On January 18, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. In today's Western Focus battle, the Lakers hosted the Jazz challenge at home. Earlier today, the Lakers officially announced that the team and Stanley Johnson once again reached a short 10-day contract.
In today's game, Johnson had the opportunity to play again. Johnson didn't do much in the first three quarters, hitting a bottom-corner three-pointer in the first quarter and making a basket before the end of the third quarter, scoring five points on 2-of-3 total.
However, in the final showdown, Johnson became the Lakers' surprise soldier. He first singled out Gobert's shot and fouled him, unfortunately Johnson did not hit the free throw. But in the next two rounds, Johnson shot consecutive shots, and one of them played a wave of 6:0 to help the Lakers turn the score to 83:83!
And that's not all, after James hit two free throws, Johnson broke through Clarkson with the ball and hit a layup to get his 8th point of the quarter, and in the Lakers' 12-0 wave, Johnson scored 8 points! After the Jazz's timeout, Johnson forced Gobert again under the basket! Then assisted Bradley to hit a crucial 3-pointer to help the team lead to 6 points!
In the end, the Lakers defeated the Jazz 101:95 at home, and Johnson played 24 minutes, scoring 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 7-of-9 shooting, a plus-minus +18 team-high. The Lakers were able to win today, and Johnson was instrumental.
It is worth mentioning that in this 10-day short contract, Johnson's salary is 120083 US dollars. Clearly, his performance was worth his salary. It is believed that after this short contract, the Lakers will sign a formal contract with Johnson, and the 25-year-old 2015 first-round No. 8 show has finally found his home.