After winning successively, the Trail Blazers, and the Bucks, the Lakers' state began to go into a slump.

Without any warning, it went straight to the downturn. The team started losing streaks.

And the more the team wants to get results, the more the team loses......

From the ranking has reached fourth in the West, and as a result, it has dropped to seventh in the West.

Recently, he played against the Nuggets and returned to eighth place in the West. On this top, the Pelicans and Grizzlies are currently battling for a spot to the playoffs.

So they saw that the Lakers, who were eighth in the West at this time, were red-eyed.

The next game was against the Pelicans, and Wharton was initially unhappy with his team's loss.

But it can't be done after a long time.

Originally, Walton's plan was that the Lakers would be the best in third place if they could!

In this way, they will be able to play against teams such as the Grizzlies, and the difficulty will naturally not be high.

But now, it seems that the Lakers can't do that. The game has been played to this extent, and the Lakers have been much more passive.

Now it's a problem to get into the playoffs and to get a bad place.

Among the top eight teams in the West, there is not much difference in wins.

What the Lakers do is not to shout that the ranking is too low.

Now, for example, if the team enters the playoffs as eighth in the West, how sure are they that they will win against the Warriors?

The Spurs in second place and the Clippers in third place.

In the Lakers' first round, Wharton hopes they will have a mental buffer.

Although he is also confident that his team can beat the top three players in the Western Conference playoffs.

No matter which team you meet, you can beat them in the first round.

But the players don't necessarily have that confidence.

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Now that the Lakers are starting to lose, the other teams are looking to win them.

At present, from the perspective of rhythm, the players on the Lakers' side seem to be a little overwhelmed after training a lot.

His performance in the game was much weaker, mainly due to training.

There are also certain problems in the mentality.

Back at Staples Arena today, there are still a lot of fans.

The Pelicans' starters were, in order, Davis, Asik, Cunningham, Moore and Jack.

The Lakers are Randle, Lore Deng, Ingram, Li Feng and Kobe Bryant!

From the perspective of the center alone, the opponent has a super center, and the Lakers are not strong in this regard.

And there are actually advantages and disadvantages on both sides.

The Lakers are very strong at guard.

What Walton meant in this game was that he could rest for a few more days after the game.

Then it's time to jump right into playoff mode.

This means that the intensity of training will be reduced, allowing the players to fully focus on the final dozen games of the regular season and the playoffs.

Because if they continue to play like this, the Lakers' ranking will not even be able to make the playoffs.

In that case, so much training will not help.

Asik took the lead in basketball.

Jack then held the ball across half court at this point, faced Bryant's defense, and eventually passed the ball to Davis.

The latter directly deducted points in the face of Randle's defense! Lakers management is now interested in restructuring the Lakers.

There is no shortage of superstars in this team!

At present, Leonard, Davis and James are the candidates they plan to recruit in recent years.

Li Feng passed half the court at this time, and Yingge faced Cunningham after taking over the basketball and was finally broken!

After Moore got the ball in the frontcourt, he immediately hit a three-point shot from the three-point line!

The fans at the Lakers' home court watched this scene with some embarrassment at this time.

And the morale of the Pelicans has also risen.

5:0 in the opening game! The camera was given to Wharton, and in front of the camera, Wharton did not have the momentum he had some time ago.

The players are still distracted by exhaustion, and the game can definitely be played.

But it is not known how much ability can be exerted.

Basically, I can't use my previous abilities.

Kobe: "It seems that if you want to win this game, you need to rely on the two of us"

Li Feng: "It seems that it can only be like this"

Kobe Bryant received a pass from Li Feng, and the two also thought about it before the game.

If teammates still can't play, then the score of the game is basically up to the two of them.

When Davis saw Kobe Bryant holding the ball, he immediately asked his teammates to quickly rush over to defend Kobe!

And he is also waiting for Kobe to come over at any time!

At this time, Li Feng got the basketball in the bottom corner and got up and hit a three-point shot!

The cooperation between the two is now very tacit!

When the Pelicans saw the cooperation of Li Feng and Kobe, they also began to get serious.

The Lakers aren't a rabble right now, after all.

Basketball came directly to Brother Thick Eyebrows. In the face of Lore Deng and Randle's bag, Davis dunked directly to score points!

The Pelicans' idea was straightforward.

They can't beat the Lakers on three-pointers. Then it would be nice to compare more with the Lakers on the inside.

The Lakers really can't beat each other here under the basket and at the forward position!

As long as the defense is good, the Lakers can't do anything about them.

Li Feng dribbled the ball across the half court, this time he directly dodged Jack's defense, and then got up and hit a three-point shot!

The Lakers still have to score points, but the players have seen it during this time.

I can't play at all, so now I can only score with two core defenders!

The basketball came to Asik, and Cunningham jumped up and hit a three-pointer as soon as he received the ball!

10:6！ Wharton directly asked for a timeout at this point.

4 points behind. The Lakers, on their side, still look passive.

Nick Young replaces Ingram.

Wharton: "In the next game, Kobe Bryant will play the playmaker position, let Nick Young and Li Feng score, and you can score when the natural opportunity comes"

The opponent didn't make any changes to the opponent after the timeout.

The Lakers immediately changed their triangle offensive play!

Now, although the Lakers don't know much about the triangle offense, they still have Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant's grasp of the game is still good, so to a certain extent, the Lakers are still able to play a good match.

And as long as that is done well, then the Lakers may be able to take control of the situation immediately.

It didn't take long for Nick Young to receive Kobe's pass, and then immediately rushed to the front court and hit a three-point iron.

Then Jack got the rebound, and immediately after halftime, Davis got the ball and turned around with a powerful dunk!

At the beginning of today's game, Brother Thick Mei has been scoring on the field!

Li Feng also knows why the Los Angeles Lakers wanted to get this player so much in their previous life.

Davis, who has thick eyebrows and big eyes, is simply an iconic figure of the new era on the court, especially under the basket!

Kobe Bryant looked at Davis at this time, a little emotional.

He went directly to Li Feng's ball, and then hit a three-point shot in the opponent's three-person package!

Wharton immediately motioned to Bryant on the sidelines, you need to pass more balls.

It's most appropriate to use you to attract firepower.

But the black mamba also nodded only symbolically. Thick eyebrows looked at Kobe Bryant, and also signaled that he could hit the basket although.

Then the thick eyebrows got the rebound and faced Randle with a back-to-back single!

The Pelicans, on their side, seemed to let the thick eyebrows score alone.

At this point in the game, the fans at the scene didn't know what to watch.

Although the Pelicans are in the lead right now, they are also taking a lot of risk in this game!

The players on the floor for the Lakers knew what was wrong with the other team at this point.

What if the thick eyebrows go to rest? What if he doesn't score in the next round?

Can the Pelicans still score as they do now?

That's what the New Orleans boss is pondering.

But against the Lakers, he has to strike first.

Let the Lakers be in a state of backwardness both in terms of scoring and psychology.

They are not as strong as the Pelicans, and they have to fight hard to win their opponents at this time.

Don't give the Lakers any chance, that's the consensus of their players and coaches.

Kobe Bryant still holds the ball on his own! Davis provocatively let him pass!

The emotions of the fans at the scene were also mobilized by these two superstars!

After thick eyebrows came to the league, they directly established their status as a star center!

And now he is the same as the wolf king of the Timberwolves back then, he is very good at playing, but his teammates can't.

So the Pelicans have also had rumors of thick eyebrows leaving in recent years.

But the team will not let him go easily, and ideological work and other aspects are also constantly being done.

If a team can't find a home and let go of the league's top center?

That team is likely to repeat the mistakes of the Orlando Magic.

Jack, Asik and Cunningham rushed over together, and Jack eventually received a foul.

Kobe Bryant hit all 3 free throws!

The Pelicans coach immediately asked the team to change the style of play, stop passing the ball inside, and start to pass more in the first quarter to find opportunities to shoot.

This time, Moore received the basketball and did not go over several times at Li Feng's place.

Finally hit a jump shot under Jack's cover!

16:12！ It looks like the Lakers are about to start chasing points!

......

26:20！ In the second quarter, Zubac and Lowe came on, and Randle and Kobe Bryant were substituted.

The Pelicans lineup remains the same!

Kobe Bryant also passed the ball in the final moments of the first quarter, but his teammates didn't shoot, and the opponent seized this opportunity to score with his life!

The Lakers are feeling a lot of pressure right now.

In tonight's game, the opponent has no intention of letting them go!

The opponent is staring at them, and if the Lakers relax a little, the opponent will immediately go to score.

Then Lakers Li Feng took the ball to the frontcourt, and Wharton's arrangement in this quarter was to let Nick Young organize the game as much as possible.

Now that Wharton has recently started to reuse Nick Young, the black question mark is not going to let go of this opportunity.

He immediately looked for a friend in the game, saw Li Feng running over, and passed the ball nearby.

Try to get the ball to your teammates as safely as possible.

While there will be fewer long passes, Nick Young is now starting to focus on efficiency.

The Lakers must be on the rise this season, because even if they don't make the playoffs, they have far surpassed the Lakers managed by Scott last season in terms of wins so far.

Zubac saw Li Feng pass the ball and rushed over to receive the basketball first.

Jumped up before the thick eyebrows could catch up, but in the air it was to pass the ball to Lore Deng.

The Pelicans guessed wrong, and in the end, Lore Deng hit a 2-point shot from close range!

Unlike the first quarter, after the thick eyebrows began to focus on defense in the second half of the first quarter, he had time to rest.

And the requirement in this section is that Davis is the one to score consistently.

The basketball came directly, and the thick eyebrows didn't take it seriously, and went over to Zubac, but in the end Zubac was defended by Zubac!

There was a burst of exclamations at the scene, followed by enthusiastic cheers from Lakers fans!

Davis: "There are two hits!" Then let's practice? ”

Zubac: "It doesn't matter if you practice or not, the main thing is that I am here to defend you today"

Thick eyebrows suddenly smiled, then nodded and didn't say anything more.

The basketball bounced to Lore Deng in the process, and Nick Young hit a three-point shot after receiving the ball!

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the score difference was directly chased from 6 points to 1 point!

On the Pelicans' side, Davis immediately got the basketball, and then scored with a two-handed dunk at Zubac!

Zubac, a young first-grader, was knocked straight out!

The referee tried to blow the whistle, but ultimately hesitated and did not award Zubac a foul.

And the Pelicans don't look for it here, there are too many such situations.

Davis also didn't bother to reason with the referee.

When such a situation occurs, the referees have to be more fair.

After more than half a season, Zubac has become much tougher on the field.

Quickly rushed to the front court and ended up one step ahead of Davis.

Lowe received a pass from Nick Young shortly after, missed a three-point shot in front of Jack, and then rushed straight over to grab a rebound.

Lore Deng inadvertently picked up another rebound in a scramble between Zubac and Bushy Eyebrows.

Li Feng catches the ball behind him and throws!

The two sides are now starting to stalemate. But what can be proved from the previous games is that the Lakers can tie the score with their opponents.

But in the end, you will still lose the game. Their performance in the later stages was very unsatisfactory.

And for the Lakers players on the scene, there is indeed a feeling that they have more than enough to do.

The main reason is that there is a lot of decline in physical fitness.

Li Feng's words are even worse, from the outside world, they think that Li Feng may not be physically good at all.

It's no secret that the Lakers are stepping up their training, and the media thinks Li Feng is training with his teammates.

But now it's worse than his teammates.

Physically, they may not be as good as their teammates. But in fact, this is not the case, after the game with the Bucks, Li Feng was called over by Kobe.

Then he had to go to Kobe's training ground at 3:30 every day, and then train his physical ......

Many people may not know how Li Feng came over during this time, and his legs were weak at the beginning......

When the whole team is tired, Li Feng can't be too abnormal to show that his physical fitness is particularly good.

Because he participated in Kobe's special training and the team's special training, he only used a physical candy to maintain it in the game.

That's it.

Jack was past half at this time, Davis got the basketball again, and seeing Zubac desperately defending him, Davis decisively threw the ball into Moore's hands, and the latter immediately hit a three-point shot!

When Wharton arrived at Staples Arena today, he always had an emotion written on his face that seemed indescribable.

It's rare to see on his face that he wants to leave at the beginning of the game.

And Wharton seems to be in such a state at this time.