Beijing time on January 10, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies 119-127, and the 4-game winning streak was ended, although many fans before the game expected that the Lakers would play very hard, after all, their opponents were in an 8-game winning streak, the morale of the Grizzlies, and even many people were ready for the Lakers to lose, but perhaps no one thought that the Lakers would lose the game in such a way.
In the whole game, the Lakers started in addition to James, the rest of the players on the offensive end of the performance can be described as miserable, James alone 19 shots 14 shots 35 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, but the remaining 4 starters totaled 39 shots 8 of 39 only scored 22 points. When teammates play such a performance, even if James is brave, it is difficult to lead the team to win, according to statistics, this is James's 18th time this season to shoot 30+ points, the league is the most, but also his 8th empty cut, the same league the most.
At the age of 37, most players either retire or play healthy basketball, but James still needs to contribute everything as the strongest thigh of the team, he needs to score, to defend, to organize, and even to play center, when teammates can't give him enough help, he can only continue to squeeze himself, James's performance has even made teammates feel painful.
After the game, Lakers guard Wayne Ellington was interviewed. Speaking about teammate LeBron James scoring 30+ in 10 of his last 11 games, Ellington said: "I saw everything. He is showing us everything. He's hot outside the three-point line, he's bursting inside, he's playing the number five, he's blocking down, he's blocking, he's playing point guard, he's playing center, and all sorts of roles. To be honest, so far this season, he has done everything for our team. He's all 37 years old, which is incredible. Salute him, no matter what he does, he will continue this performance. ”
In this game, Ellington came off the bench for 11 minutes, 7 shots 6 to score 16 points, has been considered to give James the greatest support, after seeing James take the lead in the charge, many Lakers players, especially the bench have begun to show more energy, this game, the Lakers bench lineup has 3 people to score double figures, of which Tucker scored 13 points, Ellington scored 16 points, Reeves scored 16 points, these players are not paid high, talent is limited, but it is really already trying their best, This also makes Wei Shao particularly embarrassed.
In this game, Westbrook played 26 minutes, only had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 2 of 12 shooting, and did not score in double figures in 2 consecutive games, which can be said to be completely exploded by Morant on the other side. If Westbrook couldn't score well before, but could also contribute to defense and organization, he could almost be said to be negative in this game. What really disappointed the fans was the attitude that Westbrook showed after the game.
In an interview after the game, asked how the Lakers played against the league's top teams, Wei Shao said: "I have no comment on this issue. In the face of the reporter's interview, Wei Shao's attitude is as tough as ever, but after he played such a bad performance, this toughness is more like a kind of hard mouth, especially when seeing that James and others are still supporting Wei Shao after the game, Wei Shao seems to be still angry, many fans are also a little disappointed, and also hope that Wei Shao can put a good attitude as soon as possible and really use the game performance to respond to doubts.