Easy, usually the Lakers would only have a good start but will be unable to end with a win, probably because they don't have a deep roster and Westbrook was not playing as well. I would say I miss this game as I bet on the opposite, I overthink so much thinking it's a trap.
The fourth defeat at the start of the season is a very unexpected result, but Darwin Ham is trying to be optimistic, and says that this is only the beginning, and there are still 78 matches ahead, but what else remains for him to do. And according to ESPN Stats & Info, the Lakers have the worst shooting percentage in a four-game opening in NBA history, out of 148 long-range shots, only 33 achieved their goal a mere 22.3%.
That's what their attitude last year from Vogel, that they are not affected and that it is too early. But guess what, one worst shooting game turns into like a bunch and then they got injured or something until they are too deep that they can't recovered anymore.
So hopefully Ham should learn from this last year, they should start to get a win and put it in succession. So that at least there will be no pointing as to who is to blame when we are in the middle of the season and still the Lakers are way below the standing.
Congrats to those who win their bet today.
I remember that when critics throw lots of negative opinions when they form the squad last year, combining all those old stars that will
surround LeBron, back then they can make excuse since both LeBron and AD were most of the time are injured
But this new season is far different from we can see. Both AD and LeBron are trying to win, but the supporting / role players are not finding
the rhythm and the help that both stars needed.
I really don't want to brag WB name, but it should start from him, still early. But if they don't change the system, maybe it will
again repeat what happened last season.
I think Lakers problem actually trying to fit a square peg in a round hole, I think having Lebron might actually be a part of that problem because of the expectation of him to single handedly carry them along side a barely usually healthy Anthony Davis all season long, AD is always barely healthy and was already holding is back yesterday again, even LeBron had an awful night yesterday, so at least there was no finger pointing towards WestBrook. AD is a fantastic player and option for Lakers when fit, but how many of the 82 regular games can he be predicted to be actually available for, and I'm not talking about major surgery or injuries, and as for Westbrook, I actually believe he's fall off his usual best, but not by so much imo, if we're being honest statistically, he's always been stats paddling and we all probably know it already, and I also think he's just being primarily tasked with doing tasks he's not accustomed to, he's wasn't praised in his former teams for dropping points like LeBron each night so expectation of such standards is highly ridiculous imo, and he's succumbing to those pressures by trying to do too much, which only leads to more problems for him and the team as a whole.
