Earlier the Lakers lost to the Kings 116-125, in the recent swallowing a wave of two consecutive losses, the entire game lakers a total of only 3 players scored double figures, in addition to James alone scored 34 points, the other two are 22 points Munch and 19 points Reeves, as the team's third big man, Westbrook this game once again opened the iron mode, the whole game he started 37 minutes, second only to James, but 14 shots only hit 2 goals, three-point shots 5 shots all hit iron, There are only 8 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, but if his shooting is slightly more reliable, the Lakers will not lose to the Kings, who have suffered 5 consecutive losses before.
This season, Westbrook's average per game has plummeted to 18.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 8.1 assists, and the three shooting rates are only 43.7%, 28.8% and 65.6%, respectively, compared with last season's average of 22.1 points, 11.5 rebounds and 11.7 assists per game for the Wizards, which is indeed more than one notch lower. As the third-highest-paid player this season (44.21 million), Westbrook's poor performance is indeed a bit ashamed of his salary.
And counting this game of losing to the Kings, Westbrook has been 6 consecutive three-pointers to hit iron, from his last three-point shot, but also back to the game with the Grizzlies on December 30 last year, when he was in that game of 4-of-4 three-pointers, but the two that scored were the first two, and the next two shots ended in iron, so counting the next few games were 3, 5, 1, 1, 5 outside the three-point line, this is already Westbrook's 17 consecutive three-pointers.
As a guard player, Westbrook's projection has always been a weakness, the highest three-point shooting rate in his career is only 34.3% in the 16-17 season, compared to Harden, Irving, Lillard, Curry, these top guards, Westbrook's shooting hole, to some extent, really affected his ceiling ceiling, but as long as his shooting has a league average level, it will not be in just 3 years, it has changed 3 teams, since leaving the Thunder in the 18-19 season, Wei Shao failed to stay in a team for 2 seasons, this season to join his hometown team Los Angeles Lakers, Wei Shao just wants to fulfill his own championship dream, the result is that in the case of almost half of the game, he has not found a chemical reaction with the team, which is really hurting the morale of the team.
In the last 5 games, Wei Shao not only greatly reduced his aggression on the offensive end (12.4 points), but even his best passing has experienced a cliff-like decline, averaging only 6.4 assists per game, the offense can not score, the defense is leaking, and even the passing ability has dropped sharply. For Westbrook's recent consecutive shots, the core of the team James is very generous, in today's loss to the King, the old Zhan also said in an interview: "Anyone will sit, we are all basketball players, when going through a period of low tide, anyone will feel frustrated, this is a natural reaction." "It seems that James is also quite helpless.
At this stage for the Lakers, can only wait for the moment when Wei Shao's hand feels warm, but how long can patience be maintained, no one knows, if he really takes iron as his normal, before the trade deadline, Pelinka is afraid that he will really have to take action, a team's backcourt organizer, can not score, can not pass the ball, each game in the defensive end of the mind, too many mistakes, even if really want to trade, who will endure Wei Shao such a "master"?