The Lakers are getting better! Three consecutive wins and defense in the league's top ten! James is still the best of the Western Conference of the Week!

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On December 16, the Lakers killed the Lone Ranger in overtime. Rookie Rivers played the savior, Westbrook redeemed from the last minute of the fourth quarter to overtime reading, and James continued his best form in the latest Western Conference week in NBA history. Davis may not have played as expected, but he still made a decent contribution in scoring after avoiding foul play in the second half. All in all, this Lakers team is getting better and better, even if Howard, Tucker and Munch are quarantined.

The Lakers are getting better in many ways. For example, the record is three consecutive wins. The Lakers have only lost to the Grizzlies in their last five games. Before losing to the Grizzlies, they defeated their nemesis, the Celtics, limiting Tatum and the lost to the point where they couldn't cut them. After losing to the Grizzlies, the Lakers beat the Thunder and Magic, and now it's the Lone Ranger's turn to eat up. This month, among the Lakers' next opponents, there are bulls, suns and nets are strong teams, which is the test of this Lakers team.

In addition, the Lakers' defensive, which has been criticized this season, has finally returned to trend. At one point in their match against the Magic, they defended their opponents in the third quarter until they didn't score for nearly 10 minutes. After playing against the Lone Rangers, the Lakers' defensive efficiency rose to ninth in the league. In this regard, James was also interviewed after the game, he said: The Lakers are very focused on defense, we know that if we want to win all the time, we need to defend.

James said: "Defense has a better chance of winning, whether it's alignment or assisting defense, and guarding the basket. If the Lakers can protect the rebounds, then they can push the fast attack. James said he likes the Lakers at this stage and is not satisfied with the defense only in ninth place. After all, last season's Lakers, defensive efficiency is the first in the league, and it is the highest in more than 20 years. The Lakers' head coach that season was also Vogel, even without James and Davis, two DPOY-level defensive supergiants, the Lakers can defend the league first in defense efficiency by relying on Players such as Schroeder and Harrell, who can't seem to defend.

The biggest reason why the Lakers are getting better is, of course, that James' attendance is guaranteed. Before being by the league for false positives, James hadn't even played four games in a row. And after the false positive incident was resolved, James has been full attendance. The game against the Lone Ranger has a bad foot, but James solves the problem by tying his shoelaces as usual. James's health is still very good, for example, his game with the Magic has a big chase hat that he often plays in 3 peak periods, and there are also fast-attack dunks. In the game against the Lone Ranger, James had a jammed ball block with a head of super rebounds, and a one-handed pull dunk after the dead ball - this round was also ridiculed by James himself after the game.

James' average of the past dozen games, only Jordan can approach him in the same period. In this game, James only scored nearly 24 points per game, but he deliberately did not score points because he predicted that the Lone Ranger would shrink his defense because he was very good at scoring in the past, so he had to let his teammates score to win. It turned out to be a tactical win, and Kidd was still slightly inferior in the game with his old colleague James. James also recently won the Western Conference Player of the Week, and he is the first person in the league and the biggest guarantee for the Lakers to win the championship.