With the official conclusion of the All-Star Weekend, the teams will also usher in the last 20 games of the sprint, recently according to the US media released by the NBA team remaining game difficulty index, the Lakers with 53.8% of the difficulty index high in the league third place, second only to the Bucks and Bulls, but considering that the two teams are neatly lineupd, the chemical reaction is excellent, there is no too much worry, but it is delayed to find the chemical reaction, and in the recent history of the Lakers who have hurt the eyebrows, if they really can't overcome this wave of difficult schedules, Chances are you won't even make the playoffs.
The Lakers have 24 games left to play, the most difficult opponents include the Suns (2 times), the Warriors (2 times), the Jazz, the Cavaliers, the Lone Rangers (2 times), according to the Lakers' current ninth place in the West (27 wins and 31 losses), the prospects are really not optimistic. Thick Eyebrow, who had just returned not long ago, suffered a serious ankle sprain in the game against the Jazz, and although it was a 4-week absence according to the report, if the injury recovery was not ideal, it is likely that the entire regular season will be reimbursed. In the case of thick eyebrows can not be counted on, let alone delayed in integrating into the team's Wei Shao, so as the absolute core of the team now, James may have to continue to open his own "full strength" mode.
James, who is already 37 years old, can average 29.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.6 steals and 1 block per game this season, including scoring a temporary third in the league, and the first place Embiid is only 0.5 points, it is true that after the return of the thick eyebrows, James also consciously reduced his aggression on the offensive end, but unfortunately the good times are not long, this time he is afraid to abandon the paddling mode and let himself regain his offensive aggressiveness.
Because the overall chemistry of the Lakers is not good, it has also caused a strange phenomenon, in the 20 games that James played and the Lakers lost this season, James could average 29.5 points per game, but instead won 21 games, James averaged only 28.7 points per game.
It is true that the Lakers' average score per game this season can come to the tenth in the league of 110.9 points, but only James, Thick Eyebrow, Munch and Anthony have a stable scoring ability, as the third big man of the team, Westbrook is indeed a bit disappointed in this identity, averaging only 18.3 points per game this season, when the team should come forward, but with another iron feast to "return" the coaching staff, and not long ago the bench thigh, With Anthony, a veteran who averaged 13.4 points per game this season, be absent for a while due to a hamstring, with the team suddenly missing two stable offensive points (Anthony and Thick Eyebrows), James may have to maintain an efficient output to keep the Lakers' chances of winning.
In the Remaining 20 or so games of the Lakers, James is afraid to become the team's scoring king again every game, if he can maintain a stable output, it is really possible to surpass Embiid and Alphabet Brother after that, and win the throne of the league's scoring king, but this "forced" scoring king is not what James thinks, who knows that at the age of 37, he should have occasionally paddled this season, and the result was to let the team count on himself. The last time James won the league's leading scoring title, it goes back to the 07-08 season, can he usher in the second leading scorer of his career this season? Let's wait and see.