Before the game against the Denver Nuggets, out of distrust of the Los Angeles Lakers' state, in fact, most of the Lakers supporters were very weak about this game, even if Coach Frank Vogel said that their training all day before the game was aimed at practicing how to defend Nikola Jokic, but this still did not help, Jokic still played 20 minutes to cut a triple-double, setting a record for the fourth fastest triple-double in history. In this game, the Lakers appeared listless, and they eventually suffered a 37-point fiasco on the road.
Goodbye Big Three, James officially announced the decision! Admitting that the mentality is broken, the Lakers are afraid of repeating Kobe's mistakes.
It also set an embarrassing record for the second-largest loss points difference in LeBron James' 19-year career. However, from the scene of the whole game, in addition to the role players, the Lakers guard Russell Westbrook, who has been sluggish for 3 consecutive games, although his performance in this game is not particularly eye-catching, but compared with the previous few games, there is still some improvement, he has 10 of the 15 shots in the three-second zone, and hit the first three-pointer since entering 2022, the performance of the whole game 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, although it does not match his annual salary of $44 million, it is also considered to be trying to fight at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. Instead, LeBron James, who was in a brave state before, slacked off.
This game, it is easy to see that There is a problem with James's mentality, originally he cut 30+ in 11 of the 12 games, but the team could not even take half of the game, which is already very disappointing, plus after James's previous breakthroughs in this game, the referee turned a blind eye to this, which made James's mentality collapse, several times did not choose to defend, and has been arguing with the referee about what, the clear eye can see that James's frustration affected the entire Lakers. And after the game, James refused to be interviewed by reporters, and the Lakers officials also announced that James would not accept media interviews, and Dwight Howard replaced James to accept media interviews.
Such a fiasco will definitely cause everyone to argue, "magician" Elvin Johnson was the first to stand up and accuse the Lakers of lazy performance, and directly told Lakers owner Jenny Bass that Lakers fans and she deserve a better team, which implies that the Lakers need to make a big deal to make changes, so that it will continue, not to mention that this season is like this, and it is difficult to improve in the future.
James' former teammate and current basketball commentator Channing Frye is even more blunt that the Lakers have rotted to the point where they can't be saved. "I've seen some bad games, but it's hard to be bad enough, they (the Lakers) could have lost 50 points, they were too loose, the bag clip was for no reason, it seemed to be for the bag clip, the bag clip had no follow-up rotation, the defense didn't have any communication." Foley said.
'I've seen a lot of bad games, but this one is the worst game I've ever seen with great players. Fry added.
In this game, Lakers leader LeBron James could not blame it, and after a night off, James openly admitted his mistake and apologized to Lakers fans. James updated his personal Instagram account and announced that he had adjusted his mindset and the future would definitely get better, and the Lakers would definitely get better. "#湖人国度, I apologize to you, and at the same time I promise everyone that we will get better. (I apoligizi and I promise We'll be better.)" James wrote on his social media account.
James's apology made many Lakers fans, especially James fans, start to worry, because when James said such a thing in such a difficult season, it was inevitable to recall Kobe Bryant's promise at that time, he promised that he would definitely carry the Lakers into the playoffs, the price was to pay his own Achilles tendon, which directly led to the subsequent career completely falling to the bottom, due to injury can no longer return to the peak.
James, now 37 years old, is clearly in better form and strength than most of the players in the league, and his personal performance this season alone, averaging 28.9 points, 7.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game is not even up to anyone. With Kevin Durant injured, James is one step closer to the title of second leading scorer of his career.
It can only be said that the Lakers management should have a long snack, the season has passed the halfway point, Wei Shao and the Lakers are not suitable, basically have the answer, and even many fans said under the personal Twitter of Jenny Bass that if they do not want to send away Wei Shao, then the Lakers can consider sending away James and Davis, so that they continue to chase the championship, which means that there is a team with Wei Shao, and the championship has no chance.