On January 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Lakers defeated the Jazz 101-95 at home, ending a 3-game losing streak. The two teams played a tough game, and the Lakers once trailed by nine points in the final quarter, and played a 13-0 offensive climax with the help of James and Stanley Johnson. With Bradley and James scoring consecutive points, Westbrook played a key 2+1, and the Lakers sealed the victory and successfully won the game. This is also the first time in nearly a month that the Lakers have won more than 50% of the team.
In this game, many Lakers players played well, and James contributed 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, which is the first contributor to the team. Westbrook had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, and in the second quarter, Gobert detonated the whole net, which was considered the best scoring performance of the Season. Stanley Johnson contributed 15 points and 4 rebounds, as the team's 10-day short contract player, he played for all today, and the performance of 10 points and 4 rebounds in the final quarter was the main factor that helped the team complete the reversal.
In addition, Bradley had 9 points, bench Munch had 14 points and 7 rebounds, and Horton Tucker had 11 points.
After this game, head coach Vogel also successfully rushed to the hot search, and everyone had a heated discussion about his employment strategy in the last quarter. The Lakers were once nine points behind the Jazz in the final quarter, and the situation was very bad. Vogel chose to hide less at this time, chasing points with the lineups of James, Reeves, Munch, Bradley and Stanley Johnson. Vogel's decision turned out to be the right one, and the team played a 13-0 offensive climax to complete the score reversal, leaving the Jazz in a scoring drought.
It wasn't until more than 3 minutes left in the game that Vogel chose to put Westbrook back on the pitch. At this time, the Lakers are actually very close to victory and have taken the initiative in their own hands. Although Westbrook played 2+1 at key moments and hit the free throw steadily. But because he was completely absent during the team's scoring process, it can be said that he had nothing to do with him.
Previously, a Lakers reporter suggested that Vogel needed to hide Wei Shaoxue at a critical moment and not take his 44 million contract so seriously. Unexpectedly, Vogel realized the reporter's idea in this game and proved that he was right. This may make Wei Shao feel extremely embarrassed.
According to the schedule, the Lakers' next game will be at home to the Pacers on Thursday morning Beijing time.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)