湖人在本场比赛中仅得80分，进攻表现不佳其实可以理解。众所周知，湖人是一支依赖三分球的球队，而在这场对阵森林狼的比赛中，他们首节三分球7投1中、半场15投5中、第三节6投0中的糟糕数据让人失望。这种状态并非意外——虽然定点空位机会出现，但最终未能命中，这已经成为了湖人的“传统”。
老詹近期状况堪忧，在与掘金、太阳、马刺和雷霆，以及此次面对森林狼的五场比赛里，他都未能得超过20分，并且每场至少有5次失误。在这五战当中，湖人只取得了一胜四负。尽管对于老詹这个年龄来说，他在控卫上的价值大于个人得分，但他作为球队最佳的大脑，其助攻和失误比却无法保证高效运转。本役他交出了10分4助6失误的数据，同时正负值为-28；而快攻方面更是以7-18落后给了森林狼太多抓住机会反击的空间。
华子此役13投3中的表现也说明了问题所在，理论上说湖人并不是没有机会，只是在防守端难以抵挡敌手。浓眉虽尝试进行无限换防，却只能无奈地看着兰德尔和华子的配合轻松打出效果。而即使浓眉在时，也只是暂时维持局面，当203公分特拉奥雷替补登场，与戈贝尔及里德双塔相遇之际，更加凸显出被动的一方形象。
无论是否有浓眉在身边，湖人的整体防守似乎总处于被动状态，这一点尤为令人担忧，因为这是他们最擅长利用反击来制胜的方法。然而，一旦采用1-5号位无限换防策略，就会导致拉塞尔错位去盯戈贝尔这样的荒谬景象。同时，如果浓眉选择蹲坑，那么外线就很容易被康利等一系列射手通过挡拆撕开缝隙。
针对那些缺乏自主进攻能力的小个内线队员，近年来洛杉矶采取的是允许篮下小选手顶大的换防策略，通过夹击消除威胁。但这一战则倾向放空麦克丹尼尔斯与兰德尔，让弱侧两名锋线上前企图限制对方发起攻击。不幸的是，此举仍然没能阻止森林狼成功启动其强势轮转打法，以至于他们频繁找到开放位置完成终结.
随着战争进入关键阶段，不可避免地发现，在浓眉休息期间，由老詹带领的小阵容毫无竞争力，再加上缺少核心大个，中锋位置由特拉奥雷代替，使情况雪上加霜。而与此同时，对面的森林狼摆出了包括戈贝尔+里德组合以及三个具备持球能力的后卫，使事情愈发复杂化。同样值得注意的是，上半段老詹不仅效率低迷（10投2中），还产生多个致命失误，因此整个团队陷入困境不可逆转。
Lakers's struggles became even more apparent in the third quarter, where they shot 0 for 6 from three-point range. The Timberwolves' defense was clear as day: they focused on Gobert’s rim protection and collapsed their defensive strategy to suffocate any drives into the paint while inviting Los Angeles to take outside shots instead. With Davis shooting only 4 of 14 against Gobert, it becomes evident that Lakers’ inside attack lacked effectiveness—particularly when combined with a collective off-night for shooters like Connekt who went scoreless from beyond the arc (0-for-5).
The combination of all these negative factors led to another disappointing defeat for LA; they've now dropped five out of seven games recently—including one win over a deliberately tanking Jazz team—and clearly show signs of struggle moving forward. Compounded by injuries sidelining key players such as Wood, Hayes, VandeBell and Reeves which severely impacted rotation depth especially at center position leaving solely AD left standing — alongside LeBron whose inconsistency has been glaringly obvious lately having missed his last nineteen attempts from deep across four outings along with averaging nearly twenty turnovers during this span—it seems imperative that he should consider resting up before back-to-back matchups going forth.
Aging is often an unanticipated reality check so preserving energy until reinforcements return may be just what this current lineup needs without resorting immediately towards trades or drastic changes within roster configuration altogether!