The thing is probably like this, yesterday in the regular season, the Lakers lost 116-125 to the Kings, the first half of this battle, the Lakers also led with a 67-61 advantage, in the third quarter, the Kings played a wave of 40-23 in a single quarter, after the rebound, the Lakers never caught up again, and finally the Lakers swallowed this defeat and suffered two consecutive losses.
In this game, James's performance is still good, he played 39 minutes, shot 13 of 29, scored 34 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, this is James's 11th 30+ in the past 12 games, and the 19th 30+ this season (the league's most), but unfortunately the Lakers' record in these 19 games is only 10 wins and 9 losses, and the past 12 games are only 5 wins and 7 losses.
So James's state is very good, helpless to cut repeatedly, but Wei Shao is different.
In this game, Wei Shao took 12 rebounds and 6 assists, not bad, but he was seriously depressed on the personal offensive end, shooting 2 of 14 shots, 4 of 3 points, and only scored 8 points, of which in the second half, Wei Shao's 6 shots were all out of the way, and he did not score a point.
In the past three games, Westbrook's form has been a disaster:
— Against the Hawks, 4 of 14, 9 points
— Against the Grizzlies, 2,6 points of 12
— Against the Kings, 2,8 points of 14
In three games, Westbrook averaged only 7.7 points per game and shot just 20 percent from the field. It is worth mentioning that since entering 2022, the Lakers have played a total of six games, Wei Shao's six games have a total of 15 shots of 0, after the Christmas war, Wei Shao played nine games, averaging only 14.4 points per game, shooting 34.8% from the field and 16.7% from three-point range.
So far this season, Westbrook's average per game is 18.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 8.1 assists, shooting 43.7%, shooting 28.8% from three-point range, shooting 65.6% from the free throws, and shooting 50.4% from the real shooting rate.
Back to this game against the Kings, it is interesting that in the middle of the game, the King posted a special effects picture of Wei Shao on the big screen of the King's home stadium, and wrote: "The most cold player in this game." ”
As a result, Wei Shao really did not feel good, only 2 goals were scored on 14 shots, not only that, every time Wei Shao threw a goal, the Kings home DJ would shout: "Your hand feels cold." ”
Asked about it after the game, Westbrook said: "It's funny. I hope they've been the same for the last 14 years, which is lovely. The kings last made the playoffs in 2005-06 and have missed the playoffs for 15 consecutive years.
In addition to responding to the "little trick" of the Kings' home, Wei Shao was also asked about his state, and when asked by reporters whether he knew that his recent shooting performance was struggling, Wei Shao's answer was: "Dude, do you still use you to tell me?" I can't score a single goal. ”
I have to say that the state of this game is really bad, how bad is it? After the game, Wei Shao's name not only rushed to the first place in the hot search on the social media in the United States, but also ranked first in the domestic social media hot search, which can be said to be extremely rare.
Of course, Wei Shao is not so useless.
On the one hand, Westbrook's attendance is guaranteed, and he is the only player with the Lakers to play full attendance so far this season.
On the other hand, Wei Shao's mistakes have improved, and in the past four games, Wei Shao has only made 4 mistakes in total, and in the previous 38 games, Wei Shao has averaged 4.8 mistakes per game.
But in terms of shooting, Wei Shao really struggled, and after this game, James also talked about Wei Shao's shooting, James said: "Just keep working hard, he got some good opportunities, just didn't shoot." ”
Team coach Vogel also said: "At present, Westbrook is in a low tide, whether it is the end of the basket or the shooting outside, we just need to stick with him and help him overcome it." ”
Having said that, halfway through the season, the time left for the Lakers and Wei Shao to get better is getting less and less, for now, the grinding and merging of the two sides is not smooth, and the recent "trade Wei Shao" voice is also getting bigger and bigger, I hope that Wei Shao can find the feel as soon as possible, and then pull it down, the Lakers may not even be able to enter the playoffs.