On January 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, after the Eighth Lakers in the West and the Ninth Timberwolves in the West fought, because the first two games against the Timberwolves lakers regrettably lost, so this game is also regarded as the Lakers' revenge battle. The lakers' current flaws do not need me to say more, nothing more than the limited ability to protect the frame of the interior line and the overall defense is not very powerful, the offensive end is not too big a problem for them, the only thing to pay attention to is Wei Shao's brainless mistakes, if these two problems are controlled, then the Lakers' winning rate in this game will be greatly increased.
But what people never expected was that in the face of the Timberwolves whose strength was not so strong and the ability to protect the frame of the interior line was also limited, the Lakers' rebounds were exploded into slag, and as of the time there were 8 minutes and 18 seconds left in the third quarter, they were still behind by 4 points, but the rebounding comparison was 36-18, the Lakers lost 16, the offensive rebounds reached a staggering 16-3, and the rebounding comparison in the whole game was 56-28.
With this kind of disaster-level rebounding performance, why does the Lakers head coach still insist on not going to Howard to protect the basket, is Master Huo really offended? At a time when the thick eyebrows are injured and Jordan Jr. is useless, Howard is undoubtedly the best interior choice for the current team, is it necessary to rely on the 37-year-old James as the starting center for every game, and let Anthony, who has no legs and feet, go to the rim? I really don't know what the Lakers coach's real intentions are. In this game, the Timberwolves' interior reed scored 23 points and a double-double of 11 rebounds, turning the Lakers' interior line into a sieve.
In addition, Weisbrook's mistakes are also laughable and generous, and all kinds of mistakes that were difficult to imagine in the NBA before are actually concentrated on him alone: passing the ball to the court, facing the basket of no one to defend in the counterattack, directly being snatched by the opponent and then completing the counterattack, too reckless to lead to offensive fouls when attacking, And Wei Shao's performance can really be called a "happy comedian"! He contributed 9 turnovers throughout the game.
Fortunately, the Timberwolves' offensive level is not very high today, the three-point shot in the whole game is only 9 of 38, and the star Edwards feels average, only 7 of 19 shots, 6 of 0 three-pointers. The most stable on the Lakers side is undoubtedly LeBron James, in the previous article I said, with James, the Lakers' entire basic game is in, the offensive end can be effectively operated, this game he scored 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists. On the defensive end, he also tried his best, continuously causing the opponent's offensive mistakes, cutting the opponent's inevitable shots, when the game went to the end of the fourth quarter, the 37-year-old James bent over, bowed his head and took a big breath, in this Lakers team, the old man is really a father and a mother, both to hold the ball to launch an attack and desperately block the opponent. But there is no way, the team's second boss has not returned, James as the number one star must carry the team forward, the last moment of the game, the old Zhan even hit the front of the basket twice in a row, which is undoubtedly a sign of too tired.
At the age of 37, his playing time is second only to Jordan in NBA history. Hopefully, management can find some good wing players in the future trading market, and I hope that Vogel can stop being stubborn, and when the team's internal line is short, why not go to Howard? This is really puzzling. If the huge deficit of the inner line is not solved, even after the return of the thick eyebrows, the probability of the Lakers winning the championship is very slim.