The Lakers narrowly defeated the Lone Ranger, and the battle reached overtime! In the last 12 points of the Lakers in overtime, Wei Shao personally scored 5 points, and the remaining 7 points were basically all assisted by him. And the whole game Wei Shao also got 23 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists of the quasi-triple-double data, no win is not easy to say, but to win the ball today Wei Shao's "will" does not have to open. Without Wei Shao, this ball may not really be able to make the Lakers nibble down! Wei Shao has a set of data like this, in the 12 games before the start of the game, Wei Shao can average 19.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game, while averaging 5.3 errors per game, shooting only 41.6% and shooting 28% from three points, which can be said to be the worst data in his career.
In the next 17 games, Wei Shao averaged 19.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game, averaging 4.1 turnovers per game, shooting 48% of the shots and 35% of the three-point shooting rate. It is reasonable to say that Wei Shao's play is getting better and better, and the Lakers should also win more easily, but in fact, this is not the case, this season's Lakers have experienced 6 overtime games, almost every game has to play to a critical moment, the field ball is like playing in the Finals. Although Wei Shao is slowly getting better, the fundamental problem of the Lakers has not been solved, that is, the compatibility problem between James and Wei Shao.
When did Wei Shao play the best game today? There is no doubt that in the first quarter, when James came off the court, Wei Shao played with Anthony, Bazemore, Rivers, Jordan Jr. and others, and performed best. At that time, Wei Shao had full ball power and could dominate the team's attack. At that stage, you can clearly see the confidence of Wei Shao when he dominates the ball, his own surprise, his own passing, all kinds of points and tandem connections are just right, and the Lakers are also expanding their advantages at that time. But in the second quarter, when Wei Shao and James are on the same stage, they will find that the pairing effect of the two is very poor, there is no chemical reaction, just one person for one person's dominant attack.
Vogel is also very clear that the two do not match much, and many times they want to stagger the playing time of James and Wei Shao. James and Wei Shao are two similar but not exactly similar players, and the similarities between the two are that they are both more versatile and have a set of killer baskets. But the difference between the different points is very big, James is like to pull away from the outside, including the inside players to have space, he likes to empty the side of the ball to kill. Wei Shao is different, his favorite lineup is three pitchers + a big center, like to block the demolition breakthrough and counterattack of the strong kill. James' focus is on offense, while Wei Shao's focus is on passing, and when the two are together, the chemistry is very general.
James has actually changed a lot for Wei Shao this season, and this season James's three-point shooting accounted for 18.4% of the total shots, which is his highest value in the past 10 years. Meanwhile, of the three-point shots James hit through catches, 39 percent were assisted passes from Westbrook. So this is a problem, that is, when James is three points accurate, the two people can cooperate seamlessly, but once James is not accurate in three points, the two people are "torturing people" together on the outside line, and the opponent can arbitrarily empty! The Lakers still have to choose between Wei Shao and James, and now the best choice is for James to play the end point, and Wei Shao to play the ball point. This is not because James's ball holding effect is weaker than Wei Shao's, but this kind of play can stimulate Wei Shao's potential to maximize!