Bad news for the Lakers loss to the Thunder! The defense is bad, Doncic s play is wrong, and it s difficult for Rivers to fight hard.

NBA regular season, the Lakers lost to the Thunder 92-121. The Lakers played too poorly in this game, with their offense and defense collapsing, and the final result was a disastrous defeat for the Lakers. The Lakers encountered four pieces of bad news after the game.

The current defensive performance of the Lakers is still too bad. After being restricted on the offensive end, the Lakers have no ability on the defensive end. Because the team moves very slowly, this will inevitably hinder the team's defensive quality. However, the Lakers still insist on changing defense, which is very baffling. Because this was how they lost in the playoffs last year, the Lakers had no choice but to still adopt this strategy in this game, which ultimately caused the Thunder to manipulate the game at will on the offensive end, and this season's lack of discipline was very chaotic.

Doncic's current style of play also has problems. Because at the beginning of the season, Doncic could still make a breakthrough. Now he can't open a three-pointer, and he is struggling throughout the game. Unfortunately, he still did not choose to use a breakthrough to break the game. After coming back in the last three games, he basically didn't bother to attack and just wanted to score through strong shots. This is very baffling. Once Doncic is unable to produce offensive lethality, he will not be able to help the team gain a foothold at all.

Laravia's loss has a great impact on the bench. Because he once became the team's best sixth man before, but he has only scored 2 three-pointers in the last five games. This kind of efficiency is bad enough. If Laravia can open up, at least there will be one more ball-holding point in the connection period, and his defense is not bad. When he was in a slump, the bench had no support at all, and he couldn't dribble anymore. I don't know if he can pick up in the future.

It still seems difficult for Rivers to fight a tough battle. When playing against a weak team, there is really no solution to leading the team with a single core. When encountering high-intensity defense, Rivers will be sluggish offensively and make many mistakes. Throughout his career, Rivers has had very few games in which he was able to run wild against strong opponents. I wonder if the Lakers can take the opportunity to make a trade after the subsequent data comes back. After all, after James comes back, it will be difficult for the three of them to be compatible.