Although the Lakers this season have been given Westbrook, but so far in the season, the Lakers' record is only 18 wins and 19 losses in the West, ranking seventh in the West, and this is still the Lakers recently won some games to stop the decline of the team, if not so the Lakers' record will be even worse, especially the 5 consecutive losses in the last period of time really made the Lakers questionable, and it was difficult to beat the Rockets to stop the Lakers from the decline, but the subsequent game against the Grizzlies Lakers was once in a good state. It's just a pity that the Lakers suffered a reversal and lost the game by the Grizzlies, and the Lakers won a big win against the Blazers.
It can be said that winning such a game is really worth the Lakers fans are happy, after all, the recent Lakers have encountered too many problems, even if James tries his best in the game, the Lakers are difficult to win the game, throughout December, James averaged 30.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, shooting 56%, three-point shooting rate is 40%, it can be said that such James is already impeccable, but in fact, the Lakers are also losing more and winning less in this month. Even in some games you can see James frustrated in the game, and finally in order for the Lakers to win the game, James came to the center position, and James also played in this position for a long time.
But even if James makes such a sacrifice in the game, the Lakers still have no way to win, this time the Lakers are criticized a lot, thinking that at this time the Lakers should take Howard to the court, after all, blindly pursuing a small lineup will only make the Lakers into trouble, but at the critical moment the Lakers will still put a small lineup, and finally the Lakers can win with such a lineup, or because the Lakers have a good defensive player on this side, rather than pursuing only the state of the offensive end as before, After all, the Lakers sometimes have problems on the offensive end, and the Lakers at this time are collapsing at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, so the Lakers will also suffer a fiasco in the game.
And Johnson's arrival is slightly changed the lakers' dilemma, after all, on the court Johnson is willing to do more dirty work, he is on the court to let the Lakers' defensive ability change, so even if Johnson's offensive state is not good, the Lakers are willing to put him on the court, the reason for this is because Johnson can help the Lakers on the defensive end, especially in the game against the Blazers Johnson did such a thing again, and in this game Johnson still has a good offensive feel, At the end of the game, Johnson got 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in 4 shots, he also won 25 points on the court, it can be said that Johnson at this time is undoubtedly recognized, and Johnson also took a foothold in the Lakers, after all, the current Lakers are lacking such a defensive player as him, I believe that the Lakers will also find a way to keep Johnson.
When talking about Johnson after the game, James was even more blunt: He brought resilience to the team's flanks, he was tough on the defensive end, and these are the traits that have helped the Lakers become one of the best teams in the past few seasons. James is clearly pleased with the defensive energy Johnson brings to the Lakers, and Vogel praised Johnson for the help he provided to the team. And for the Lakers, the reason why they were able to win the championship was because of their strong defensive ability, although the current Lakers did not have the excellent defensive ability in the past, but if they wanted to win, not only did they need to play a good performance on the offensive end, but they needed to show a good state at the defensive end, and the Lakers lineup reeves, Bradley, Munch and others are such good hands, and it should be known that even Anthony will do his best on the defensive end now. So the Lakers can also win the game.
So see now Vogel is really should understand, let James to play the fifth position in the small lineup is no problem, but this time Vogel needs to put a defensive player around James, not let James bear some, and Johnson is undoubtedly such a player, when the Lakers play johnson on the small lineup they are obviously better than ever, so Johnson is the best partner around James, although his offensive state is unstable, But now James can provide enough help to the team on the offensive end, and now James just needs someone to stand up and help him on the defensive end.