Today's Lakers' home game against the Spurs was the last game hosted before the Stamps Center was renamed. The Lakers also played videos and held a stadium farewell ceremony before and during the halftime period.

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2025-07-23

Today's Lakers home game against the Spurs team was the last game hosted before the rename of the Stamps Center

Lakers also played the video before and during the intermission and played the video with a sense of ritual and held the stadium farewell ceremony

And the team's top superstar James also attached great importance to this game. He started the game. Before he started, he made a classic magnesium powder action that he had not lost for a long time

He continued to perform well in this game, playing 34 minutes, making 15 of 26 shots, scoring 36 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks

It is worth mentioning that Old James averaged 30+10+5 in the past 4 games, but the Lakers still failed in a single game

This is a 37-year-old veteran! Even the old farmer's cattle do not bring such diligent

. In this game, the Lakers, in addition to James, also performed well, with 12 of 20 shots, 30 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists

But except for the two giants, the Lakers played in a whole without passion, and were suppressed by the Spurs in the whole game

After experiencing a wave of four consecutive losses, many of the team's problems and weaknesses were exposed. Let's take a look at it one by one. 0

01 The overall age of the players

When the Lakers completed the team formation at the beginning of the season, because the team had James, Howard , Anthony , Ariza and other players over 35 years old, they were nicknamed "Sunset Red" by fans

Although they are older overall, there are many All-Star players in the team, and their condition is maintained well. So at the beginning, everyone was not worried about the team's vitality

html l0 But this problem was completely exposed in today's game

After a successful defense in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Lakers grabbed a defensive rebound and passed it to James to launch a counterattack

But what is surprising is that after the Lakers, who should have pushed for counterattack, James waited for several seconds after the defense of the whole team of Spurs Jordan appeared on the edge of the screen

No one ran even when he counterattacks. This can also fully prove that the current situation How undynamic is the Lakers?

02 The team's defense has been full of loopholes in

The Lakers' defense in today's game was extremely bad. They made the unknown Diop play a career night

He successfully found the Lakers' defensive loopholes many times in this game. He came on as a substitute and scored a career-high 30 points and 7 rebounds. This is also the first time the Spurs have players scoring more than 30+

Lakers: Who still has a dream?

If the lack of thick eyebrows has caused the inside defense to decline, this is understandable, but the key is that the Lakers' defense replacement and assisted defense are also a mess

For example, this ball, Master Huo and Jaymeri O'Jones's defense change was not clear, and the Spurs easily scored after two transmissions

If it is understandable that Jones has not established a tacit understanding with his teammates, Westbrook's assisted defense is a bit inexplicable.

or Westbrook's ball is really not necessary. I have to go to the attack, even if Master Huo is passed, there is an old James behind him guarding the bottom of the basket

03 The lineup arrangement in the game is unreasonable

Today, the Lakers sent James, Anthony, and Ellington on the court. The five small lineup consists of Rondo and Westbrook

It is said that the five small lineup is also common at the moment, but the five small lineup of the Lakers is not only small, but also old, and slow

not only cannot open the situation on the offensive end because the three-pointer is not stable enough, but is asked by the opponent on the inside of the defensive end, and the outside line has another step past

Even if the opponent chooses to shoot, the Lakers cannot ensure that they can accept backcourt rebound

Key This five small lineup should be the joint decision of the Lakers coaching staff, because whether it is Vogel or Fizdai All, they will use this lineup in tactical arrangements, but it may be different in the combination of some people

For example, in the game a few days ago, Fitzdale even arranged the more desperate lineup of Thomas, Rondo, Westbrook, Tuck and Ariza. With the same arrangement, it is inevitable that James said after the game that any of the team's sets did not produce chemical reactions

04 Management selection issues

A few days ago, the Lakers used two special cases to sign Mason Joan S and Jermerio Jones

didn't get many opportunities to play today. Jermerio Jones played 11 minutes and scored 2 points. Mason Jones' performance was even more impressive. It was not because he made only 1 of 5 shots in 5 minutes.

, but his layup without anyone in a radius of five meters.. .

plus Thomas, the Lakers management seems to have no idea where his problem

Thomas, who just came to the Lakers, did perform amazingly (something is to say, it looks a bit like Tucker when he first came back from injury)

But now not only does he not make much contribution on the offensive end, but his role on the defensive end is almost zero

A team that is not good at defense, signing a player who lacks defensive ability due to innate conditions. Thomas and the Lakers are not incompatible no matter how they look at it.

html l0 But no matter what, the schedule of this season is not halfway, and every team has the opportunity to adjust and become better

There were also rumors that the Lakers were working hard to get Simmons or Grant through trading. Not to mention that the only trading chips in the Lakers are Tucker and the first round pick in 2027

l7 Even if you can really exchange the two back, it cannot solve the problem of the Lakers immediately

Therefore, how can you get the complete lineup back as soon as possible and adjust the team's status is the most important thing for the Lakers at the moment

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