108-103, the Lakers beat the Timberwolves to usher in two consecutive wins, it should be noted that Westbrook played an extremely bad game, Vogel's tuning is also extremely poor, the team can finally reverse, James carried the team behind, the three puzzles are indispensable.
James 26+7+5+3+1
First, Vogel's adjustment.
Even if Downs does not play, the Timberwolves and Reed and Vanderbilt combination, especially a group of young people on the team have a strong impact, the Lakers need to protect the paint, not to mention the first two losses are not confirmed, the small lineup is very bad, but Vogel still stubbornly uses the five small lineups led by James and Anthony, Howard continues to be abandoned, resulting in bad consequences:
Vogel's adjustment did not dare to compliment
The Lakers lost 28 points in rebounds 28-56, including 16 offensive rebounds 4-20, so that the team lost 26 points in the paint zone score 32-58 and lost 13 points in the second offense 7-20, which was one of the key factors for the Lakers to lead by 10 points from 36-26 at one point to 82-86 in the final quarter, and the paint district was broken.
Second, Wei Shao's mistakes.
Worse still, Westbrook is very abnormal today, only in the first half of the 7 turnovers, more rare is that he has greatly reduced the three-point projection when attacking before, but today, he shot 5 three-pointers in the first three quarters of the game, and did not hit a single shot, 5 of 14 in the third quarter, 5 of 5 three-pointers, only contributed 12 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists but had 8 turnovers and 2 fouls, not only lost its due leadership role, but was the second responsible person for the team's fall.
Westbrook had 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 9 turnovers
The above two people made mistakes, how can the Lakers win with difficulty? The three puzzles help James perfectly.
Iii. Munch.
Munch had 22 points, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks
After being pushed into the starting lineup, Munch's performance is getting better and better, taking today's game as an example, 8 of 14 in the whole game, including 4 of 9 from three-pointers, perfectly taking on the role of a quarterback attacker, becoming the Lakers' first offensive firepower point on the outside.
Reeves had 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
Iv. Reeves.
On the surface of the data, Reeves only has 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and his performance is not amazing, but he is the first iron gate on the outside line of the Lakers' defensive end, and the link between the inside line and the outside line.
Five, Anthony.
The team's offense was in trouble in the final quarter, Anthony became a thigh again, the right arc top received Reeves's wonderful pass for three points, the left arc top lucked a step directly from the middle distance, helping the Lakers from 85-86 to 90-89 in an instant; the Timberwolves chased to 98-99, Anthony's valuable three-pointer completed 3+1, and then helped Bradley in the middle distance, and Westbrook made two free throws to kill the game.
Anthony had 14 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal
Of course, the cornerstone of the Lakers' win is James. In the first three quarters of the game, James 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, carrying the team and the opponent mediation, the last quarter, when the Timberwolves took off, it was his two steals that poured out the opponent's counterattack, and then poured all his strength to guard the basket, although there were only 4 points in the last quarter, he fought for 2 rebounds, completed 2 steals, sent 1 block, with unparalleled defense, protecting the team to finally win.
So far, the game wester played a nightmare first three quarters (only 1 mistake in the last quarter of 8 points), Vogel still abandoned Howard to cause the basket to lose, the Lakers can still reverse, James 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, Munch, Reeves and Anthony three puzzles combined to produce 38 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, thanks to the output.