"The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and the boat was late and encountered a head wind."
This sentence is the most appropriate to describe today's Mavericks and Lakers.
The two teams that made epic mid-season trades have not been good lately.
The Lone Ranger was violently beaten by a rocket today, and Exum was injured.
There are only eight people who can play now: Marshall, Edwards, Powell, Klay, Dinwiddie, Christie, Brandon Williams, and Caleb Martin.
Looking at their roster, I was dazzled by the idea that this group of people had become naturalized Swiss players.
It's no wonder that fans joked that if he continued to play like this, Kidd would have to be a player and coach.
Reddick: That's it, I've got to do it too.
Today, the Lakers are playing the Nuggets, and it stands to reason that it is the focus of the battle.
However, the lake is dry, and there are as many as 8 absentees: Doncic, LeBron James, Hachimura, Hayes, Vincent, Smith, Kleber (negligible), and Jamieson.
Available players: Reeves, Vanderbilt, Ryan, Knecht, Goodwin, Milton, Morris, Collock, Bronny, and Reddish (Reddish appears for the first time since January 29).
The Nuggets came with a flame of revenge, and Aaron Gordon is back for this game.
From the perspective of pre-game analysis, it is also a wise move for the Lakers to strategically abandon this game.
If it's the playoffs today, a lot of people on the team will be able to keep playing.
But this situation is playing away from home in the regular season? Not necessarily.
With an eight-day, six-game Devil's schedule and player injuries, the Lakers have suffered a four-game losing streak after losing this game just now.
Nos. 17-18, and have to play the Suns and Spurs back-to-back; No. 20-21 will play the Nuggets and Bucks again.
Therefore, the title of Brother Di is by no means alarmist or exaggerated,The Lakers are at their most dangerous.
If you don't do it well, it's easy to make a long losing streak, and it's not impossible to fall out of the top six.
The current competition for a playoff spot in the West can be described as ferocious.
Pohu temporarily ranked fifth with the previous wave of consecutive wins, but there was not much money saved, and the Warriors behind him won 6 in a row, the Timberwolves won 7 in a row, and the Clippers won two in a row.
The opponent is winning in a row, and he is losing in a row...
Who wouldn't want to make it straight to the playoffs? The play-offs are 1-2 games to be decided and lost, which is too dangerous.
Therefore, the Lakers are now in a state of blocking in front and chasing soldiers in the back.
At this point in time, there is no way to meet the wave of injuries.
You can't blame the players who came on today, they were good enough.
The remnants can toss the whole court with the Nuggets, score 40 points in the first quarter, and don't lie down directly.
Reeves, Milton, Knecht, including Biao and Goodwin, all played quite well.
Xiaoli is in charge, 37+13+8, showing the demeanor of a star, but the key ball in the key round did not withstand... The Lakers also died in the tie of 2+1 by Mr. Yoo, Murray's three-point shot, and Wei Shao's steal.
has been juiced by Murray's fire again and again, this plot is really...
It's a pity that the Lakers lost, but the process was shocking and surprising, and they died standing up!
The remnants lost all the main Nuggets by 5 points, it's okay.
If you want to blame it, you didn't have enough deposits before, and it hurt too much to lose to the Jazz and the Hornets.
I didn't take the game that should have been won, which led to the current pressure.
The good news is that Shams says James still needs another week to recover.
Hachimura and Hayes will return in a week, and these two players are closer to the state of daily observation than James.
I remember that in 2018, Lao Zhan was also injured in this part, and as a result, he recuperated for more than a month. This time it's better, and it's next week to come back.
That coming week, the Lakers had to withstand.
In the next two games, it is inevitable that Dongzi will lead the team to win and fight with Sun, and the Spurs have already opened, and they can't drop the chain against the Spurs.
For teams on a losing streak, it's important to win one game first to regain confidence.
The big goal is to play the playoffs with a healthy roster, and everyone knows that, but the problem is that you have to make the playoffs.
When it comes to the devil's schedule of eight days and six races, Dongzi's words are still worthy of recognition:
"I don't think I've experienced anything like that. But in the end, we took the money, there shouldn't be any excuses, you're tired or something. You live for this. After every game you have to make sure you get back well and then keep going. โ
Take the money and do the work.