On January 3, Beijing time, the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 108-103 at home to win two consecutive wins. In this game, the Lakers dominated the first quarter, and under the leadership of James, the team exploded 31 points in the first quarter, 7 points ahead of the Timberwolves. However, in the second and third quarters, the Lakers had an offensive stagnation, losing offensive rebounds and making low-level mistakes, which allowed the Timberwolves to seize the opportunity to reverse the score. But fortunately, the Lakers performed better in the final quarter, with the joint efforts of the whole team, they successfully overtook the score, and maintained the lead to the end, in the home team revenge timberwolves, achieved two consecutive wins, this is the first time this season the Lakers beat the Timberwolves, avoiding being "three kills" by the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves' roster in this game is very incomplete, the team's inner core Downs, the outside core Russell can not play, Edwards led the team. In the case of an incomplete lineup, the Timberwolves performed quite well, they have been able to play back and forth with the Lakers in the first three quarters, and they are not at a disadvantage in the game.
However, in the final quarter, the Timberwolves' offense had problems, and the intensity on the defensive end was not as good as the first three quarters, and at the critical moment, they were also played by the Lakers with a wave of high-quality counterattack attacks, and finally the Timberwolves also lost on the road, suffering 3 consecutive losses. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time the Timberwolves have lost to the Lakers this season, and in the previous two encounters, the Timberwolves have had the last laugh.
On the Lakers side, the player who played the best in this game of the team is James, his state of this campaign is not reduced, the whole game he has 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block data, once again as the starting center, he still has a strong sense of presence in the game, and has a very good performance at both ends of the attack and defense. Although James' form declined in the late quarter, the team still won the game.
In the face of the Timberwolves, which lackEd Downs and Russell, James led the team to victory in the game very well, and the Lakers have won two consecutive games, and the team's record this season has also come to 19 wins and 19 losses, and the winning rate has returned to 50%.
Compared to James' steady play, Westbrook's performance in this game was crotch-pulling, and he shot 7-of-16 in the whole game, 0 of 5 from three-point range, and scored 20 points. In addition, he also made 9 mistakes and 5 fouls, and his performance was not satisfactory. In the game, Westbrook's mistakes made the Lakers lose a lot of offensive opportunities, and his low-level mistakes also allowed the Timberwolves to complete multiple counter-attack opportunities. Wei Shao's performance in this campaign was somewhat disappointing, and although the Lakers eventually won the game, Wei Shao still had to review himself in this campaign.
After winning a triple-double in the last game to help the team win a big victory, many people believe that Westbrook has been integrated into the Lakers' tactical system and he will have a better performance in the game. However, after getting the triple double, Wei Shao had 9 mistakes in a single game and a performance of 5 of 5 three points in this campaign, from this point of view, Wei Shao is still not fully integrated into the team's tactical system, he can not continue to give the team stable help, and the performance in the game is very unsatisfactory. At this stage, Wei Shao wants to fully integrate into the Lakers' tactical system, it may take a long time, and what he needs to do most at present is to maintain his shooting stability and reduce personal mistakes, so that the Lakers will become better.