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In the past 5 games, the Lakers have won 2 and lost 3, one of the main reasons is that The four data drops in Westbrook are caused by the sharp drop, and through the game video playback, it comes from Vogel's "cutting power", but from three points, it is beneficial to the Lakers.
Wei Shao's data in the past 5 battles and 4 data plummeted
The January 5 match against the Kings was a watershed moment for Westbrook's data drop, as follows:
1. In the first 38 games of the season, Westbrook averaged 19.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 8.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game from 45.4% + 30.2% shooting.
2. Starting against the Kings, Westbrook averaged 12.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 6 assists and 0.4 steals in the last 5 games.
The gap in personal output: the score dropped by 7.4 points, the shooting rate dropped by nearly 20 percentage points, the assist data fell by 2.3 times, the steals also fell by 1.3 times, the Main Reason for the Lakers' three-game losing streak, Westbrook's offense fell into a trough, what caused it? In addition to the poor personal feel, the more important reason is that Vogel's "cutting power" on the offensive end is analyzed one by one in the three games against the Timberwolves on January 3 (the previous game against the Kings), the follow-up games against the Kings and yesterday against the Nuggets.
Westbrook's entire career has been dominated by ball possession, and the first 38 games of the season are still the same, with the effect:
James blocked the demolition, and Wei Shaoqiang rushed to the basket
Wei Shao held the ball on the left side, James came to block and dismantle, because Wei Shao could pass the ball to James at any time, Reid did not dare to assist in defense, and Wei Shaoqiang suddenly made a layup.
Westbrook helped James fight back
Vogel strengthened the Lakers' speed up at the beginning of the season, and Wei Shao's passing ability can be instigated at any time, such as this quarterback long pass, and James easily layup.
Year-end battle nets to January 1 against the Blazers, Westbrook 4 consecutive games triple-double, the former "triple double" mode, but the Lakers record is 2 wins and 2 losses, why? Wei Shao high frequency error, typical case:
Wei Shao passed Munch's mistake
Westbrook took the rebound and came to the front, suddenly jumped to the paint to try to pass munch at the top of the right arc, Vanderbilt completed the steal halfway, and Westbrook epitomized half a season. In the first 38 games, he averaged 4.8 turnovers per game, close to a third of the Lakers' average of errors per game (15), and the team is seriously old, it is difficult to defend once mistakes, and it is often counter-attacked by opponents. That is to say, Wei Shao's mistakes not only hurt his own offense, but also exposed the team's defensive problems and became a cage for the team to struggle.
"I'd rather shoot and hit the basket than make a mistake", on January 5, against the Kings 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 0 turnovers, ending his embarrassing 407 consecutive games with a record of errors, Wei Shao sighed, then against the Kings, how can Wei Shao achieve "0 mistakes"? In Horry's words, "keep it simple"; the method, the result of Vogel's "cutting power", Wei Shao either does not hold the ball, once holding the ball, just attack the basket, easily don't pass the ball, get it!
Westbrook catches the ball to the basket
Against the winning ball hit by King Westbrook, James held the ball and Munch's right arc top block, Tucker cut the moment to receive the ball, Westbrook cut into the basket from the bottom left corner, Tucker sent a armpit pass, and Westbrook received the ball to end. Throughout the offensive process, Westbrook did not hold the ball as usual, just the end of the attack, the key to zero mistakes.
So as fans can see, against the Kings, Westbrook 0 mistakes; against the Hawks 3 mistakes; against the Grizzlies 0 mistakes; against the Kings 1 turnover; yesterday against the Nuggets 0 mistakes. 5 games, Westbrook 3 games 0 turnovers, assists and turnovers than 7.5-1, and the previous 38 games are like a cloud of mud, of course, the price is not nothing, his shooting rate, scoring, assists and steals, four statistics also fell across the board, as for the reason?
Munch heads-up
For example, in this attack, Wei Shao just wanted to come over to catch the ball, Munch waved, you old man go to the bottom corner, I came myself, Munch singled out the basket; in this way, Wei Shao did not make a mistake, but the number of assists also plummeted. So what is Wei Shao doing on the field?
Westbrook heads up to the layup
The Lakers attacked this time, Westbrook is holding the ball, but pay attention, howard, James and Munch three people at the top of the arc, Howard's right finger to paint, signaling wester, we make room for you, suddenly, Westbrook directly broke through the layup.
Wei Shao only attacked and did not pass, avoiding mistakes
However, as a player who has held the ball throughout his career, once Wei Shao loses the right to control the ball, especially when the opponent also understands the intention of the Lakers (Wei Shao only attacks and does not pass), Wei Shao is relatively easy to contain, anti-breakthrough and shooting, after all, he does not pass, so as shown in the figure, the Nuggets this defense, about teacher and Monris need to block Wei Shao's breakthrough and shooting route, Wei Shao hit iron.
As in the process of the new transformation of the above role, The four data of Westbrook's shooting rate, scoring, assists and steals plummeted, of course, Vogel also achieved the goal, The number of mistakes of Westbrook was finally controlled, and the assist-to-error ratio was excellent, so for the Lakers, the "reduction" of Westbrook's organizational authority, is the advantage more than the disadvantage, or the disadvantage is greater than the benefit? Look at the following three points:
1. Wei Shao no longer makes mistakes, which is extremely important for the Lakers at both ends of the attack and defense, and the offensive success rate can be improved at the same time, the most important thing is that the team can avoid being counterattacked by the opponent.
2. Wei Shao does not need to hold the ball in his hand, which can increase the fluency of the whole team's passing, improve the offensive rate and increase cohesion.
3. Wei Shao has just transformed into a very normal iron, after a period of adaptation, the hit rate is bound to "look up".
Therefore, from the current situation to the long-term perspective, as long as the mistakes can be reduced, it will be beneficial to the Lakers after all.