Beijing time on January 20, the NBA regular season continued, the last hard to defeat the Jazz Lakers failed to usher in a winning streak, and finally lost to the Pacers 104-111, swallowing the fourth defeat of the last 5 games, and in today's game, the last warmer Wei Shao's shooting rate is still less than 30%, this game Wei Shao played 27 minutes, 5 of 17, contributed 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, it is worth mentioning that in the fourth quarter of today's game, there are still 4 minutes left Vogel chose to replace Westbrook. Perhaps dissatisfied with this move, Westbrook did not give an interview after today's game and went straight back to the dressing room.
After today's game, Vogel was asked by reporters about the substitution in a post-match interview, and Vogel gave the explanation: "Let those players who I think can win the game play." ”
Vogel's words are undoubtedly a showdown, the subtext means that Wei Shao can not help the team win, indeed, in the recent period of time, Wei Shao's play is indeed very bad, before many fans even suggested that Vogel at the critical moment to replace Wei Shao, never expected that Vogel finally adopted everyone's opinion, and really directly let Wei Shao sit on the cold bench at the critical moment, ask as a former MVP, Wei Shao can stand this anger, and there is a final departure from the scene of not accepting an interview.