The situation of the Los Angeles Lakers this season is really difficult to say, the team in order to introduce Wei Shao and Kuzma, Pope and Caruso and other tough players to trade out, originally thought that after the arrival of Wei Shao, the team can rise overnight to become one of the top eight in the West, but who can think of the incompatibility between Wei Shao and James, and the team's tactical incompatibility with the Lakers suffered a lot, especially after the fall of the thick eyebrows, the Lakers are even more difficult to win, the team record is also plummeted out of the top eight in the West, And in addition to the poor record, the overall performance of the Lakers this season is really quite speechless, just like the fans ridiculed, the strong team can not play, the weak team can only be a five-five situation, such a bad Lakers really can not see a little hope of winning the championship!
Even if the situation was not ideal throughout the season, the Lakers still ate dumplings in the game against the Blazers. The whole game, the Lakers have an absolute advantage, the first quarter of the game they bombed down 43 points, a single quarter to achieve a 15-point lead, although in the second quarter of the game can not continue to extend the score advantage, but after the start of the second half of the game, the Lakers in the offensive and defensive ends have a good advantage, the offensive end of their third quarter and the fourth quarter of the game completely suppressed the opponent, the defensive end is to let Lillard and the main scorers of the Blazers side of the force is not able to fight back, just look at this game, The Lakers still have the following three major surprises:
James is in a brave state, 37 years old is still the league's top small front!
In this game with the Blazers, lakers star LeBron James cut 43 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists in just 29 minutes of ultra-luxurious data, 26 shots in 16 of the super efficiency is also a big pleasure, although the performance of the old Zhan is no longer a routine operation, but can play such data at the age of 37, James is using practical actions to tell the world what is called legend, in the end who is the league's best top small front, Of course, You can't expect James to play such a performance every game, but at least in the next game, as long as James can stay healthy, the lakers' competitiveness will not be bad, after all, he is the son of the chosen, even if he does not dare to mention the first person in the league now, but at least in the front position, James is still the top player in this league!
Westbrook's form is back, and a single game can be used as a template for the next!
The whole game Wei Shao only shot 10 times, and hit 5 of them, such a number of shots and hit rate is really not like Wei Shao's style, but from the data of this game, although Wei Shao greatly controlled his offensive desire in the number of shots, but in terms of helping his teammates score, Wei Shao gave a total of 12 assists, and also won 13 rebounds, after the economic triple-double to the hand, Wei Shao was also praised by the fans, and from the actual situation and effect of the game, This game can really be used as a template for Wei Shao's next game, reduce his own number of shots, and then focus on his main energy on tandem teams, he is not without this ability, but he has not understood this in previous games, if in the next game, Wei Shao can really use the performance of this game as a template and benchmark for himself, the Lakers can definitely rise again!
The bench players are outstanding, and keeping this state in the playoffs is not a dream at all!
The reason why the Lakers have become so bad this season, the state of the bench players is actually a major reason for their development, why do you say so? From the perspective of the age of the lineup, the Lakers' starting lineup actually can't last too long, especially in the case that James is 37 years old, the team urgently needs substitute players to stand up to help the starting lineup reduce some pressure, but in so many previous games, the performance of the Lakers' bench players is really difficult to say, they not only failed to help the starting lineup reduce the pressure, but constantly digging holes for the starting lineup, these reasons also eventually led to the Lakers' overall performance has been greatly affected. However, in this game with the Blazers, both Anthony and Tucker, who disappointed the fans, played quite well, and if they can always maintain this state, the Lakers really don't have to worry about the playoffs at all!
Judging from the situation with the Blazers, the Lakers' lineup structure is not a mess, but the team has not found the manual of Wei Shao, if Wei Shao can maintain such a style of play in the next game, the Lakers' ceiling will definitely not be bad. Fans and friends, do you think Wei Shao will really change his playing style? What kind of heights can the Lakers reach after the return of the thick eyebrows? Everyone is welcome to express their views in the comments section and participate in the discussion!