The Lakers' internal injuries were too obvious, and the withdrawal of the Ma Wei trade was a failure, and Pelinka paid for impulsiveness

Today, the Lakers hosted the Timberwolves to kick off their first-round playoff matchup, and ended up with a big defeat at home. This game fully exposed the Lakers' interior problems, and the Timberwolves' strategy from the beginning was to constantly attack the Lakers' interior, and almost all players would play hard inside. After the Lakers frequently lost points inside, they adopted a way of shrinking defense, and then the outside of the Timberwolves began to bloom in full swing, so in this game, the Lakers could not hold the inside line, and they could not defend the outside, and the overall defense was completely broken by the opponent, so the Lakers lost on the defensive end in this game.

The reason for all this is because of their hard interior injuries, and the Lakers don't have good interior players, so they can only choose to shrink defense. After watching this game, many Lakers fans lamented after the game that Pelinka withdrew the trade for Ma Wei in the middle of the season.

The Lakers actually got Ma Wei at that time, but finally chose to withdraw the trade, which was puzzling to many fans at the time. Many fans believe that even if Ma Wei has injury concerns, he can at least play in some games, and when he comes on the court, he can at least form an effective frame on the inside, and he can finish on the inside, and he is much better than the current Lakers Hayes. And the current problem exposed by the Lakers in the playoffs is the weakness of the interior, just imagine if they have Ma Wei at the moment, maybe the overall situation is completely different. And the Lakers only paid for Knecht in that trade, and Knecht has been abandoned by Redick in the playoffs, so there is no need for the Lakers to feel distressed.

So now it looks like the Lakers' withdrawal of the Marwe trade in the middle of the season is a failure, Pelinka may have to pay for the impulse at the time, and if the Lakers are eliminated by the Timberwolves in the first round of this year's playoffs, then the withdrawal of this deal may be even more magnified. Don't talk about strengthening the interior in the offseason, because no one can predict the changes in the Lakers' roster in the offseason. Perhaps next season's league situation will be more complicated, and the Lakers have been successful in all of their trade additions this year, with only the withdrawal of the trade that is regrettable.