The Lakers' huge victory over the Blazers at home with a huge advantage of 33 points is of great significance to the Purple and Gold Army: first of all, it draws a perfect end to 2021, and secondly, such a big win is very morale-boosting, after all, they have not achieved such a big victory for too long and too long due to the tide of injuries.
Because a number of rotation players triggered the health and safety agreement, the Lakers struggled very hard in the previous game, even coach Joe Vogel also missed 6 games because of isolation, although acting coach Fitzdale can not be said to be hard, but the cold fact is in front of them, Vogel's absence of the Lakers only won a victory with the Rockets. Now that Vogel has returned to take charge of the coaching whip, he has led the team to a big victory, which is a way to lead the team to the right track.
In this campaign, LeBron James is still the focus of the whole game, playing less than 30 minutes but slashing 43 points and 14 rebounds and not even 1 mistake, in history, in addition to the old Zhan only has the "basketball god" Michael Jordan, which is also the seventh consecutive game of the 30+ in the troges. In addition to Lao Zhan, including Wei Shao, who won the triple-double again, Munch, who continued to play efficiently, and Gua Ge, who worked diligently on the bench, the Lakers had a total of 7 players scoring in double figures, and it was in this way that the performance of the three military lives could make the Blazers led by Li Guidance return home.
It is worth mentioning that this game is the fourth game of Stanley Johnson wearing a purple and gold shirt, the second start of his purple gold career, and the first game of his performance under coach Vogel. In the game, the 8th pick of the class of 2015 lived up to expectations, shooting 3 of 4, including 2 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 2 from the free throw line, and handed over a report card of 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, with a plus-minus of +25 and a true shooting rate of 102.5%, ranking first in the team.
Despite only coaching Johnson for one game, Vogel praised the strong winger after the game: "I like his physical confrontation, not only fast, but also very strong. In addition to the good play on the offensive end, Johnson impressed Wo Shuai the most with his aura on the defensive end, using the advantage of moving under his feet from time to time to form a bag of Damian Lillard, which made Lee coach very unaccustomed, and the full game was inefficient and only handed over 5 of 15 answers.
It is no wonder that Vogel will give Johnson such a high evaluation, after all, including Thomas Jr. and Mason Jones, the Lakers have signed too many guards, and the guard line was as many as 12 at one time, enough to make up three tables of mahjong. However, when James resolutely decided to top the fifth position in order to win, most of these small guards could not defend and could not throw three points on the offensive end, which was the darkest moment of the Lakers' season, and even the devout purple and gold fans watched that game and were afraid to break the defense.
In contrast, Stanley Johnson, who signed a 10-day short contract with a difficult exception, is simply a model of unintentional willows, with a height of 1 meter 98 and a weight of 109 kg, to know that the famous 3D player, Sun flanker Jay Crowder weighs only 106 kg at the same height, which shows how strong Johnson is, but the younger he is faster than Crowder. The Lakers have finally found the treasure.
But as the players who triggered the agreement returned one after the other, the Lakers could no longer leave Stanley Johnson with difficult exceptions. At this juncture that left the team in a dilemma, one of the heroes of the 2019-20 championship, Rajon Rondo, offered to join the Cleveland Cavaliers. This is a good thing for both sides, in the Lakers have no room to play long guidance, to the Cavaliers can completely replace the injured Rubio, take on the responsibility of a master, which can give him a chance to prove himself; and Long's guidance of Jean Hyun, to the Lakers to make a fifteen-man roster space, can naturally renew Stanley Johnson, and because Long guidance in exchange for Valentine is not guaranteed contract, there is still a good salary space after the cut.
Don't look at Johnson is now only a low-salary player, he was once hailed as the first small forward in the United States in high school, and he was also a very high-ranking player in the draft. However, as a flank player, in the case of occupying a large number of shots, he has never been able to improve his offensive efficiency, and his career perennial shooting rate is less than 40%, and he has even staged an absurd farce of 13 shots in the whole field, which finally made the team scorn him and eventually fell into a situation where there was no ball to play.
In this Lakers, when James appeared in the center position, it can be said that the offensive space on the court is one of the best, and Stanley Johnson, who does not play as the core, is also facing a completely different defensive pressure from before, and he only needs to seize the opportunity to shoot in those empty positions. And his defensive attitude and ability have conquered Vogel and the Lakers up and down.
Admittedly, the 25-year-old Stanley Johnson has proven himself to be at the heart of the team, but he is rejuvenating the second spring of his career at the Lakers, as long as he can maintain the fighting spirit on the defensive end, I believe he can change his fate and re-prove that he will be a role player above the average level, even the top 3D in the league.