On January 3, Beijing time, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Timberwolves at home 108-103, James struggled for 39 minutes to get 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, tired to hold his hands on his knees and breathe heavily, 7 consecutive 30+ records were ended; the Lakers won very thrillingly, and Wei Shao made a fatal mistake at the critical moment - 14.2 seconds before the end, Wei Shao's sideline serve directly five seconds violation.
Wei Shao's fatal serve five-second violation at a critical moment directly gave the ball to the Timberwolves; In response, Vogel took off his mask and showed a helpless smile, a bitter smile; the Lakers will walk back to the bench, James went to the sideline to communicate with Vogel, and Wei Shao, who was standing nearby, looked frustrated.
In this game, Wei Shao shot 7 of 16, 0 of 5 three points, and 6 of 8 from the free throw line to get 20 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds and 9 turnovers - 3 mistakes in the first quarter, 5 mistakes in the second quarter, and control errors in the second half, but the 14-second serve error before the end of the game was too thrilling and too many mistakes.
For the Lakers, Wei Shao is a double-edged sword - the breakthrough is still sharp and very passionate, but the irrational shooting, three-point inaccuracy and too many mistakes are a time bomb, Wei Shao's entire career is like this, so the Lakers can not change Wei Shao, can only hope that Wei Shao is more rational, control mistakes, can do these two points is a great help to the Lakers.
After two consecutive wins, the Lakers ranked seventh in the West with 19 wins and 19 losses, and Westbrook played in 38 games, averaging 19.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 8.3 assists per game, shooting only 30% of the three-point shooting rate, and has 181 turnovers this season, ranking second in the league after Harden in per game.