Swept by a 1-4 gentleman, who is the Lakers surprise out? US media shows 5 major reasons: Doncic ranks second

The first round was swept by a gentleman 1-4, and who is the Lakers, who are out of the surprise? The US media "bleacherreport" has revealed five major reasons, among which the new nuclear Doncic ranks second in the future.

Reason 5: Redick

This is Redick's first year as the head coach. The Lakers have obvious shortcomings in the interior, and the ability of the 6-8th man on the bench is extremely limited, so he only ranks fifth.

was selected because he failed to solve any obvious problems through the arrangement of troops, and could only extend the appearance time between Doncic and James. The only way to arrange the two of them to misplace singles on the offensive end also made the two look exhausted.

Especially in the life-and-death battle between G5, Redick's poor employment completely activated Gobert, allowing the latter to play the best performance in his career so far.

Reason 4: James is 40 years old, and he played in the regular season and playoffs for more than 71,000 minutes, and he still averaged 25.4 points, 9 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.

However, after entering the playoffs, James' lack of physical fitness was completely exposed, especially in the last quarter, when G4 and G5 Redickra had full playtime, James was invisible in G5 for a long time and could only start betting on three points on the offensive end.

According to statistics from the US media, the Lakers lost 41 points when James was on the court in the first round of the series, while the Lakers won 8 points when he left the court.

Reason 3: Pelinka needs to praise Pelinka's move from the Mavericks to Doncic, but refusing to take over Mavericks after 4-for-1 trade has become one of the important reasons for the Lakers' loss.

The Lakers rejected Ma Wei due to health problems, and the latter played in most games after the trade deadline, averaging 14.9 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 blocks per game.

More importantly, as the core chip, Kneckett, had obvious mental problems after experiencing this wave of operations. He fell out of the rotation at the end of the season and sat on the bench in the playoffs, causing the Lakers to have to use 5 small hours for a long time, because only Hayes can be used in the interior, and his ability and level are completely unable to cope with the playoffs.

Reason 2: Doncic's performance was lower than expected is not surprising. He spent most of this season recuperating from injury. After returning, he suddenly changed his team and had to adapt to a new team, a new environment, a new teammate and a new system.

And he is a typical big core with a ball, and all the team's configuration needs to be built around him, so it is reasonable to get out early in the first year of joining the Lakers.

However, as a superstar, Doncic's laziness and complaints on the defensive end are difficult to understand, which forces him to take responsibility for the strength of the Lakers.

Reason 1: The reason why the Timberwolves were eliminated early is on the one hand because of their lack of ability and there are considerable problems with running-in, and on the other hand, the opponent Timberwolves were underestimated.

This can also be seen from the regular season net difference. The Timberwolves' goal difference ranks fourth in the league, 10 picks higher than the Lakers. Therefore, from this point of view, the Timberwolves' defeat of the Lakers is not a big upset.

Especially in the playoffs, Randall and Diwen Qinzuo finally figured out their positioning and roles, and began to form a stable chemical reaction with Edwards, McDann, Conley and Gobert. They seemed unstoppable. Whether facing the young Rockets in the second round or the Warriors in the West seventh place, the Timberwolves are very likely to return to the Western Conference Finals.