On January 3, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Timberwolves 108-103, winning 2 consecutive wins, and defeating the Timberwolves for the first time this season, which not only allowed the Lakers to avenge their previous consecutive losses to the Timberwolves, but also allowed the Lakers to occupy a more favorable position in the ranking battle with the Timberwolves.
However, it must be admitted that the Lakers did not play well in this game, if it were not for Anthony and Bradley's fairy balls in the last moment, the Lakers may once again be reversed by the Timberwolves, and an important person who caused the Lakers to struggle so much in this game is Wei Shao.
In the whole game, Wei Shao played 33 minutes, 16 shots 7 got 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 9 mistakes, it should be noted that in the entire first half, the Lakers had 11 mistakes, and Wei Shao alone accounted for 7 times, and in the last 14 seconds of the last quarter, Wei Shao also had a serve violation, directly sent the ball to the Timberwolves, if it were not for the Timberwolves This game is too iron, Wei Shao's mistake is likely to lead to the Lakers being overturned.
After the game, Wei Shao was once again criticized by many fans, not only because of his bad mistakes, but also because of the problems in his playing style in this game, in short, Wei Shao seems to be too eager to prove himself on the offensive end, it can be clearly seen that Wei Shao's offensive desire today is very strong, many times to take the ball directly to the basket, outside the three-point line is also a decisive shot, although such a resolute Wei Shao is what the Lakers want to see, but it must be admitted that his efficiency is too low.
In the whole game, Wei Shao not only appeared many times to get out of the basket, outside the three-point line is more grainless, the whole game 5 shots 0, it is worth mentioning that in the last game, Wei Shao all three-point shot 3 shots 0, that is to say, his last two games three points total 8 out of 0, if only the shot may not be a big problem, but Wei Shao's current three-point shot choice is to make people feel distressed, take this game, he has several shots are completely as Curry, but there is no Curry's anti-heaven feel, As a result, many attacks have been a headache.
At the same time, because of Westbrook's strong desire on the offensive end, James can only play the role of Dream Green in many cases, not passing organization, or going to the inner line guard, considering that James has been 7 consecutive games to bomb 30+ points of high efficiency, such a practice is actually unreasonable, and this game James's offensive efficiency is still very high, the whole game 15 shots 7, including 9 three-pointers 3 shots, 12 shots 9 shots, got 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 cover, in addition to the fourth quarter downturn, James in the first three quarters totaled 6 of 10 shots, still unstoppable, should have more shots.
In fact, from the recent performance of the Lakers, Westbrook's most suitable role is like Kidd's organizer and auxiliary player, rather than acting as the team's offensive core like Curry, this role is more suitable for James, Westbrook needs to do is to reduce James's organizational pressure, while reducing James's holding time, let him save some physical strength, to do the team's scoring endpoint, the first few games Westbrook and James have done well in this regard, but this game they seem to have made some mistakes.
Fortunately, the Lakers finally won this game, James and Wei Shao have more time to adjust, I believe that in the post-game team review, Wei Shao and James will be more clear about their role positioning and figure out the most suitable team playing style for them.