Beijing time on January 3, 2022, the NBA regular season continued, in the Lakers home game against the visiting Timberwolves, they played a very difficult game, facing the Timberwolves without Russell and Towns, they originally had a very big advantage, but in the game their enthusiasm and rationality are completely inferior to the opponent, and finally with Anthony's whistle 3+1 and Bradley's luck to suppress the whistle ball to hold the advantage, and finally they defeated the opponent 108:103, Tough to win this game!
Westbrook played 33 minutes in this game, shooting 7 of 16 from the field, 0 of 5 from three-point range, with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, but made nine turnovers. If this game Westbrook is the essence of the team's mistakes, it is absolutely not exaggerated, he has a lot of mistakes, including some low-level mistakes, layups in the fast attack, passing mistakes in the fast attack, offensive fouls, etc., all of which make the Lakers very embarrassed, as one of the giants of the team, playing such a performance is really too disaster!
Another player is Horton Tucker, who played 22 minutes in this game, shooting 2 of 7 from the field, 2 of 2 from three-point range, 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and he also made 2 turnovers in the game, and indeed showed a very bad state! He did not have any outside shooting ability on the court, resulting in opponents can empty him, and after he and James blocked and dismantled, he greatly delayed the team's attack, resulting in the team's offensive stagnation, and his effect on the defensive end was not good, basically negative on the field!
Previously, finals fans ridiculed the team's Danny Green and Pope as the team's Wolong Phoenix Chicks, but in the recent game, Westbrook and Little Horton Tucker really deserved to be called the team's new "Wolong Phoenix Chicks"! Their play in the game is really too bad, resulting in the Lakers' overall offense has been greatly affected, and the most surprising thing is that Vogel is very tolerant of their use, even if they have not played well, Vogel has always given them a lot of time, which is why the team is struggling!
So for the Lakers, there is still a certain room for adjustment, they need to adjust on the appearance time of Westbrook and Tucker, and strive to hide their disadvantages so that they can play efficiently on the court, of course, the difficulty of such adjustments is really very large, but since the team has a pursuit this season and wants to achieve good results, then it really needs to think of a way!