The Lakers' game never disappoints, whether you are blowing or black, you can find the material. On January 3, Beijing time, the Lakers hosted the Timberwolves, the opponent's interior core Towns was absent, and the Lakers' interior Davis continued to truce. This game is fully in line with the expectations of fans, the Lakers narrowly won, James continued to highlight, Westbrook refused to be perfect, Anthony key narrow win, Munch is the real thigh, Tucker is the real pit. Next, let's elaborate.
At the beginning, James hit a 3-pointer, and then Westbrook and Munch had a performance of abusing the frame, but the number of mistakes of Westbrook rose too quickly, the Timberwolves used the counterattack, the score alternately rose, until the first quarter was about 2 minutes left, Guago hit three points, plus the Timberwolves' Huazi, and Wei Shao also exaggerated, 4 mistakes in the single quarter, the Lakers began to determine the lead.
Even if the second quarter continued to chase points, still maintained a certain lead, until the third quarter, the familiar "lake three collapse" arrived early, not only was reversed, but also trailed by 6 points, fortunately, James and Munch hit three points in time, did not let the Wolves cubs get up, the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves only led by two points.
In the fourth quarter of the decisive victory, the two sides came and went, until there were about 3 minutes left in the game, Anthony successfully scored 3+1, only to break the deadlock, after that, Westbrook 4 free throws 3, the Lakers had no danger, won the victory.
Looking at the whole field, the Lakers side, although James was inaccurate in the last quarter, resulting in his record of 30+ consecutive points, staying in 7 games, but the strength of the opening, as well as the sense of smell in the organization, made his victory contribution value very high. And Wei Shao scored 20 points in the whole game, not counting the three points of 5 out of 0, two-pointers 7 of 11, free throws 8 of 6, the efficiency is also very good, but there are too many mistakes, almost doubles.
Then there's Anthony, who, because the Timberwolves' players are younger and athletic, have prevented Guago from being able to recreate his defensive performance against the Blazers, but on the offensive end, Guago is unambiguous, and the key 3+1 helps the team a lot. Look at Munch again, although only 23 years old, he joined the Lakers with a basic salary, but his performance, absolutely worth the money, hit 4 three-pointers in the whole game, got 22 points, second only to James, absolutely called "thigh-level" players, after the breakthrough fell, James ran to help him. Finally, Tucker, perhaps the mentality has been affected, many must-score layups are not hit, almost zero in the offensive end, there is no performance on the defensive end, and it really disappoints the trust of management.
As for the Timberwolves, Reid played well, but Edwards was a bit down, the team as a whole was not competitive enough, and there was still no victory in the context of a 56-28 lead in rebounding. What's more terrifying than losing is that letting losses become a habit, and the Lakers didn't give a chance in the last moments, but the Timberwolves themselves are still making mistakes, and it's almost impossible to win.
In summary, the Lakers won not go well, but there are also many bright spots, the only worry is that James is a little too tired, Vogel is obsessed with a small lineup, for the old guy's consumption is a bit large, I don't know how long it can last. Looking forward to the early return of thick eyebrows, healthy Lakers, playing into the playoffs, the problem should not be big, but this season want to compete for the championship, it is really a bit difficult, need management to have some more big moves of the deal, what do you think?