Played 32.5 minutes, shooting 8 of 15 from the field, including 10 of 6 three-pointers, and had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. When you see such data, which player does you think of? Or would you think it's the stats of star players? But what I want to tell you is that this is Against lakers Nashon Hyland: The 2021 first-round No. 26 pick, averaging 8.8 points and 2.5 rebounds per game this season! 27 points and 10 rebounds are career highs!
The Lakers lost miserably to the Nuggets, which can be said to be broken by Jokic and Hyland! Jokic played 28 minutes and scored a triple-double of 17+12+13, plus or minus +16! And Hyland's plus-minus is the team's highest +34! It seems that Hyland's performance against the Lakers, is there any fans who feel that a new star is rising? But against the Jazz, Hyland's performance was not good!
Against the Jazz, Hyland played nearly 37 minutes, shooting 5-of-14 from 10-point range and making just 13 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. It seems that the big outbreak against the Lakers is not the strength of Hylanders, but the Lakers' defense is too poor. In fact, this season's players did not play against the Lakers, playing a career-less highlight.
The Lakers' record this season is not very good, and everyone is looking for a reason. Some fans say it's Westbrook's problem, some fans say it's Anthony Davis's reason, some fans say it's Vogel's reason, and some fans say it's lakers management. However, through the huge gap shown by Hyland against the Lakers and the Jazz, it can be seen that the Biggest problem of the Lakers at present is the defense.
Against the Nuggets, Westbrook performed quite well on the offensive end, shooting 7-of-15 from 7 of 15 from three-point range, scoring 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and making 0 turnovers in the game. However, a look at the plus-minus -11, and the data has a lot of contrast, it can be seen that Wei Shao is not good enough on the defensive end. If the Lakers want to rebound now, they need all the Players of the Lakers to do a good job of defense.