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Chapter 289 Waiting for you at last

In the end, the Lakers lost to the Jazz in the away game and got a humiliating defeat.After Gobert's battle, the voice of being elected as the best defensive player this season has become more intense.

When will James come back? Not only the fans want to know this question, but even the Lakers players want to know. Although the turmoil of the transaction has come to an end for the time being, the absence of James really makes the Lakers somewhat unable to find the previous easy win. The feel of the ball.This season, Wade and Thomas Jr. are one year older. They could barely carry the team last season. It is still much more difficult to lead the team to victory this season than last season.

Fortunately, the next two opponents of the Lakers are not too strong. The Lakers defeated the Cavaliers and Bulls one after another, harvested two consecutive victories, and temporarily kept the second position in the West. Ranked first in the league, and has already thrown off the Lakers by three wins, if the Lakers want to regain the first place in the Western Conference, it will undoubtedly be as difficult as the blue sky.

For the Lakers, their disastrous schedule came before James' comeback.The Lakers first lost to Westbrook's outburst Thunder on the road, and the Thunder finally won the Lakers at home. It was avenged at the beginning of the month. Westbrook, who returned to the home court, scored 35 points and 15 points. rebounds and 17 assists, the Lakers have no superstars to compete with, so they lost the game in Oklahoma.

After losing to the Thunder, the Lakers lost to a Houston team that was recovering. James Harden will always be a key point that the Lakers cannot solve. Whether it is a three-pointer or a step-back Three-point shooting is a problem that the Lakers cannot defend, especially Harden's efficiency is still very high, so the Lakers lost this key matchup in the away game.A certain team, whose condition has recovered, finally began to slowly improve their ranking. They have slowly risen from the No.13 in the Western Conference at the beginning of the season to the sixth in the Western Conference. We all understand that the Red Legion, which almost beat the Warriors last season, is about to make a comeback.

Losing to the Thunder and a certain team in a row, the third opponent of the Lakers is the terrible Golden State Warriors. In the Christmas game last month, the Lakers once relied on the performance of the whole team to defeat the The mighty Warriors, but without James today, they really can't compete with the Warriors.Although the Lakers also tried their best to fight with the Warriors for 47 minutes, Curry and Durant of the Warriors ended the suspense of the game in the last minute of the game. The three-game losing streak, the Lakers, who were invincible at the beginning of the season, have now become shaky, and they urgently need LeBron James' comeback.

But James' comeback date was postponed again. James, who was originally planned to play against the Timberwolves today, suffered repeated injuries, so he decided to continue to miss the game. Fortunately, the Lakers who had been forced to the edge of the cliff won the Timberwolves. , Ended his embarrassing three-game losing streak.Subsequently, the Lakers defeated the Suns, which continued to perform poorly, which was a big sigh of relief for their own record.But in their away game against the Philadelphia 76ers, they still lost to their opponents.

The Philadelphia 76ers this season are definitely a very strong team. If last season they were still a top four team in the Eastern Conference, then this season they are definitely capable of competing for the championship. Take a look their lineup.Needless to say, the "double emperor combination" of Ben Simmons and Embiid, the two are the hottest super rookies in the league.They also have newly joined Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris and super shooter Redick. Such a strong lineup can even break the wrist with the Warriors, and the Lakers, who are short of major generals, are naturally not the 76ers. opponents, the Lakers lost to the 76ers by 15 points.The Philadelphia 76ers are currently ranked second in the Eastern Conference, just behind the Toronto Raptors. This season, Philadelphia still has great hopes of competing for a spot in the Finals.

After losing to the Philadelphia 76ers, the man who made all Lakers fans dream about is finally back. On January 1, James announced that he would return in the same city derby with the Clippers on February 31.During the absence of James before, the two sides had a match. In that game, the Lakers without James still lost the game. The epic performance of the Clippers Louis Williams allowed the Clippers to win that game victory.

The game that James came back was playing the Clippers away. Although it was an away game in name, the Staples Arena was full of Lakers fans. In addition, this was James' first game after his comeback. , The arena was packed, and the momentum of the Clippers fans was completely overwhelmed by the Lakers fans.

In the end, the Lakers still beat the Clippers 123-120 without any risk. James had 24 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists, and was once again quasi-triple-double to kill OCD. McGee had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Ingram had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Paul Mark scored 18 points and 3 rebounds, Wade and Thomas Jr. each scored eight points, and Kuzma scored 19 points and three rebounds.In this game, regardless of the outside trading rumors, the young players of the team did their jobs well and played at their due level.The Lakers that James has returned to still show their fierce fangs again. James' return of the king is undoubtedly announced to the entire league. The invincible Lakers at the beginning of the season may be coming back again.

There are still six days before the trade deadline, and the rumors of the trade are intensifying. The scandal between Anthony Davis and the Lakers is getting hotter and hotter. Now this trade message is the most concerned basketball news in the world. Here The Lakers players who play under this level of pressure are naturally very uncomfortable. Not only do they have to stare at the pressure to play well in every game, they also face the possibility of being traded at any time. For them, this is definitely unfair, but Judging from the current situation, the Lakers have no choice. After all, the person they want to trade is Anthony Davis. He is a top five superstar in the league. Once he joins the Lakers and forms a super combination with James, Then the Lakers will undoubtedly become even more terrifying. The Lakers now have a lot of chips, their young players have gathered, and their talents are also very attractive, so the entire league believes that this transaction is very likely to happen.

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