On January 13, the NBA regular season, the Lakers are about to usher in a key game. Against the Kings, who are in the 4th-to-last place in the West, the Lakers have no room to lose. This season's Lakers, with a record of 21 wins and 20 losses, ranked seventh in the West, have not yet directly qualified for the playoffs. If the Lakers want to advance to the playoffs without playing a playoff, tomorrow's game against the Kings will need to take down the opponent.
The Lakers are in an awkward position right now, and the team can be described as a lack of major generals. Although during the interval, personnel adjustments were made, and superstar players such as Anthony and Westbrook were introduced. However, the players that the team let go, such as Kuzma, Ingram, Pop, Harrell and others, played steadily, and even became the core of the new team.
However, the current Lakers are playing with people's heads. In the last game against the Grizzlies, the Lakers were directly confused, even if James alone got 35 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, there was no way to lead the team to victory. The reason is simple: Vogel's starting lineup only scored 22 points, and the shooting percentage was frighteningly low.
Therefore, in this key game tomorrow, the Lakers want to win or see if Vogel will line up. If you continue the employment of the previous game and continue the downturn of the previous game, I am afraid that the Lakers will lose against the Kings, and the possibility of losing is not small. On the other hand, if Vogel can make good use of the substitute players who performed well in the last game, there will be little problem in winning this game, after all, the strength of the two sides is very different.
Based on his performance in the previous game, Reeves scored 16 points, Tucker had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and Ellington had 16 points and 1 rebound. These usual substitute players, if they can give more opportunities to play, I am afraid that the Lakers can also play wonderful basketball. Just like many Lakers will leave the Lakers, their status can be improved, which is caused by the lack of ball rights.
In addition, if the Lakers want to win the opponent, it still depends on the performance of the team's core James and Westbrook. Although James and Wei Shao have not yet integrated well, both of them have super strength, as long as a game has a tacit understanding, the next game will be easy to play. Looking forward to tomorrow James and Westbrook can have a wonderful performance, and hope that the Lakers can win tomorrow.