James' two statistics soared to the first place in the playoffs! The Lakers are going to play tomorrow as a tiebreaker

The Lakers, whose fate is hanging by a thread, have no way back. This is the sixth time in James' playoff career that he has fallen behind 1-3 in a series, after the '09 Eastern Conference Finals, 14 Finals, 16 Finals, 17 Finals, 24 First Rounds, and 25 First Rounds. In these five times, James has an overall record of 1 win and 4 losses, and only completed the reversal in the 2016 Finals.

A miracle is a miracle because it's too hard. In the history of the NBA playoffs, 95% of teams have advanced after leading 3-1, and today's Lakers are trying to do that small 5%.

James suffered a five-game losing streak in the series G5, with his last win coming against the Nuggets in the 2020 Western Conference Finals. However, in these five consecutive losses, James has won the series three times. I believe that tomorrow's Lao Zhan can lead the Lakers to give us a strong response.

According to the relevant institutions on the Internet, the probability of the Lakers winning G5 is 70%. Of course, there is a good chance of winning G5, after all, at home, but the Lakers can still win once on the road with the Timberwolves this season, and how to break the game is what Redick has to solve.

All 16 teams have played four games, some have already qualified, some have won match points, and some have one breath left. In offensive performance, the Lakers barely ranked in the top half, and their offensive efficiency of 111.2 ranked 8th. The defense is quite unsightly, ranking third from the bottom at 118.9 and a net efficiency of -7.7.

Because yesterday's referee report showed that Doncic should have made two free throws in the last 35 seconds, it was a missed decision. Lakers reporter Harrison Faigen retweeted the referee report and wrote, "Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm feeling better now, thank you, NBA!" ”

Have you felt that since Xiao Hua took office, the game has slowly changed its taste, and the proportion of being manipulated by some mysterious forces is a bit large.

In this playoffs, James' defense is really hard, and his two statistics soared to the first place in the league. The first was the 17 steals and blocks, the first of any player. Limit opponents to 36.4% inside shooting percentage (at least 20 defenses), first among all players.

The Lakers had a full-team workout today, and Doncic said he was confident for tomorrow's Game 5: "We have to look at this game as a tiebreaker now. If we lose, we have to go home. Either way, we can't look to the future. So we have to focus on this game and then move on from here. ”

Redick said after training today: "Our focus at the moment is the fifth game, we have to win, the coaching staff and the players have conveyed that, tomorrow is the seventh game for us. ”

Regarding the lack of substitutions in the second half of G4, Redick said he spoke to the rotation players who did not get the chance to play in the second half, and the players expressed understanding and had no objection to this.

And when it comes to whether the lineup of G4 in the second half will be used as the starting lineup of G5? "To be determined," Reddick said. ”

After watching the G4 footage, Redick talked about whether he thinks fatigue was one of the reasons the Lakers struggled in the fourth quarter: "No. You know, looking back now, how many points we scored in the fourth quarter? 19 points, 20 points, 13 points? It's a trend, more pronounced than fatigue. Two of our best players missed layups, and I don't think they missed layups because they were tired. ”

In addition to this group of main players, the play of substitute players is particularly important. In the first four games, the Lakers bench Vincent, Finney Smith and Vanderbilt combined for 7.4 points per game. And Nazrid, on the opposite side, can score 13.8 points alone. Tomorrow, you can't lose anymore, and if you lose, you'll be fishing. I hope to see satisfactory results.