"The Lakers are happy and worried, the opponent has a relative advantage in the future schedule, and the free throw shooting rate is a big problem! "！
Two mobile teams, the Suns and the Lakers, begin their final showdown. Only the Suns took a first-half lead of more than 17 points in the game against the Lakers and controlled the situation on the court. On the Lakers' side, James, thick eyebrows, Booker, and Durant all look at ease, which makes the Suns look even better.
For the Lakers, the loss was also a mixed bag. They face the Washington Wizards in Los Angeles, the Denver Nuggets, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Sacramento Kings, the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Minnesota Wolves, who will play back-to-back games in March so the Lakers have plenty of time to recover. Of course, their opponents are also very strong, with one exception to them, and that is that they have made the playoffs.
However, against Phoenix, the Lakers still had a lot of problems, or worse. In this game, the Lakers were not well controlled due to a referee error, and they got eight free throws in the first half, which made the Lakers completely devastated. It can be seen that this team still relies too much on free throws, and although this is their home stadium, the referees will not take special care of them.
Plus, the Lakers were beaten again, which means they have 17 fewer games than the Suns in rebounding. The biggest disagreement between the two sides was in grabbing the rebound, with the Suns winning 14-3 over the Lakers. The Lakers' three rebounds were all stolen by LeBron James and Anthony Davis, while the Suns were dominated by team battles, with Yusuf Nurkic scoring 18 points, 22 rebounds, and 7 rebounds, while Josh Okogie was all for the Suns. Okogie and all of the Suns bench players grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt.
In contrast, the Suns' bench lineup is very ordinary, but all of their five people are more than two, and four of them have scored 20+ points. On the other hand, the Lakers' performance is even worse, judging from the performance of the bench players, they only have a 16-18 record, which shows that their results still need to be improved.