The Lakers can give James little help in offense and defense. Many people point the finger at Westbrook, because Westbrook only got 6 points on the 45 million contract, which is beyond many people's understanding. And vogel, who was beaten like this inside. Why not go to Howard? It was not until the last minute that Howard was pushed onto the court. Howard deserves more playing time for his performance.
Vogel has always been centered on James. What are the benefits of losing James in the regular season this season for the Lakers? What's the use of damaging James' health and ability as a bargaining chip to get regular season results? Now it can be clearly seen that there is no hope of hitting the top five. If we stay in the top eight and top ten, we will lose James. If we don't lose James, the Lakers can only enter the play-offs. Can losing James really save the Lakers' playoff hopes this season? Not necessarily, because James is 37 years old after all. Although James' state has not basically declined, the Lakers, Lakers management and vogel really need to seriously consider this issue.
Although the Lakers' substitutes played a magical story of 2 1-0 at the last moment, in the end, because the hole dug by the Lakers in the first round was too big, 2 1 point did not fill the gap, and finally the Lakers swallowed the defeat, which directly led to the Lakers falling to the ninth place in the West and losing the Western Conference Play-offs.