The Lakers were eliminated by the Timberwolves, Ma Wei immediately tweeted, suspected of laughing at Perinka for not asking for himself

The Lakers lost to the Timberwolves again at home and were eliminated 1-4 in the series. However, shortly after the game ended, Hornets center Mark Williams posted a smiling emoji on Twitter, suspected of mocking the Lakers for being eliminated, and was also indignant to let Pelinka give up himself at the time.

The Lakers' inside line was beaten by Gobert in this game. When no one could match him, Gobert scored 27 points, 24 rebounds and 2 blocks in the whole game, especially when the frontcourt rebounds were poor, and it was directly converted into a second offensive score, with a shooting percentage of more than 80%, while Redick insisted on using a small lineup throughout the game. Kleber's performance was not good for a few minutes, and the Lakers' No. 5 position directly showed a drought in employment.

In fact, as early as the trading deadline, the Lakers had the opportunity to get Mark Williams to strengthen the inside, but Perinka urgently stopped the transaction due to taking into account Ma Wei's injury situation, and Ma Wei's plan to join the Lakers was also helplessly failed. Judging from the franchise protection and cake-eating ability, it is no less than Gobert. If the Lakers have Mawei and Doncic appear at the same time to play 15 pick-and-roll, the trend of the series will inevitably be different.

But it's too late to say anything now, and Perinka should wake up. She must trade to strengthen the strong inside of the franchise protection in the offseason. This season has proved that there is no pure fifth-position lineup.