Lhe season that was supposed to be the redemption of the Lakers After its hit in the playoffs last year, it has become a real hell for the Los Angeles team. A team that has lost any sign of identity beyond the pride of LeBron James and that he has shown that he no longer even knows how to compete. A characteristic that not too long ago made them champions and earned them the respect of all.
Now that fierceness and that knowing how to cling to the games has been completely lost. The team adds six consecutive defeats against teams with a positive balance and he hardly poses a battle in matches that are uphill for him. Immediately they lower their arms and show their shortcomings: lack of ideas in attack with a single resource (LeBron), players who do not adapt to their positions and a defense that has dropped many integers compared to the one that conquered the ring in 2020.
The result of all this is a team that goes from disaster to disaster as demonstrated before some Nuggets that without so much star (remember the injuries of Michael Porter by Jamal Murray) has shown to have more basketball in his hands thanks to a Nikola Jokic that he does have what the Lakers seem to lack: understanding of the game.
The Serbian signed a triple-double (17 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists) to lead the beating that the Denver team indosed on the Lakers: 133-96. An unmitigated defeat that has caused legends of the Los Angeles team such as Magic Johnson have begun to get fed up with the image given today by those who defend what was their jersey: “As Lakers fans we can accept a defeat, but we deserve more than that lack of effort and no sense of urgency to win gamesLittle more can be said.
It continues to paint in coarse the season of the Spanish players in the NBA. only Serge Ibaka has been the protagonist in a night in which The Houston Rockets have announced that Usman Garuba is returning to the G League. The Clippers pvot contributed a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds, in addition to two blocks, but could not prevent the loss of the Angelenos against the Spurs (101-94). For their part, none of the Hernangmez brothers had time on the court.
RESULTS OF THE NBA DAY
- Bucks 96-103 Raptors
- Wizards 110-115 Trail Blazers
- Hawks 108-117 Knicks
- Nets 120-105 Pelicans
- Heat 98-109 76ers
- Thunder 102-107 Cavaliers
- Celtics 114-112 Bulls
- Spurs 101-94 Clippers
- Nuggets 133-96 Lakers
- Mavericks 108-92 Magic
Darius Garland is being able to sustain the Cleveland Cavaliers after the injuries of Ricky Rubio y Collin Sexton. The second-year player has taken a step forward in his performance and has assumed the leading role in a Cavs that continue sixth in the east after defeating the Thunder. A victory in which Garland was instrumental in scoring 27 points and distributing 18 assists, a number that had not been seen in Cleveland in a player other than LeBron James.
The NBA has to re-update the race for the MVP to include the name of a Joel Embiid who right now is the most dominant player in the NBA. The African pvot was again unstoppable in the game that the Sixers took against the Heat and ended with 32 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, in addition to distributing three assists and putting a block. Numbers that reinforce the candidacy of a player who has no rival to stop him right now.
What a week they have Bulls! After presenting his candidacy to everything it seems that the fact of having been the target of all the spotlights has blinded those from Illinois, who have three consecutive defeats and already see the Brooklyn Nets through the rear view mirror. Jayson Tatum he managed a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds, for the Boston Celtics to turn the match around and leave the Bulls mired in a minor crisis of identity and results.
