On January 3, Beijing time, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Timberwolves at home in the NBA regular season 108-103, achieving a wave of 2 consecutive wins. Throughout the game, Westbrook played 33 minutes, shooting 7 of 16, including 5 of 5 three-pointers, 6 of 8 free throws, contributing 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 9 turnovers, and the plus-minus on the court was the lowest -2 starting point. Wei Shao's poor performance after the game also caused a heated discussion.
First of all, Wei Shao made 7 mistakes in the first half, the first person of the season, but also equaled his personal half-time error record; secondly, Wei Shao made 9 mistakes in the whole game, which also equaled his personal season record; finally, Wei Shao averaged 5.6 errors per game in the past 5 games, and the shooting percentage was only 41.8%, the key is that he has made many bizarre mistakes, which is not counting the number of times he has not scored on the basket and the dunk has been blocked by the basket.
After the game, Wei Shao's words in an interview sparked a heated discussion, he said: "Mistakes and throws are part of the game, which does not necessarily determine whether I play a good game or a bad game, I am allowed to make mistakes and throw balls, my job is to play the right basketball." (Westbrook averaged 4.8 turnovers per game this season, the League was 2nd, the Lakers averaged 15.1 turnovers per game, the League was 3rd, it is worth mentioning that in an interview some time ago, James has clearly mentioned that the Lakers should reduce non-oppressive mistakes, but Wei Shao just can't control his mistakes, but thinks it is a matter of course)
The Lakers traded Westbrook in the offseason in the hope that he could help James reduce the pressure, but now the situation is that James's playing time is high, and he has to help Westbrook wipe his ass. Taking this game as an example, James played the fourth quarter of the shooting, although 1 of 5, but got 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block; Anthony scored 9 points is the key to the Lakers' win; Wei Shao got 8 points, but his mistakes at key times almost caused the Lakers to lose.
Of course, we really can't use mistakes and iron to judge whether a person is good or bad, nor can we use a game to deny the greatness of Wei Shao, but in the past few games, Wei Shao has dropped the chain many times at key moments, which is really a negative Lakers' expectations. In addition, I would like to say that as the core of the team, Wei Shao should bear the responsibility of leading the team to win, and should also have the courage to bear the responsibility of the team's loss, rather than blindly arguing.