Que pasa con los Lakers.? análisis-opinion / What’s happening with the Lakers.? | ESP-ENG
The Los Angeles Lakers together with the Boston Celtics are the teams with more titles in the NBA, 17 in total, and therefore are the two teams with more history in this game, and in itself the ones that drag more fans throughout the history of the league since its inception, giving that spicy touch to the league, with different rivalries in various eras, taking with them a legion of fans who have been loyal to them both in bad times and in good times, creating among their most loyal fans, the desire to always attend the arena, almost always crowding it, joining the show that their favorite players display on the board night after night.
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QUE PASA CON LOS LAKERS.? / WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LAKERS
The brand new California team's crest that is reflected in the new Crypto. com Arena, no longer seems to be the same as the team that achieved its last championship in the 2019-2020 season, and not the same as in seasons where they won two and three championships, starting to create a lot of doubts among all those who follow them in this current NBA season, by recording a worrying record of 2 and 10, second to last in the ''west'' conference only ahead of an ailing Houston Rockets with a similar performance of only 2 wins and 11 losses in this start of the regular season.
But now, we all know that the Los Angeles Lakers are doing badly, it is too obvious seeing their records, that even the one who does not know much about Basketball, sees and looks at the statistics of this season, and manages to realize that they are in the last places, without any chance, but those who know this game, see this as something out of the ordinary, and even inexplicable, taking into account that in the cast of the Angels are highly recognized figures such as: Lebrón James, Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis who in addition, have shown the usual level in terms of points, but a team without defense or without clearer arguments on defense inside the court, and their average age in the mentioned players, seem to be the main responsible for their poor performance.
When we go to the performance of the main players of the purple and yellow, we see how in numbers are very good, for example: Lebrón James, has personal records that still reach to satisfy any team in this league, averages 24.9 points per game, 8. 8 rebounds, and assists his teammates in such a way that his number is reflected in 6.9, not bad, plus the great leadership that he offers on the court, which is extremely valuable at the time of pressing moments, something that we do not have to explain much, because James always speaks for itself.
On the other hand we find the player who has achieved more triple doubles in this league, Russell Westbrook, his numbers have dropped a little, but like James, are still very useful for any NBA team, his 16.3 points per night, are no small thing, combining that, with 5.5 rebounds per game and a total of assists lead him to a total of 7.2 per game played, and in third place, we have the youngest player of these 3, Anthony Davis, his 24.3 baskets per game, are the second best performance in terms of points of the Angelino team, being his strongest point totals, the one of the fights in the height against his rivals, averaging 11.2 rebounds per game.
Lebron James - 2022-2023 Stats
Russell Westbrook - 2022-2023 Stats
Anthony Davis - 2022-2023 Stats
EL PROBLEMA / THE PROBLEM
The main problem of this cast, is the age, whatever they say, I think it is something that can not be hidden and does not happen in vain, although they are high performance players, which train every day, and are trained, behind them comes a generation of young, hungry, which you have to face every day, and there comes a point that at that age you no longer perform at 100% of your abilities, Although Davis is only 29 years old, James and Westbrook are already over 34 years old, 34 for Russell and 37 for Lebrón, which means that at any time the discomfort begins to appear, due to the physical efforts shown on a daily basis, affecting the overall performance of the team, showing as a result the negative record that they currently have.
There are several types of injuries, those that are long and cover weeks, months and even to the point of losing the season, those of days, between 7 or 8 days, and physical discomfort that can take you out of the field between 1 or 2 games, the latter I think, are the ones that hurt you the most, because they are intermittent, and they happen very often, accumulating during the whole season, adding little by little to the fact that you miss many games, which at the end of the day, add to the negative record of a team due to absences, and even worse, in some cases, to the fact that the players play in a way if you want them to be injured or touched.
OTRA TEMPORADA NEGATIVA.? / ANOTHER NEGATIVE SEASON.?
Although the season is very young, we all know how this kind of negative beginnings end, although you have a whole season to go, these intermittent beginnings, it is usually hard to get them, you can have positive streaks but every time you lose even 1 game, I say this in a literal way, because the point will come, where you will need the victories, but your record of setbacks at the beginning of the season will begin to weigh on you, and you will remember how you could not win at the beginning of the season, having already precedents, and of these same Los Angeles Lakers.
Un equipo sin un régimen disciplinado en defensa, no funciona de una buena manera en ningún deporte, y el Basketball no es la excepción, dejándonos llevar del contacto físico que aquí se implementa, la labor defensiva es fundamental para alcanzar los triunfos que te catapultan a una buena presentación por temporada, y a campeonatos, y el equipo de los Lakers no la posee, tienen muy buena ofensiva con los jugadores que anteriormente les mencione, y siempre logran alcanzar una cantidad de puntos por partidos importantes, e incluso hasta llegar a sobrepasar las 100 dianas, pero sus rivales los logran desplazar, lo que te demuestra que son muy permisivos defensivamente, y un quinteto que te permita más de 100 puntos por noche, o no es en defensa muy bueno, o el talento de tus adversarios es superior, y sea la combinación que sea, la avanzada edad, te lleva a que tu rendimiento, en este caso la defensa, no funcione a plenitud como se requiere a este nivel, que es un territorio para profesionales de alto rendimiento físico, durante 48 minutos, distribuidos en 4 cuartos de 12 minutos cada uno.
A team without a disciplined regime in defense, does not work in a good way in any sport, and Basketball is not the exception, let us take the physical contact that is implemented here, the defensive work is essential to achieve the victories that catapult you to a good performance per season, and championships, and the Lakers team does not have it, they have very good offense with the players I mentioned above, and always manage to reach a number of points per game important, and even surpassing 100 points, but their opponents manage to displace them, which shows you that they are very permissive defensively, and a team that allows you more than 100 points per night, or is not very good defensively, or the talent of your opponents is superior, and whatever the combination is, the advanced age, leads you to that your performance, in this case the defense, does not work fully as required at this level, which is a territory for professionals of high physical performance, for 48 minutes, distributed in 4 quarters of 12 minutes each.
HASTA LA PRÓXIMA / SEE YOU NEXT TIME
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