On January 12, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. According to the schedule, the Lakers will challenge the Kings tomorrow. Prior to this game, the Lakers had a record of 21 wins and 20 losses, ranking 7th in the West!
Earlier today, a news from the Lakers shocked fans. According to Lakers reporter Harrison Faigen, Westbrook developed cold-like symptoms today and missed the team's training. Thankfully, Westbrook's nucleic acid report turned negative, and he would be at the airport with the team and travel to Sacramento.
The news was quickly confirmed by Lakers coach Vogel, who said Westbrook tested negative for the new crown and had been allowed to travel with the team to the away game.
There is no doubt that for the Lakers team today, they can no longer afford to have the risk of players not being able to play due to injury or illness. During the previous large-scale truce of the team's personnel, the Lakers suffered the longest 5 consecutive losses of the season. The Lakers then gradually straightened out, winning 5-2 in the last 7 games. There are only two people on the team's injury list, Davis and Nunn.
However, objectively speaking, Wei Shao's recent performance is not ideal. In the last 3 games, Westbrook shot a total of 13 of 35, and in the last game he lost to the Grizzlies, Westbrook only shot 2 of 12, including 1 of 0 from three-point range and 2 of 2 from the free throw line, and only had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, plus or minus -22!
It is worth mentioning that so far this season, Westbrook has played all 41 games for the Lakers, and is the only player on the Lakers to do this. Averaging 35.4 minutes per game, he was able to get 19 points, 8.1 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 1.1 steals, shooting 44.4% from the field and 29.8% from three-point range!