The Lakers' winning streak finally stopped at twenty-eight consecutive wins, although it is already the second longest winning streak in the league, but this result still makes some people feel a little disappointed, after all, after the Lakers defeated the Spurs, they need to face basically only one Pacers and a Trail Blazers are the opponents with playoff spots in hand, although the Clippers are relatively strong on paper, but they are now ranked ninth in the West this season due to Paul's injury for two weeks, What I didn't expect was that the Lakers were actually defeated by the Clippers.

However, I have to say that in this game, the Lakers are also convinced, and Paul can be regarded as saving some face for himself in the battle for the league's first point guard, so that everyone understands that although Ye Xuan's combat power is indeed terrifyingly strong, he is the king who has always been ranked in the league in the position of point guard.

Although the Lakers lost this game, it was equivalent to being relieved, and the pressure was much less in an instant, with 28 consecutive wins, 42 wins and 4 losses, which is indeed very crazy for the Lakers in this half season. In the following period, the Lakers should also play relatively casually, after all, they don't have any pressure to be above the rankings now, and the team owner has not ordered anything to pursue anything like 74 wins, and now they are 7 wins ahead of the Warriors, who are second in the league, and they don't have to worry about being caught up by their opponents, so now they can relax a little, after all, they have only one goal this season, that is, the championship.

However, unlike the situation that everyone expected that the Lakers' record would begin to decline slowly after this breath of relief, although the Lakers' winning streak has been broken, they have also reduced the pressure on them, and after the game with the Clippers, they have met two opponents in a row who are not strong in combat, namely the Pistons, who are already on the verge of rebuilding again, and the Nuggets, who have been hovering on the edge of the playoffs.

The Lakers played very easily in these two games, although the Pistons had the advantage on the inside, but the outside line was completely blown up by Ye Xuan, Reggie Jackson was not able to grow into the kind of organizational core that the Pistons wanted, on the contrary, he began to have some problems with his positioning after being traded, the team's organizational work was not able to improve, but his arrival became another player competing for the ball, plus Tobias Harris, who later transferred, The Pistons are also playing chaotically right now.

And the game with the Nuggets is even more bizarre, this game The Nuggets team is like losing their souls, the shooting rate is less than 35% in the whole game, 69:110, which is also the lowest score opponent of the Lakers opponent this season, and the 41-point difference is also the Lakers' almost highest winning point difference this season.

After defeating these two weaker opponents, the Lakers ushered in a heavyweight opponent, the Pacers, saying that he was a heavyweight opponent, not only because this was Ye Xuan's first return to the Conseco Arena on behalf of the Lakers, but also because after the trade, after disposing of the unstable elements in the center, the Pacers regained their rhythm of the game, and this season's pickled pepper is also holding back a lot of energy, so he performed very well, if the West is Ye Xuan, If the three guards of Wei Shao and Harden are in a three-legged position, then LeBron James and Pickles are competing in the East.

After the trade, the Pacers should be one of the teams with the highest winning percentage except for the Lakers, they have only lost 5 games in the last 24 games, although they have not been able to reach the top three positions in the East because of their poor record at the beginning, but they have also chased from ninth in the East to fourth in the East, and there is only 1 win away from the Wizards in the third place in the East.

The game started soon, and when Ye Xuan returned to the Conseco Arena where he had played for three seasons, the scene remembered thunderous cheers, which also made Ye Xuan's heart warm, after all, although Ye Xuan likes the Lakers very much, if the team does not take the initiative to trade itself, then Ye Xuan's affectionate character should not take the initiative to leave the team and switch to other teams.

The touching scene is fleeting, the game still has to be won or lost, at the beginning of the game, the Pacers occupied the top, although Rose was very passive in the face of Ye Xuan, but now after some adjustment, he has also changed his style of play, from the kind of play that still insisted on playing hard last season, to a more pass-oriented style of play, which is also one of the reasons why the Pacers can have such a good record again, under the tandem of Rose, The other two backcourt players of the Pacers got a lot of offensive opportunities, one was when Hood hit a three-pointer after receiving the ball from the baseline, and the other was when Pickled Pepper used a run to cut inside and then received a pass from Rose and scored an easy layup, and the start was a good start.

And the Lakers are different, although Ye Xuan can use his personal ability to force scores, but in terms of alignment, Solomon Hill was completely blown up by pickled peppers, and Gasol on the inside line does not have an advantage in grabbing rebounds, including the position of scoring guard, I have to say that Hood is indeed a relatively good scoring guard, while having a certain defensive ability, running without the ball and singles with the ball are very good, Wade is not dominant at all when facing Hood, who is a head taller than him, That's why the Lakers have been beaten all the time.

About 8 minutes into the first quarter of the game, the Lakers took the initiative to seek changes, replacing Wade and Randle with Clarkson and Nick Young, this lineup instantly lowered the height, and Solomon Hill, who was squeezed into the big forward position, couldn't even prevent the opponent's small forward Pickle Pepper, and played even harder, but this substitution made the Lakers' range improved, and this style of play also made the Pacers a little irritable, and played for about two minutes. The two teams have changed their bench lineups to play, the Lakers' bench combat effectiveness should be very good, but the Pacers have Louis Williams on the bench, which makes the Lakers play very hard, although the Lakers barely relied on the super high shooting rate The Lakers also recovered a few points, but the Pacers still managed to maintain their lead, and when the main force was replaced, the Lakers were a little unable to win.

At halftime, although Ye Xuan had 22 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds, he still lost to the 24 points and 8 rebounds that scored a season-high pickle pepper in the half, and the Lakers also lost to the Pacers by 12 points. Pickled pepper is actually a little unhappy in the Pacers, a team that has safely hit the championship, but it was messed up by Pritchard's trade, and after Ye Xuan left, Pickled Pepper is now facing a lot of doubts, such as whether Ye Xuan left with Pickled Pepper in it, or Pickled Pepper was afraid that Ye Xuan would steal his position as the team's boss and plan a deal with Prichard, etc., which also made Pickled Pepper very annoyed, so when facing Ye Xuan, In addition to the friendship between brothers, he also has the idea of wanting to compete, and this game is exactly like this, and Pickled Pepper is also holding back his strength and proving himself well.

In the second half, the Lakers were still in a relatively sluggish state, and the Pacers were different, they are now officially attacking the Wizards' third position in the East in front of them.

At the end of the third quarter of the game, the score gap was gradually widened to 17 points, and Wharton didn't think too much about it, and with a wave of his hand, he directly replaced Ye Xuan and others with substitutes, which can be regarded as announcing surrender, and finally the game ended, and the Lakers only won two games after losing to the Clippers in front, and then lost to the Pacers, and the record fell to 45-5 in an instant.

As for the Lakers, although they lost this game, the team didn't pay attention to it, and this relatively relaxed attitude also made the Pacers not find the kind of pleasure they should have after winning this game.

After the end of the game with the Pacers, the Lakers' game in January is coming to an end, although there are still ten days before the end of January, but the Lakers in these ten days, only three games, and two of them are back-to-back, in other words, the Lakers will get a very good vacation in the next period of time, whether it is to adjust the state or to relax the muscles, in short, this is also a kind of compensation for the Pacers in December 17 gamesAfter all, a team only plays 82 games in a regular season.

And the next opponent of the Lakers is the very unfortunate Mavericks, the Mavericks are in a very embarrassing situation now, they want to hit the championship again at the end of the old driver's career, it is obviously impossible, but the team itself has a little bit of strength, so it is not as rotten as the Magic team or the Nets, which causes the Mavericks to be a little far away from the playoffs, but also far away from the champion sign, in short, it is very embarrassing, and it is too late to mess up, And if you want to hit the playoffs, there may still be a chance in the East, forget it in the West, after all, even teams like the Clippers in the West have struggled to rank eighth in the West this year.

There are no highlights in this game, the Lakers have not suffered a losing streak this season, and Ye Xuan and others are obviously not willing to try the taste of a losing streak, so at the beginning of this game, the Lakers played very seriously, and then the Mavericks were tragic, only 14 points in a single quarter of the game was already embarrassing, and what was even more embarrassing was that they also let the Lakers score 33 points, that is, they lost 19 points in a single quarter.

After that, it was a long garbage time, and in the end, the Lakers also defeated the Mavericks on their home court, 110:99, although the difference was only eleven points, but the process of the game was without waves, and even after Ye Xuan entered the locker room at halftime, there was no reappearance in the second half, it was not that Ye Xuan left early, but that Wharton Jr. let Wade and Ye Xuan stay in the physiotherapy room, and received physiotherapy massage while watching the game, after all, these two people are the ones who have the most breakthroughs in the team, This can cause damage to joints such as knees and ankles, and proper physiotherapy massage can effectively alleviate these injuries.

Easily won the Mavericks, the Lakers began their leisure time, first a three-day holiday, and then at home against the Trail Blazers, this is the third meeting between the two teams this month, unlike the previous two games, this time the Lakers are not burdened with any streak of winning streaks, so the process of the game is also very relaxed, which makes the Lakers without pressure play better, unlike the previous two encounters, this time the Lakers played very easily, at the end of the third quarter of the game, Although they only led the opponent by 9 points, the Lakers were in the lead from the first minute of the game, did not give the Trail Blazers any chance, and finally easily won the opponent 109-101, killing the opponent three times in a single month.

Next is the back-to-back game, this game is with the Jazz, the Jazz team this season is also after the trade, although now it has been overtaken by the Rockets and other teams, but it is still firmly in the ranks of the top eight in the West, this game The Lakers also spent a lot of effort to finally win, after all, the Lakers do not have an advantage inside, which makes the Lakers fall behind a lot in the rebounding snatch, and the secondary offense is also a little behind, but fortunately, Teague is not Ye Xuan's opponent, In the crucial fourth quarter of the game, Ye Xuan scored consecutive singles, and there was also a plot of cutting off the ball directly from Teague and then winning a quick attack, which directly helped the Lakers play a wave of 7:2 small climax, successfully overtaking the score, and finally Ye Xuan hit all four free throws in a row, so that the Jazz team lost the opportunity to equalize, and finally defeated the opponent 103:99 and won the game.

At this point, the Lakers' games in January are all over, from the 28th to the 31st, the Lakers have no games to play, which can be regarded as a big holiday. What made the Lakers even happier was that on the twenty-seventh, the Warriors behind them lost again, they lost to the Spurs 108-111, and the record was once again 6 wins behind the Lakers, and the Lakers' first position in the league was also firmly seated without the slightest pressure.