The Lakers have lost the Grizzlies!
The Lakers, who have won 4 straight, face the Grizzlies with 8 straight wins, which is the best chance for the Lakers to prove themselves. First of all, in the last game, the two teams met, and the Lakers only lost to the opponent in the end, and always maintained the lead in the first three quarters. The Lakers have been gaining momentum lately, and of course the Grizzlies are in excellent form.
After four consecutive wins, the Lakers seem to have found some feelings, but they have not really played against strong opponents. So today's game we can see how much Old Zhan wants to win this game, he has 35 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and 6 frontcourt rebounds. It can be said that Old Zhan is really desperately playing, but the Lakers still lost to the opponent by a big score, and the Lakers were once behind by as much as 29 points when the court was at most...
Who should bear the burden of the Lakers' loss?
It must be mentioned here that Wei Shao, after all, is the third star of the Lakers, he scored 6 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 2 of 12. On the field, I really can't see how much Wei Shao has a sense of existence, and from the beginning of the first quarter of the game, I feel that Wei Shao is not in a state, perhaps because of the defensive pressure given by the opponent, or maybe Wei Shao is deliberately controlling himself. He no longer chooses the most lethal attack on the opponent's play, but chooses to keep shooting, but the shooting rate is touching, the whole game only got 6 points, he has scored only 10 points in two consecutive games.
Speaking of Westbrook before, fans have been expecting him to do two things, one is to reduce outside shots, and the other is to control mistakes. Reducing outside shots is easy to do, but controlling mistakes is hard. So in order to meet this requirement, Wei Shao's time to hold the ball is reduced, and the opportunity to handle the ball is reduced, which also causes Wei Shao to lose his own rhythm of play.
Today, Wei Shao gave 6 assists without error, and in the last 3 games, Wei Shao has not made a mistake in 2 games. Yes, this problem is solved, but is the Lakers' problem really solved?
The current expectations of Wei Shao and the Lakers are contradictory, if you want him to play, you must let him hold the ball, and you don't want him to make so many mistakes, which ultimately leads to the fact that Wei Shao is no longer that Wei Shao.
In fact, for Vogel, his challenge is even greater. Today's rout is a microcosm of the Lakers' season, and the Lakers' hard power has indeed not yet reached the level of the top four in the West. This must not be the situation that the Lakers want, but this is the real situation of the Lakers now.
It is indeed too difficult for Vogel now, and there are still many problems in this Lakers team, which must not be solved by thick eyebrows alone. James and Thick Eyebrows determine the lower limit of this team, but Wei Shao is the player who determines the upper limit of the team, Wei Shao is a very typical double-edged sword, if he wants to play, he must tolerate his problems, depending on what the Lakers will choose.
From the moment he chose to sign Wei Shao, he had to accept the current situation. He's not a player without ability, it depends on how the manager uses it. Of course, the root cause of today's Lakers rout is still defense, they scored 119 points in the whole game, but lost 127 points, so the fundamental problem is still at the defensive end, this must not be the responsibility of Wei Shao, the Lakers should really reflect on it!