Beijing time on January 3 Lakers home against the Timberwolves, although the Lakers finally had a thrilling defeat to the Timberwolves, but in this game the Lakers still have a lot of problems, when the Lakers responded to the offensive end can still take the lead, but when the Lakers attack downturn, the Lakers' flaws were exposed, especially for the protection of the inside line, the Lakers were beaten by the Timberwolves, the rebounds were directly exploded by the opponent, in the face of such a situation Many people questioned Vogel, After all, the Lakers are not without big centers, Howard and Jordan Jr. can play, but Vogel did not let the two play.
So when the Lakers had such a problem and were overtaken, Vogel was really strongly questioned, but after this game Vogel made an explanation, talking about the rebounds being grabbed, Vogel said: I still have to suppress the impulse to take back the traditional center to defend The Todd, before we sent a higher lineup, there will still be a loss of rebounds. Vogel's explanation is indeed understandable, but Howard's role is still there, and Vogel should not be obsessed in the game, and cannot completely deny everything because of the Lakers' poor performance in the previous game, so In the next game, Vogel should still make a more reasonable prediction of things on the court.
Although Wei Shao got 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in this game, and at the same time, wei Shao also had some bright performances in the fourth quarter, but in fact, wei shao got a lot of doubts in this game, after all, in this game, Wei Shao was full of 9 mistakes, and in the last moment of the fourth quarter, Wei Shao also had a service violation, but this foul was not recorded on Wei Shao, otherwise Wei Shao would have 10 mistakes in this game. Therefore, watching Westbrook make more mistakes, he received a lot of criticism after the game. But after the game, Wei Shao was blunt, talking about his own mistakes, Wei Shao believed that mistakes and throwing balls were part of the game, which did not necessarily determine whether he played a good game or a bad game. Westbrook also mentioned that the team made easy reads in the fourth quarter, which allowed them to reduce their mistakes in the fourth quarter.
It is true that in this game, Wei Shao is not only a negative teaching material, he still effectively controlled his mistakes in the second half of the game, and in addition to those unreasonable three-point shots, the effect of Wei Shao's impact on the inside line in this game is still OK, and more importantly, Wei Shao's free throws in a key moment are 4 out of 3, which at one point still helped the Lakers very well, so Wei Shao certainly has shortcomings of one kind or another, but he can't offset all his efforts just because of Wei Shao's shortcomings. However, for Wei Shao, as the main controller of the team, he still needs to control his own mistakes, otherwise such a large number of mistakes will still hurt the Lakers.
At the same time, according to Lakers reporter Harrison Faigen, the Lakers must decide before Friday (local time) whether to turn Bradley's contract into protection or lay him off. Of course, Bradley and the Lakers signed an unsecured contract, but from the current point of view, the unsecured tough guy's going to stay is already no suspense, after all, the current Bradley performance is very good, although Bradley's attack is not that shot, but at the critical moment Bradley can still have some contribution, in this game Bradley reflects such a thing, it can be said that the current Bradley is one of the few players who have contributed to the Attack and Defense of the Lakers, and the current Lakers are even more lacking in soldiers. So the Lakers will not let Bradley go, so bradley's stay with the Lakers is basically no suspense.