On December 12, the Lakers played against the Spurs, there was no suspense in the game, where is the strength of the Spurs, and they are firmly in the second place in the West, second only to the Warriors. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, the Spurs' record this year is very good, and they have almost made team history, but the Warriors are too perverted, and the Spurs can only be relegated to second place.

With the Spurs' current record, if it is placed in previous years, the first place in the West is also stable.

The Lakers trailed from the start of the game, trailing by 10 points at the end of the first quarter, 15 by 15 points at the end of the second quarter, and 21 by 21 points at the end of the third quarter.

The suspense of the game was lost in the third quarter, and Scott on the Lakers' side also replaced Chen Feng and Kobe Bryant and took the initiative to give up the game. It's impossible to win anyway, so it's better to let the players rest a little more, save a little energy, and deal with the next game.

Seeing that the Lakers gave up resistance, the Spurs also replaced the main players and replaced them with substitutes, and the game completely entered garbage time.

When the game was over, the score was 118-94, and the Spurs won the Lakers by 24 points.

For this game, although the Lakers are somewhat unwilling, they can also let go, even if the Lakers are in their heyday, it is not easy to win against the Spurs. What's more, at this time, they have played 6 away games in a row, and there are two back-to-backs.

There is no shame in losing such a game.

The outside world has also given understanding of the Lakers' loss, and ESPN, as well as some other sports media, have given positive comments about the Lakers, believing that they have done well enough.

In Huaxia, fans who know the inside story just feel unwilling, and those who don't know the inside story, or pseudo-fans jump out to accuse the Lakers and blame Chen Feng.

Of course, these people are only a minority, and they are immediately overwhelmed by more people who support the Lakers and Chen Feng as soon as they show a little sprout.

This also makes those who are black Chen Feng and the Black Lakers realize how terrifying the current Lakers team and Chen Feng's popularity is.

At least, in China.

After the game against the Spurs, the Lakers didn't have time to rest, so they boarded the plane overnight and rushed to Houston, where they will face the Rockets tomorrow, another back-to-back game.

Eight away games, three of which are back-to-back, are a schedule that makes Scott want to scold his mother, but it doesn't change anything.

Looking at the listless appearance of the players, Scott opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say, just shook his head and sighed.

For the team, for the players, for the coach, every game is about winning.

But that's not the case, even if you try your best in every game, but sometimes that's it, even if you want to, you can't do it.

For example, the Lakers, eight consecutive away games, three back-to-back, may be fine at first, but at this time, the Iron Man can't bear it.

What's more, this time the Devil's away Lakers' opponents are not weak teams except for the 76ers and Timberwolves.

Fortunately, Chen Feng and Kobe Bryant helped their teammates massage, so that their teammates could recover faster than usual, otherwise the Lakers might not even be able to win the game against the Timberwolves.

And for the Rockets, this is a great opportunity, if even such Lakers can't win, they will stop playing and will be scolded to death by the fans.

In fact, at the beginning of the game, the Rockets were really suppressed by the Lakers, and the score fell behind for a while.

It wasn't until more than halfway through the first quarter that Harden suddenly exploded, first with a three-point shot, and then with a signature European step, not only to score, but also to cause Randle's foul, he walked to the free throw line, steadily scored the ball, and cut down 6 points in the blink of an eye.

By this time, the Rockets had also overtaken the score.

After being overtaken by the Rockets this time, the Lakers have never been able to regain the score, and the score has been suppressed by the Rockets.

Entering the second half, the Rockets bench performed unfavorably and was pressed close by the Lakers. However, when Harden and Howard came up, the gap between the two sides was widened again.

Until the fourth quarter, the Lakers still trailed by more than a dozen points.

Seeing that the time is getting less and less, the players are not in good shape, even Chen Feng and Kobe, the shooting rate has dropped a lot, and the continuous offensive failure.

"Alas......" Scott sighed and made a substitution, replacing Chen Feng and Kobe Bryant.

Originally, he was going to fight it and see if he had luck.

But today Harden alone scored 38 points, and Howard also scored 18 points and 12 rebounds, not giving the Lakers a chance at all, and Scott had no choice but to give up.

The last few minutes were reduced to garbage time, and the two consecutive Lakers disarmed and surrendered early, which seemed unreasonable to some people, but those who knew the inside story understood that it was also a last resort. If there is that possibility, if there is a fight, who is willing to give up?

In this game, the Lakers lost to the Rockets 97-110, Chen Feng scored 18 points and 8 assists, Kobe Bryant scored 17 points, and the two combined scored 35 points, but Harden alone scored 38 points.

At this point, the devil's away game of eight consecutive away games has finally ended, the Lakers have 3 wins and 5 losses, and the results cannot be considered good, but they can't be said to be bad, after all, the opponent this time is different from the last time when they were five consecutive aways.

At the end of this game, the Lakers will be able to rest for two days, and the next game will be on December 16, when they will return to their home court to face the Milwaukee Bucks.

On the plane back to Los Angeles from Houston, the Lakers were not in high spirits, because the Devil's away win rate fell a little seriously, with a winning rate of less than 40 percent, so the ranking in the Western Conference also fell from third in the West to fifth in the West.

The reason why it dropped two places all at once, one is related to the Lakers' poor away record, and the other is because the Thunder team has a very good record during this time, and the difference between them and the Lakers' wins is not big, but they immediately overtook it and squeezed to the third place in the West.

The fourth behind is the Clippers, and their record this season is also good, chasing the Thunder very tightly when they are very deep, and the record of the Lakers is not much different.

This time, the Lakers won 3-5 in 8 games, and the Clippers surpassed the Lakers by a narrow advantage of one more win, ranking fourth in the West, squeezing the Lakers to fifth.

Behind, the sixth is the Rockets, the seventh is the Mavericks, the eighth is the Jazz, the ninth is the Pelicans, and the tenth is the Jazz, and the gap between them is not big, and this season is less than halfway through, and no team can guarantee that it will be able to enter the top eight.

Even if the Lakers are now fifth in the West, they are not safe, and there are still many games in the future, who knows what will happen?

The plane landed at the Los Angeles airport, and the players were still in a bad mood, but Scott looked at it and didn't say much, partly because of the team's poor record, and partly because he was too tired to change it with a few words.

He knows that what the players need is rest!