139-106, the Lakers drew a perfect end to their 2021 journey with a 33-point home win. James's old husband chatted about juvenile madness, less than 30 minutes on the court, brushing 43 points, expanding his consecutive 30+ games to 7 games; Westbrook sent three doubles, the 9th time of the season; coupled with Munch, Anthony and others performing their duties, the Lakers 7 scored doubles to play a long-lost and happy victory.
However, although Wei Shao performed well today, getting the highest plus-minus +29 in the whole team, he still contributed two clips that were enough as memes - recalling the jaw-dropping low-level mistake of dribbling directly out of bounds in the backcourt crotch dribble in the Rockets game, only a few days have passed, and now Wei Shao is worthy of being a "happy comedian" and "Purple Gold Legion Funny Bearer", and from time to time he sends you some funny material. Interestingly, both of today's images are related to Lillard.
In this game, Lillard pulled his crotch again, shooting 5 of 15, and the outside line was only 1 of 8 of the absurd, and his slump also directly led to the Blazers simply unable to match the Lakers' offensive firepower. But even so, in some collisions with Wei Shao, Li Zhi can still play back and forth. At 3:55, 3:55 before the end of the second quarter, the difference between the two teams had reached 20 points, at which point Westbrook had a good chance to play Lillard in a low back at a 0-degree angle on the left.
It is important to know that there are not many defenders who can withstand the impact of Westbrook at a low post, which is also one of the offensive methods that Westbrook is accustomed to. Wei Shao took Lee's guidance twice on his back and then chose to turn away from the latter's center of gravity, and when Lillard was pointed out, he shot lightly on the opponent to create a foul. As a result, the expected whistle did not sound, and Westbrook's shot was also very substandard, only touching the edge of the rebound.
At this time, Wei Shao did not understand why the referee who was close at hand did not blow Lillard's foul, and simply did not defend back, directly with his hands and the sideline referee theorized. Lillard saw no nonsense, raised a long four-point pass, and the ball fell into McCollmore's hands precisely, helping Ben McCollmore easily bombard the basket and narrow the point gap slightly.
This ball still shows the characteristics of Wei Shao's temperament, and he ignores the situation on the field as soon as his head is hot. It is also thanks to the Lakers' lead is solid enough, but where the game has some suspense, so do not defend back, directly find the referee's behavior, do not do well will affect the final trend of the game. If you lose in the end, it is difficult to ensure that you will not be sent to the venue as material for the meeting.
The second goal came in the middle of the third quarter, and during a defensive round, Westbrook signaled to Bradley, who had been defending Lillard, during the retreat that he was going to personally keep an eye on Lillard in this round. Bradley desperately threw up his hands to signal that he was well defended and not to add to the chaos. The thought that AB is now just a basic salary player, and Wei Shao is one of the big three, this scene is very joyful. What is even more gratifying is that As one of the parties, Li's guidance has fulfilled Wei Shao- he signaled his teammates to block the demolition, so that Wei Shao could change to himself. Then, lillard, who suddenly started, directly past Wei Shao, although he did not hit directly into the inside line, but also gave Larry Nance Jr. the opportunity to easily make up the dunk. The experience of this ball combined with the scene where Westbrook wanted to guide the main defense, the degree of joy was no less than the goal that the old fish Fisher wanted to defend Rose.
However, this also reflects on the side that the atmosphere in the Lakers is really good now, the previous consecutive defeats did not let their spirit be scattered, there is enough communication between the star players and the role players at both ends of the attack and defense, and everyone has a deal to discuss. Although Wei Shao is on top of him from time to time or makes some nonsensical small mistakes, he is still slowly integrating into the Lakers' system. Specifically, it is no longer obsessed with grabbing rebounds on the card board, and will also try to find someone who should defend, and at the offensive end, it is more and more tacit with James, who has changed to playing without the ball and playing the fifth position. Such a change is far more significant than a regular-season victory.