The Lakers blasted the Rockets for 132 points at home, and finally won 132-123, with james's threat in the last minute, the team had a thrilling end to the Rockets' 5-game losing streak to avoid another humiliating loss. In the face of the rotten Rockets, the Lakers are even better, if they can't win, I'm afraid it will be difficult to account to the fans, and in the face of the rockets whose defense is equally bad, the Lakers almost played the best offensive performance so far this season, showing the effect after the change. A total of 5 people on the team scored in double figures, 4 of whom scored 20+, and Wei Shao and James scored 3 doubles together, and finally the whole team also exploded a high score of 132 points.
James played 39 minutes, shooting 11-of-19, 3-of-5 from three-point range and 7-of-9 from the free throw line, scoring a triple-double of 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, surpassing the 36,000-point mark in his career and reaching 102 career triple-doubles. Wei Shao scored 24 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists to continue to lead the 3-double list, and this is the first time that James and Wei Shao have scored 3 doubles in the same field since they joined forces. Munch contributed 25 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists to become the hero of the game, and Anthony contributed 24 points and 9 rebounds off the bench, which was also a great achievement. Bradley contributed 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and also had a good play.
In fact, against the weak Rockets, winning the ball will not be surprising, and the Lakers' defense is not good, being bombarded by the Rockets for 123 points, and the whole field is entangled, until the last minute to divide the winner. However, being able to end a 5-game losing streak has given the team a chance to breathe, and the effect of this game after the change is also worth the joy of the Lakers, at least they played the offensive effect that the team wants.
In this game, the Lakers directly use five small lineups, James as a center, and the other 4 people are Westbrook, Bradley, Munch and Stanley Johnson, such a lineup is obviously bullying the Rockets' interior line is not strong, and the defense is not good, and the Lakers' offense after the opening is indeed better than ever, the first quarter cut 35 points, 4 quarters of the game score are more than 30 points, the first time in the season!
What allows the Lakers to completely explode on the offensive end, in addition to the Rockets defense is not good, more importantly, they have found their own offensive rhythm, and this change of formation is very critical. In this game, the Lakers not only abandoned the big center, but also abandoned Horton Tucker, after his comeback for a long time to occupy the starting position, but the performance is not ideal, especially with James and Westbrook, 3 points that need to hold the ball itself affect the team's offensive rhythm, coupled with Horton Tucker's 3-point shooting instability, resulting in the team's offense completely unable to open space, so far this season, Tucker's 3-point shooting rate is only 22.7%, which is unbearable.
Look at the Lakers' configuration this time, James plays center, Westbrook plays point guard, and the other 3 people inside, Bradley and Stanley Johnson are good at defense, can improve the Lakers' outside defense ability, Munch is the shooter on the court, can open up space, plus Bradley and James two outside projection ability, the Lakers this lineup, a good space, but also improve the ability to defend the counterattack, which is an important reason why they can play such a good offensive performance.
Horton Tucker has been criticized during the start, Vogel's trust in him has brought a lot of damage to the team's lineup, if Westbrook or James has one person absent, leaving Tucker in the starting lineup is understandable, but 3 people are present at the same time, it is really a self-destructive system. And in this game, Fitzdale abandoned Tucker for 3 non-ball carriers, and it was really wise to be able to help with defense and outside shooting.