On January 3, Beijing time, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Timberwolves 108-103. The ninth-place team in the West has made the Lakers break out in a cold sweat. In the previous two meetings, the Timberwolves won the Lakers by 42 points, and this time, the Timberwolves' Towns and Russell were in isolation and could not play, but the Timberwolves' set of residual teams had to drag the game to the last moment, and the Lakers finally won with difficulty.
Because the score was always glued, James played a total of 39 minutes and 13 seconds, ranking first in the game in playing time. Old Zhan, 37 years old, tired to the fourth quarter, bowed his head and gasped for breath. The Lakers exchanged Wei Shao for James' relief and shared the pressure, but in this game, Wei Shao let the old Zhan Tian block, he got 20 points and 5 assists, and there were 9 mistakes. In the first half, Wei Shao made 7 mistakes, tied the career record, made 9 mistakes in the whole game, and almost tied the season record. James has stressed that the Lakers should reduce careless mistakes, but Wei Shao has not been able to do it.
Let's take a look at what kind of 9 mistakes Westbrook made -
Westbrook's first mistake came in just 57 seconds in the opening. After Wei Shao broke through the inside line, he jumped up and turned around to pass the ball, and was snatched by the opponent!
Wei Shao's second mistake, when there were more than 6 minutes and 40 seconds before the end of the first quarter, the Lakers launched a fast attack, James passed the ball to Wei Shao, and Wei Shao lost the ball, which was too low-level!
Just over 20 seconds later, Wei Shao's 3rd mistake came! This is a mistake to be able to enter the five big 囧, Wei Shao directly got out of the basket and came to a high play board!
Westbrook's fourth mistake came at 1:48 after the start of the second quarter. He plunged headlong into the other side's inner line and was robbed again!
Westbrook's fifth mistake came more than 4 minutes before the end of the second quarter. He held the ball ready to launch a quick attack, and the ball was quickly snatched in his hand, but edwards on the other side completed the dunk!
Westbrook's sixth mistake was an offensive foul. 2 minutes and 9 seconds before the end of the first half, Westbrook knocked down the opposing defender.
Wei Shao's 7th mistake soon came too! 41.8 seconds before the end of the half, it was another Lakers quick attack, and Wei Shao jumped up and chose to pass the ball to Bradley, but the angle and strength of the ball were not mastered and out of bounds. There were 7 mistakes in the first half, and Wei Shao was sprayed by fans on social media.
In the second half, Wei Shao finally had some control, only 2 mistakes, and did not refresh his career mistake single-game record (11 times). 3 minutes and 48 seconds after the start of the third quarter, Wei Shao Ghost made the god appear twice dribbling, and the number of personal mistakes reached 8!
Westbrook's ninth mistake came at 1 minute and 17 seconds before the end of the game. Westbrook passed the ball incorrectly, was counterattacked by the Timberwolves, thanks to Bradley's timely defense, the counterattack was successful, to avoid the other side from narrowing the point gap.
In the last 14.2 seconds of the game, Westbrook's serve was a 5-second violation. However, this mistake was recorded in the number of mistakes of the team, and his number of mistakes was not in double figures.
In addition to nine turnovers, Westbrook also made 0-of-5 three-pointers. After the game, Wei Shao said that mistakes and playing iron were part of the game and did not necessarily determine whether he played a good game or a bad game.
Lakers reporter Allen Silwa bluntly said that the game was ugly, and many fans brushed the screen to point out The 9 mistakes data of Wei Shao, believing that the Lakers should still consider trading him, and said that he could not win the championship. Do you think the Lakers should trade Westbrook? If Westbrook hadn't left the Lakers, would this team still have any hope of winning the championship?