After five consecutive home games after the New Year, the Lakers' opponents have gradually become stronger from weak; after the big victory over the Blazers, the Lakers have narrowly defeated the Timberwolves and kings at home, and they have surpassed the Clippers in the same city to rank seventh in the West. However, the same is the narrow victory, the Lakers win the Timberwolves and win the King's process is very different.
Playing the Timberwolves, the Lakers' rebounds were robbed by the other side; the reason why they could win was because the other side's two core towns and Russell were absent at the same time, on the other hand, the Timberwolves' hand was too bad, how to shoot outside the three-point line and how not to score. The King's peripheral projection ability is obviously much more reliable than the Timberwolves, and the Lakers dare not lose the rebound in the backcourt so crazy, so Vogel enabled Howard. In the 21 minutes and 35 seconds that Howard played, he scored 14 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals; under the basket guarded by Warcraft Town, the Lakers protected the rebounds, and their defense was much smaller than the pendulum five; and Howard played the fifth position, in fact, it also greatly reduced the pressure on James on the defensive end, and also allowed old Zhan to have more physical strength to stand up in the fourth quarter to close the game.
In this game, Tucker, who had previously been sprayed as Vogel's "bastard", also played an efficient performance of 9 of 13 on the offensive end; and what was even more surprising was that the NBA's number one mistake king Westbrook had 0 turnovers in this game, and the Lakers only had 5 turnovers in the whole game. However, even if Wei Shao did not make mistakes, Howard went on the court to protect the inside line, Tucker performed very well, but the Lakers still fell behind by two points at halftime, and the decisive moment had to rely on the full zhan mode to win hard, in fact, it also showed from the side that the Lakers' test of trading Wei Shao this season was officially declared a failure.
In fact, clear-eyed people are very clear, James is the top offensive organizer in the history of the NBA, his most lethal weapon is to carry the ball to the basket or break through the score, so the most suitable system for him is "one star and four shots"! Any pitcher who plays next to James can be fed. And Wei Shao used to be in the Thunder, and last season in the Wizards, in fact, his playing style is trumpet James; the difference between Wei Shao and Old Zhan is nothing more than that the current Wei Shao is more energetic than Old Zhan, but Wei Shao does not have Old Zhan's long-range shooting ability, rushing in is limited by height, and the error rate is higher than that of Old Zhan...
Among all the top salary players in the league, if anyone is the most suitable to match with Old Zhan, some people may say Curry, some people will say Durant, some people will say Small Card, About Teacher, it is difficult for all parties to unify their views; but to say that among the top salary players, who is the most suitable for old Zhan, I am afraid that most people think that it is Wei Shao.
So big James and little James are on the same team, how should this team swing? Vogel first tried the regular Westbrook play 1, old Zhan played 3, thick eyebrow hit 4; but because the young master did not have a basket, thick eyebrows this season outside the three-point line shooting rate is only 19%, so playing, Vogel began to gradually reduce the playing time of Jordan Jr. and Howard, first thick eyebrows played 5 for a long time, after the collapse of thick eyebrows, Ariza and Guago, old Zhan took turns to top the 4th and 5th positions. The small lineup has greatly alleviated the Lakers' offensive space problem, and Munch's stable output has created more "a la carte" singles ability for Old Zhan. But the lineup of no center for a long time has also led to a cliff-like decline in the Lakers' defensive efficiency; the Lakers, who ranked first in defensive efficiency last year, ranked 24th in defensive efficiency so far this year.
And in the distribution of ball rights, at the beginning of the season, the Lakers let Old Zhan take control, and when he was substituted, he also let Rondo go up to control, and it was very uncomfortable to engage in Wei Shao; gradually Rondo was DNP, Old Zhan gave up a lot of ball rights, the Lakers had a period of time, their game was also Wei Shao, and the defeat was also Wei Shao; some games, you think Wei Shao played in front of Wei Shao is not good, he may lead the team to set off a counterattack in the second half, play the game back; some games You see him play well in front of him, he may finally make two mistakes and send the game away...
When Wei Shao was sprayed by the Usurs media again and again on the hot search, Downs also rubbed a wave of heat through Wei Shao; even if many active players such as Dream Green and Embiid stood up to support Wei Shao's anger and sprayed Downs, the American media even used Wei Shao's career triple number to be more than the number of wins in Downs's career to satirize Downs, but when the parties were discussing again and again how to trade Wei Shao's plan, but the Lakers were very clear that Wei Shao's big contract was difficult to clean up, Vogel began to adjust the use of Wei Shao's thinking.
Playing the King's shot was not ideal, the first quarter of the ball was dry pulled and smashed into the upper edge of the rebound, and the second quarter mid-range shot three no sticks... In the fourth quarter of this game, Old Jan scored 14 points, Munch scored 11 points, and Westbrook's 6 points except for one was to impact the basket, and the other 4 points were also to catch up with the final stages, the opponent's foul tactics...
Even in this game, Westbrook had no mistakes, and the plus-minus of +17 was the highest in the game; but when his 0 turnovers were at the cost of not passing the ball and playing iron, if measured by the salary of 44 million a year, this was obviously unqualified; playing the Grizzlies, playing the Timberwolves, playing the Kings, when the Lakers were using Munch and Old Zhan to block and dismantle continuously; and the better the performance of Old Zhan and Munch, it indicated that The more embarrassing Wei Shao's status was.
Regarding the reason for the deal to come to Weishao, Vogel himself was interviewed by the American media, saying that he would reduce the burden on old Zhan. But when the outside world exclaimed for the performance of the 37-year-old Old Zhan on the court, constantly praising Munch as the treasure that the Lakers picked up, in fact, it also indicates that Wei Shao has long become a tasteless and discarded chicken rib in this Lakers team, and also announces that the Lakers traded to Wei Shao's experiment, in order to reduce the burden on Old Zhan Has failed.
Earlier, the Lakers had already sent Rondo away; and sending Rondo was only for the signing rights of 2014 No. 57 Luis Rabelli (who would not join the team), in fact, their air-swapping operation saved $4 million in luxury taxes and emptyed a place. In the eyes of the outside world, the vacated quota should be given to Stanley. But when the Lakers don't plan to put Stanley right now. When Johnson stays until the end of the season and plans to sign him another ten-day contract to make a decision, it also means that the Lakers may have other actions in the next ten days, and what adjustments will Pelinka, who is reversing course, make next?