defensive end by Davis is disastrous, and I even want to judge with more exaggerated remarks.
We must be clear that Davis is the lifeblood of the Lakers' defensive end, and you can also say that Davis is the root of the Lakers. Let’s put it that way, just on the defensive end, the Lakers’ loss of Davis is like a big tree losing its roots, the earth losing its atmosphere, Sun Wukong losing its golden cudgel, and Hua Qiangu losing its power to the prehistoric world. That's right, it's just so exaggerated.
Davis is a defensive genius that is rare in a century. He can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position. His assisted defense ability can cover the entire half. He can keep Harrell and Gasol Jr. on the court for a long time. His frame protection ability is quite powerful.
not only that, Davis' ability to crack opponent's pick-and-roll offense is definitely the only league in the league. I have told fans before that if Davis was not injured, he would not have allowed Irving and Murray to hit so many mid-range jump shots in the paint area. This is a shame for Davis.
Lakers fans should know that in the past 31 games, the Lakers, who averaged only 111.8 points per game, are not a team that wins by offense, and defense is the foundation of this team. Only by playing a defense that suffocates the opponent can the Lakers make a quick counterattack. Coincidentally, counterattack attack is the specialty of James, Davis, Harrell and others. In this way, the entire team will be revitalized.
I remember saying this to fans before, no matter who the opponent the Lakers meet, James and Davis will definitely keep paddling wildly in the first half, but whenever the game reaches the third quarter or the fourth quarter, Davis will lead the team to raise the defense to a whole new level, and then James will score crazy points in the offense and defense conversion, and can also send wonderful long passes and hit passes again and again.
James and Davis took away the game with another wave of flow. This sentence is a passage that fans often said before, which is an indisputable fact. However, after losing Davis, the Lakers lost their soul in their five-year death, which is the main reason for the Lakers' loss.
Second point, the Lakers lost the team's second ball-holding offensive point Schroeder.
I have already said above that the Lakers’ magic weapon to win is to convert offense and defense. But if you have to fight a positional battle, the Lakers are not unable to play, because James and Schroder are both top ball-holding breakthrough players.
Why does James have so much time to paddle? Even the scene of walking on the court was not because Schroder could eat a lot of ball rights, and Schroder's breakthrough ability was also visible to the naked eye.
When I was playing in Thunder , I defined Schroeder's ball-holding breakthrough as "a blade-like offensive art". He has the ability to cut the opponent's defense line into half, and he can change the enemy's defensive strategy, that's it. Well, the players in the Lakers who can serve as both the starting point and organization of the offensive are James and Schroeder.
Does the Lakers expect an old man who is already 36 years old to play for 48 minutes? That's OK. James has done this before. He just pressed the "Jane" button and the victory came naturally.
But we must be clear that if James wants to press this button smoothly, there are prerequisites. This "full-power Zhan" button cannot be turned on just by opening it. This is the third point I want to say.
The third point is, James had no choice but to surrender.
Although James has hardly missed a game this season, he is not young after all, and the Lakers' lineup is already very strong, so from the beginning of the season, James has started the "swimming mode".
However, if you say who is coming, even if James paddled, he can still lead the team to win, which is enough. And with his average of 25.6 points, 8.2 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game, he has been ranked first in the official MVP list for a long time. Where can I find such a great thing of killing two birds with one stone? If you can finally draw a regular season MVP trophy, this is a good story.
If tracking according to last year's trajectory, James will start the "full-strength James" mode after the All-Star Game, which is the second half of the regular season. But what everyone didn't expect was that Davis' injury would come so suddenly this year, and Schroeder was suspended without clarity. There is no doubt that the Lakers lost two generals for a while, which definitely caught James off guard. The result of
is very clear. James was originally a slow-heating basketball player, and his age and injuries came a little suddenly. So say! It has become natural that James' performance in the past few games has experienced great ups and downs.
As James said: It is another challenge for me to adapt to the long-term lack of Davis, which is a situation we haven't encountered in the past year and a half, so this is when I need to adjust again and find a way that can help me win more effectively. We are in a winning industry, and I have always been a winner. So, it's time to take that into account.
Give James some more time to let him adjust his economic status well. When he finds his feelings, it is time to stand up and harvest the MVP trophy.
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