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Wei Shao, since entering the league, he is a player with distinctive characteristics, how to evaluate it? The simplest definition, with him as the center, can set up the team's offensive and defensive system, after all, he is the historical triple-double king; of course, this style of play, from the original Thunder King bombing era, to carrying the Wizards into the playoffs last season, and even to the Lakers' first 20 or so games, due to Tucker and James partial absence, has never changed, and the past four games? He made a major "sacrifice" for Vogel's "experiment."
Westbrook has been trying to change himself in the last four games
First, Wei Shao's habitual way of playing.
Wei Shao helped fly little Jordan
This is the customary style of play that Westbrook has been playing since his career, with him leading the team's attack, or playing by himself, or instigating his teammates to end it, and needing to be accompanied by an athletically gifted interior lineman who can fly in the sky, such as Adams and Ibaka, and Garford in the second half of last season. But what's the reality in the Lakers today?
Second, the technical attributes of thick eyebrows.
Thick Eyebrows is an unparalleled talent, however, he is a technical interior lineman, accustomed to attacking with the ball on his own; and Jordan Jr. and Howard, now do not have an absolute tactical position in the team, so Westbrook's assist is currently "broken" left arm, and what is more frightening is that he is no longer the tactical "center" of the team.
Third, james and Tucker's ball-holding attributes.
Thick eyebrows are the lakers' internal tactical core, the offensive weight remains unchanged outside, note that the Lakers have James and Tucker, so Westbrook's current tactical status has dropped significantly, taking the game against the Thunder as an example.
James offense
James is the lakers' outside core, and has been in the "stop-and-go" mode before, and now after officially returning, he needs to find a state in the game, of course, become the team's first offensive choice, the past 4 games as shown in the picture, James averaged 19.3 shots per game. Of course, the individual ability is there, and the old Zhan can average 26.5 points for the team.
Tucker personally attacked
Tucker is one of the cornerstones of the future that the team focuses on cultivating, and Vogel gives him a lot of offensive authority, so as shown in the picture, in the past 4 games, Tucker has averaged 10 shots per game, but the offensive success rate is not high, averaging only 10.3 points per game.
What about Westbrook? As the above two pictures have been marked, it is clear that he is just waiting for the ball that his teammates may pass on the outside, and he is no longer the team's first ball carrier, and in the past 4 games, he has averaged only 10.3 shots per game and contributed 10.8 points.
Note that Wei Shao's change is not limited to sacrificing the right to shoot.
Fourth, Wei Shao is not the first organizer of the team.
Westbrook watched Tucker and James comb through the offense
For example, on this counter-attack, Tucker dribbled the ball from the backfield and did not hand the ball to Westbrook; the individual did not have the opportunity to attack, directly back to the top of the arc James, who calmly passed to Bradley in the bottom right corner, and Westbrook, as shown in the picture, was standing at the top of the left arc to play a leading role, and did not touch the ball at all.
This is the current "sacrifice" of Westbrook on the offensive end, his shot weight has dropped sharply with the return of James and Tucker, and the right to hold the ball has also plummeted, completely losing the tactical position of the former "me center", and only when one of James and Tucker rests, he returns to the old mode.
The purpose of Vogel's experiment can also be understood, the team aims to rush the championship, thick eyebrows, James, Tucker and Wei Shao, will be the team's final decision to win or lose the foursome, so, on the offensive end, Vogel wants to find the balance of the upper man, thick eyebrows and James's tactical position is basically unchanged, in order to integrate into Tucker, can only sacrifice The tactical position of Wei Shao.
Fifth, Wei Shao is trying to improve his defense.
Westbrook worked hard to improve his defense
In addition, the previous Westbrook, the defensive end did not meet the qualifying standards, and this season, he is trying to improve his defense, as shown in the picture, bending the knees, extending the arms, footsteps to follow the defenders, such a Westbrook is really rare, and so far this season he has repeatedly tried to create offensive fouls, which is really rare.
So, from the last four games, Westbrook is making major sacrifices on the offensive, combing and defensive ends in order to change himself to adapt to the team system, with the goal of achieving Vogel's final test lineup to impact the championship.