The Lakers hosted the Heat, and as a result, the Lakers lost to the Heat without Butler, and their record was rewritten to 17-8, and the winning percentage fell below 50%. What's worse is that the team is 4 of 29 three-pointers, and James is also in a sluggish state, in the whole game, 6 of 17, 0 of 5 three-pointers, only 12 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, a new season low in scoring.
"Come on, LeBron, this is the Heat without Butler, cheer up. Get ready to take over this nationally streamed home game, you can't afford to lose to these guys. The number one skip was yin and yang, and once again taunted James.
Facing the Heat, James was in a rare slump in the first half, 2-of-9, 0-of-3 from three-point range, with 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Returning to the court in the second half, James still did not find his form in the third quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, he was 4-of-13 and 0-of-4 from three-point range, with only 8 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
The Lakers have lost eight of their 11 games since winning the midseason and are now on the verge of dropping out of the top 10 in the West. As the leader of the team, James has to step up.
In the case of teammates helping the Lakers chase only 5 points in the third quarter, Lao Zhan counterattacked as soon as he came up in the fourth quarter, however, the Lakers did not resist, and the Heat opened up a double-digit difference of 10-2. It's a pity that Lao Zhan couldn't break out further after that, it seems that the desire to attack is also insufficient, he lacks fighting spirit, and seeing that there is no hope of chasing points, he also went down early to admit defeat, which is really heartbreaking.