On January 3, Beijing time, today the Lakers welcomed the challenge of the Timberwolves at home, and in the first two meetings of the season, the Lakers were informed by failure. The two sides are still inseparable in this game, and in the final decisive moment, with Anthony's 3+1, the Lakers finally defeated the Timberwolves 108-103 and finally completed their revenge.
In this game, although James did not continue his single-game record of 30+, he still got a comprehensive statistic of 26 points, 7 boards and 5 assists, and Munch, Bradley, and Anthony all had good performances. Only Wei Shao's performance is worth exploring, with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists on 7-of-16 shooting, but as many as 9 turnovers!
Wei Shao's attitude was not satisfied, Wei Shao said in the interview: "My playing style is known to everyone, I will not know how many baskets I have lost or how many mistakes I have made. I'll lose some shots, it's part of the game, I'll make mistakes, it's all part of the game, like the other players. At the same time, Wei Shao believes that his job is to make the right judgment.
Westbrook has averaged as many as 4.8 turnovers per game this season and 5.6 turnovers per game in his last five games. Nowadays, Wei Shao's style is more like a wild rush with the ball, the luck is smooth or the opponent's defense is poor, he will pass the person, and if he does not drop the ball with his hand or is broken by the opponent's defense, it is a mistake. When teammates struggled to defend and grab the basketball, Wei Shao easily lost the ball, such a scene is undoubtedly extremely demoralizing.
Regarding Westbrook's mistakes, James said that Westbrook could help us as long as he was on the court, and he felt very remorseful for his mistakes today, especially in the first half (7 mistakes in the first half), he did well in the second half, only 2 turnovers. I don't know how everyone can see Wei Shao's constant mistakes.
In addition, when James plays center, the Lakers also need to be wary of their own rebounding protection, in today's game, the Lakers rebounded 28-56 behind, rebounded 4-20 in the frontcourt, and rebounded 24-36 in the backcourt. Westbrook only grabbed 3 rebounds, James 7 rebounds the highest in the team, the starting five only a total of 16 rebounds, if it were not for the Timberwolves' low offensive effectiveness, the Lakers would be difficult to win today.