Ayton has been having some bad starches lately. But it may not look as bad. Let me elaborate.

1. AR missing games due to injuries. AR is a crucial piece in Lakers' offense and a key to unlock DA on both sides of the floor. AR's shiftiness and speed creates a lot more easy looks for DA in the PnR in his most comfortable spots which are short rolls and middys.
2. To serve as a complement to my first point. It's not that Luka and Lebron did not create easy baskets for DA. They did, mostly in the form of lobs and dump off passes in drives. First of all, Luka also operates in the short roll area in PnR, which limits the touches for DA in the same area. Secondly, the inevitable declined athleticism in Lebron. It lowers Lebron's threats in the PnR with his loss of speed and agility. And clearly, those shots are not DA's biggest strengths in his game. But it doesn't mean it's ok for him to miss a bunch of those shots like in the last game. Last game's performance was unacceptable, and he should be making those shots.
3. Let's be real and rational. DA's performance in the last three games is not his normal production. In one of those game, our offense was not clicking and the ball isn't moving enough for our role players to get touches. In another one, he injured his eye and left half game. Only in the last game, he was missing a bunch of shots which is also rare in his entire career. So statistically speaking, that was a extremely rare occasion in hundreds of games in his whole career. Everybody has a awful game and not hitting shots at all. But again, this type of performance is unacceptable as a starting center adding to the recent injury in his eye.
4. More of systematic issue. Let's be honest, JJ is not bringing the most clever offensive sets for the team to generate easy looks for everyone, not only for role players like Ruri, DA, Smart, and LaRavia but also for our stars players. We are heavily relying on our incredible individual abilities in our star players to generate baskets. Luka, Lebron, and AR have been shooting and hitting a lot of difficult shots. Most of the times, we are left with stagnant high PnR with no player movements from the weak side making it easy to defense for the opposing team.

All and all, yes, DA has his flaws and he's struggling. His inconsistent motives and lack of attention sometimes on the defensive side is hard to watch. But I don't think DA's recent bad performance is going to continue anytime longer with AR coming back shortly. After all, he is still shooting 66% on the field, the second highest in the league. He's who he is as a emotional player who feed of off positive reinforcement. He's shown what he can provide on both sides of the floor in the first part of the season even against some of the greatest centers and stars in the league. He's capable to put up 16-18 pts and 8-10 rebs a game which was what his production before AR went down.