The biggest issues with the Lakers so far:

Offense

  • Ranked #25 with a 111.1 ORtg

  • Offense is horrible when LeBron is off the floor. On-court ORtg is +7.9, Off-court ORtg is -14.0

3-point shooting

  • Ranked #25 shooting 34.3%

  • LeBron (41.4%) and D’Lo (40%) are the only players shooting 35+% on 4+ 3PA

Free throws

  • Ranked #23 shooting 75.9% FT

  • Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves are the only players shooting 80+% on 2+ FTA

1st quarters

  • Ranked #29 with a -4.5 differential in 1st quarters

Sources:

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/average-1st-quarter-margin

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/2024.html

  • Spirited-Arugula-672@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    • a car hit Oubre (allegedly)

    • we aren’t getting up enough 3’s

    • no one can handle the ball reliably. Even Maxey struggles at times, but the non-Maxey minutes are genuinely unwatchable.

    • Embiid is still a bit inconsistent, especially defensively. His last game vs the Cavs was a peak example: lazy defense for 2.5 quarters, DPOY to close the game.