No apologies, no hope. One more night for the Lakers, the owners of the biggest ridiculous of the season, that team that aspired to everything and to stayif you can stay even without play-in. That previous one that nobody wants to play will be the last chance for the Angelenos to access the playoffs, but it is even optimistic to think, not only that they will play a good role in it, but that they will arrive. Frank Vogel’s team, which will be fired (already a certainty) at the end of the season, He has four consecutive losses and is with a record of 27-35, in ninth place in the Western Conference but with only one game ahead of the Pelicans, that team that has among its ranks a string of former Los Angeles players who served, of course, to sign an Anthony Davis who has only played 37 games this year… out of a possible 62.
The transfer gave a ring, that of the bubble, but the subsequent injuries, the mismanagement of the board and the intrusiveness of LeBron to sign Russell Westbrook have ultimately ended up being the downfall for them. There has been no reaction after the All Star, in which LeBron turned his back on the team and criticized, without mentioning them, Rob Pelinka and Jeanie Buss, in addition to leaving the door more than open to his departure in 2023, when he will be a free agent. And the public has responded with whistles while many on social networks remember Kobe Bryant and unlucky squads with superior records. Over there are the years from 2005 to 2007, in which the black mamba led the entity to records of 45 and 42 wins with only the help of Lamar Odom and the likes of Smush Parker and Kwame Brown on the starting lineup. With only 20 games ahead of us, it seems difficult that we are going to see something like this this course. And, as is the dynamic, practically impossible.
Beyond the debates on social networks, totally ridiculous and used to justify according to what position, the Lakers made another great foolishness, the umpteenth, against the Clippers, who are already 7-0 against the purple and gold since Tyronn Lue came to the bench. A dreadful start, a threat of a comeback that left the team 3 points before the break (66-63). And then total ridicule, as if the Lakers were trying too hard to outdo themselves in the basement of their own failure: 18 points in the entire third quarter that were just 9 with 1:19 to go. From 66-63 it went to 100-72, a fright of epic dimensions attended in the front row by Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, two stars that had nothing to do and are still, of course, in dry dock. From there and with the crash on track and practically sentenced, boredom and a let go as obvious as almost annoying, without honor or heart, without possibility of no hope of seeing it anywhere.
In the Lakers, the usual bland statistic that is no longer worth anyone: 26 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists from LeBron, 12 from Malik Monk, 17+8+3 from Russell Westbrook and 12 from Wayne Ellington for a team that missed shots released consistently, was 12-for-35 on three-pointers, lost 14 balls and allowed single pitches that his rivals did take advantage ofyes In the Clippers, 36 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists from Reggie Jackson, in a monumental display that was adorned with 14 points from Marcus Morris, 19+9 from Ivica Zubac, 12+5+5 from Isaiah Hartenstein, 11 from Luke Kennard (with 3 of 4 triples), and 12+7 from an effective Robert Covington, active on both sides of the piece. A new sample of choral play, great defense and committed players from a team that is 34+31, eighth in the Western Conference. Only one position, it seems unbelievable, above the Lakers. But with sensations, of course, infinitely different. It is not for less.
