Beijing time on January 13, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers lost to the Kings 116-125, suffered 2 consecutive losses, this loss also made the Lakers' Western ranking fall to the eighth in the West, if this situation continues, the Lakers may have to play playoffs this season, and then their opponents are very likely to be the Kings, relying on today's game, the Lakers can hardly say that they have the certainty of defeating the Kings in the playoffs.
In fact, the Lakers did not have a chance to win this game, they once led the Kings by 14 points, even if they were once reversed by the Kings in the third quarter, but also relied on tenacious tenacity to narrow the point difference to 6 points in the last minute of the third quarter, but then in the next 30 seconds, Westbrook a three-point miss, a low-level mistake directly let the Kings score 5 consecutive points, and finally entered the fourth quarter with an 11-point difference. In the last quarter, the Lakers also tried to chase the difference to only 2 points, but Wei Shao made a mistake again in the last moment, leaving the Lakers unable to return to the sky in the end.
Looking back at this game, although the Lakers did have the hope of turning over in the fourth quarter, the low-level mistakes in the last 30 seconds of the third quarter of Westbrook had actually set the tone for the outcome of this game, and his performance in the whole game of 2 of 14 shots and the confident three-point shot in the game had made many fans intolerable, shouting to trade him. But the problem is that Wei Shao's current ability and his big contract have made it difficult for the Lakers to get rid of, and what is more heartfelt is that the current Wei Shao has not only delayed the Lakers, but also affected the Other two major defenders of the Lakers.
First of all, Rondo, who has just been traded, many fans believe that if it were not for Wei Shao occupying a large amount of time in the point guard, the Lakers would not trade Rondo, because of the existence of Wei Shao, Rondo did not have a playing time guarantee, and finally chose to leave. When it came to the Cavaliers, Rondo's impact was immediate, and he helped the Cavaliers defeat the King, conquering the Cavaliers in just one game. Many fans said that if the Lakers' defenders were not Westbrook but Rondo in today's game, maybe they would have won a long time ago.
In addition, the existence of Westbrook also limited the Lakers' supernova Reeves, in today's game, Reeves can be called the biggest highlight of the Lakers, playing for 27 minutes, 19 points and 3 rebounds in 7 of 10 shots, and used positive performances again and again to continue the life of the Lakers in the game. Even James couldn't help but praise him again after the game, saying that he never made mistakes, and although the team didn't expect him to get a lot of points, he had a very good scoring ability himself, and he did more in Anthony's absence.
At the same time, after this game, many fans posted that they hoped Reeves could replace Westbrook as the team's starting point guard, believing that he was now fully worthy of a place in the starting lineup. Reeves has never appeared in the Lakers' starting lineup this season, and all of the 23 games he played for the Lakers have been substitutes, but the 23-year-old rookie is very mature, and his performance in the NBA is definitely not a rookie, and now he has become someone the Lakers can rely on. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for Westbrook, Reeves would have had every chance of becoming the Lakers' starting point guard and growing faster.
However, what is more heartfelt now is that the Lakers can't trade Wei Shao, put him in the lineup, and it is impossible to really let him play as a substitute, or not give him time, but gave Wei Shao the opportunity, but what he got was disappointed again and again, and it can only be said that the deal about Wei Shao may be one of the worst operations done by the Lakers management in the past 20 years.