Wei Shao is difficult to say a word
After Anthony Davis was injured, LeBron James came to the starting center position, who could have imagined that at the age of 37, playing center for the first time in his career, but playing a superstar performance, it is really admirable, how good James's physical condition is, and his neglected basketball skills, every year is improving. But even so, the Lakers' five-game winning streak was ended by the Memphis Grizzlies, and Russell Westbrook was once again on the cusp.
As the team's second superstar, with an annual salary of $44.21 million, Wei Shao's personal performance is helpless to complain about, especially in attack. In this game, the Lakers have to face the Saramento Kings, facing Fox, who is known for his speed, can Westbrook prove himself?
Bad choices keep coming
Fox had 6 points and 1 rebound in the first quarter, leading the Kings to 29 points in a single quarter, but Westbrook shot 1 of 4, only hit a zombie jumper, got 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, fortunately, Munch 3-pointers 3-of-3, James also had 8 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, the Lakers could take a 6-point lead. After returning from the second quarter, Wei Shao still shot 1 of 4, with 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and the only praiseworthy thing is that Wei Shao did not make a single mistake in the first half. Fox was 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 3-of-4 shooting.
However, LeBron James is still in form, with 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in the single quarter, leading the Lakers to extend the lead to 6 points. In the second half, Fox broke out completely, 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-8 shooting, leading the Kings to a 12-point lead at one point, and then Reeves hit 2 consecutive three-pointers, but Westbrook missed a three-pointer, a mistake, directly to the Kings 5 points, the point difference returned to 11 points. In this quarter, Westbrook shot 0 of 3, did not score a point, only 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
Vogel did not believe in evil, and in the last quarter he was on the small lineup, playing for two and a half minutes, and the score difference did not change in the slightest, and he had no choice but to replace Howard again. The Lakers regained defense, Reeves three-pointers, James continued to impact the basket, a single quarter bombed 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, the Lakers in the last moment, the point difference was reduced to 4 points, seeing the dawn of victory is coming, but Westbrook chose three points to shoot, of course, not, the Kings seized the opportunity, Meitu three-point knife fall, for the end of the game. In the end, the Kings defeated the Lakers 125-116 and successfully ended a five-game losing streak.
Again, 2-of-14 shots
In such a game, Gentry made an effective strategy, constantly impacting the Lakers' basket, and the whole team exploded 70 points in the box, while the Lakers only scored 42 points. Vogel abandoned Jordan Jr. for the sake of West's space on the court, and Howard only played 15 minutes, scoring 8 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist on 3-of-3 shooting, with plus-minus of +9. However, Wei Shao returned to the Lakers, but the signature 14 shots were 2 of 2, three-pointers, 5 shots, and only 8 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, which was really regrettable.
I have to say that this is Vogel in a cocoon to bind himself, the team obviously has two big centers do not use, have to use a small lineup, the result was the opponent suddenly a mess, who can blame? This also allowed James's perfect performance of 34 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists to be reduced to empty cuts again. It is worth mentioning that in the past three games, Wei Shao scored 9 points on 4 of 14 shots, 6 points on 2 of 12 shots, and this game, 8 points in 2 of 14 shots, and what is even more speechless is that in the past six games, Wei Shao has scored 0 of 15 three points in total.
9 points + 6 points + 8 points, 3 points 15 shot 0! Wei Shao, this time Old Zhan can't move you. Abandoning Lowry and DeRozan, the Lakers chose Westbrook, perhaps gaining a lot of ticket revenue, but it is getting farther and farther away from the championship trophy.