The NBA regular season continues, the West ushered in a strong and weak confrontation, and the Lakers sat at home to meet the Kings.
Despite the strength and weakness confrontation, and the Lakers are in a two-game winning streak, considering the Lakers' ups and downs this season, this game is still full of suspense.
In the end, after four rounds of competition, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Kings 122-114 and won a precious 3-game winning streak.
Compared with winning 3 consecutive wins, it is more gratifying that the Lakers still have 6 major gains in this game, and Vogel has finally opened his mind.
The first big takeaway, of course, was Howard's efficient performance, playing 21 minutes, shooting 6-of-12, and delivering perfect stats of 14 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, including 14 rebounds that set a new season high.
What's more, Howard was picked up again in the fourth quarter when the team was chased by the Kings, and quickly delivered a proud performance after being taken on the court again, which was completely plug-and-play.
Howard also used the performance of this game to prove to Vogel that he was still trustworthy, and when the Lakers faced a team with a big center, they could completely leave the opportunity to Howard, not Jordan Jr., let alone the five small lineups.
I believe that after this wave of three consecutive wins, Vogel will gradually open up, after all, the small lineup and the large lineup have played a good performance.
Vogel only needs to build a suitable starting lineup around these players and according to the corresponding situation.
The second big takeaway was that James continued to be hot and performed better and better in key moments, shooting down 31 points, 5 boards, 5 assists and 1 block, including 14 points in the final quarter.
It was also an added effect of reusing Howard, and James was given enough respite to finish the crushing basket in the final quarter.
James's performance is also the epitome of his performance in the past period of time, in the past 9 games, James averaged 34.3 points, 9.8 boards, 5.9 assists, 1.7 breaks and 1.4 blocks, shooting 55% from the field.
The third big gain was that Wei Shao had 0 turnovers in the whole game, and in the whole game, Wei Shao played 33 minutes, shot 7 of 19, and handed over 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal and 0 turnovers.
Although personal efficiency needs to be improved, Wei Shao's 0 mistakes in the whole game is the key to the Lakers' smooth win of the game, and Wei Shao also handed over the highest plus-minus value of +17 in the whole game.
With such a performance, Wei Shao ended the historical record of 407 consecutive games of mistakes, which is also the first time since 2013 that Wei Shao has played more than 30 minutes without a single mistake in the whole game.
The fourth biggest harvest odds Munch continued to go on a rampage, shooting 8-of-15 from the field, efficiently bombarding 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, including 6 three-pointers shots to set a new season high.
In the crucial fourth quarter, Munch scored 11 points alone, and the ability to handle the ball on the offensive end was also the main reason why Westbrook did not make a mistake in the whole game.
The fifth big gain is that Horton Tucker finally found his form, the whole game Horton Tucker played 33 minutes, 9 of 13 shots, efficiently handed over 19 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, +14 personal plus-minus second only to Westbrook ranked second in the team.
Horton Tucker's recovery not only improved the Lakers' offensive ability in the connection section, but also added more points for the team to handle the ball with Munch, so that Westbrook could safely reduce the ball.
The last gain is that veteran Anthony can finally get a certain rest opportunity, the whole game Melon played 17 minutes, 6 shots 4 efficiently scored 8 points, he no longer has to be alone Carey, the teammates around him to create enough rest time for him, for his subsequent outbreak to accumulate strength.