On December 16, Beijing time, the Lakers against the Lone Ranger changed again, according to Vogel revealed that the thick eyebrows will return, Bazemore will get playing time, Wo Shuai praised Bazemore for falling out of the rotation and still put into training professionalism; the Lakers started the five Tigers is James, Westbrook, Thick Brow, Bradley and Ellington, Ellington's third start of the season.
Previously, thick eyebrows missed two consecutive games due to knee soreness, and now the Lakers have been hit by the epidemic, Horton Tucker, Munch and Howard have been isolated for triggering health and safety agreements, coupled with Ariza and Nunn can not play due to injury, the Lakers obviously lack of manpower, so after the pre-game warm-up, thick eyebrows decided to come back, and the Lakers triumvirate again.
The Lakers also recalled two two-way contract players, Khuff and Brown, who both participated in the warm-up before the game and are expected to play for the Lakers.
In addition to the three players being quarantined, some staff members who went with the team to the Lone Ranger also triggered the epidemic prevention agreement, and the Lakers assistant coach Phil Handy (James's royal trainer) was also quarantined; the situation in the Lakers was not optimistic, after Tucker was diagnosed with the new crown, the Lakers immediately canceled training, Munch went to the Lone Ranger with the team and was diagnosed and sent back to Los Angeles, he and Howard participated in the event, but neither wore a mask.
Speaking about the multiple players in the team triggering the health and safety agreement, Vogel said: "We have a lot of capable players, so we want to win the game. Vogel also said that the whole team is 100% vaccinated and also follows the guidelines of the health and safety protocol, and the team is also encouraging players to be vaccinated with booster vaccinations, except for Munch, Howard and Tucker, the other players are fine.