On January 18, Beijing time, the Lakers won 101-95 in the home game against the Jazz, and after this game, the Lakers' record so far this season has also improved to 22 wins and 22 losses (50% win rate), although this is still not an ideal record, but for the Lakers to defeat the Jazz This game seems to have greater significance.
In the whole game, LeBron James played in 37 minutes and 20 shots and had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, as for Wei Shao's data performance in 28 minutes, he could only have 15 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists on 5 of 14 shots in the 28 minutes, but Wei Shao also had only 2 mistakes in this game, and there were also shots of riding Gobert and scoring the key 2+1, which is undoubtedly the key to the Lakers to win this game.
However, in addition to James and Westbrook, Stanley Johnson on the bench is also the biggest contributor to the Lakers' ability to win this game. Stanley Johnson scored 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 7-of-9 shooting in 25 minutes of the game, in addition to a team-high +18 plus-minus performance. What's more, Johnson was able to efficiently score 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the fourth quarter alone, which also helped the Lakers turn things around completely.
You know, Johnson's 15 points in this game is already a higher score (13 points) than Jazz's home scorer Donovan Mitchell. Of course, Johnson's more important role in this Lakers team is still on the defensive end, and his performance on the offensive end of this game is also an additional gain for the Lakers.
After the game, LeBron James, who is the Lakers' superstar, also praised Stanley Johnson's performance in an interview:
'People have forgotten that he's a rookie player with the top 10 picks in our league, he's a player who is hungry for victory.'
At present, the Lakers have signed a third 10-day short contract with Stanley Johnson (a difficult exception + two 10-day contracts), which also means that after the expiration of this contract, the Lakers need to give Stanley Johnson a standard contract, considering the help he has given to the Lakers at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the past period, I believe that the Lakers management will not be willing to let go of such a tough player.
Not only that, in fact, the Lakers definitely need to continue to try to strengthen players like Stanley Johnson who may help the team at both ends of the attack and defense before the trade deadline this year, especially the center position, only to find a player who can have a solid defensive end and can open up space, which is the real choice to liberate James and Westbrook and even Davis.