On January 20, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued. In today's focus battle, the Lakers played the Pacers at home. The Lakers once led by 15 points, but encountered a crazy counterattack from Le Vere in the final quarter, and finally lost to the Pacers 104:111, and the record became 22-23.
In today's game, James played 37 minutes, shooting 11-of-22, including 3-of-7 from three-point range and 5-of-7 from the free throw line, for a total of 30 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Statistically, James' performance has been perfect, but his plus-minus is only -22, the lowest of all the players on the team!
Since entering 2022, James has played in 8 games, averaging nearly 37 minutes per game, with a total of -52 plus-minus, ranking first from the bottom in the Lakers, and the player in the first place is Jordan Jr. (two games +20).
The performance of another giant of the team is not very good, Westbrook played 37 minutes today, 5 of 17 shooting, including 4 of 6 three-pointers, a total of 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, plus-minus -18, ranking second from the bottom of the team. He hit four three-pointers to set a new high for the Lakers, but he made just 1-of-11 shooting in the paint!
After entering 2022, Wei Shao played a total of 9 games, during which time, Wei Shao's shooting rate was 32%, and his three-point shooting rate was only 25%.
It is worth mentioning that in today's game, Vogel put Wei Shao on the bench again in the last moments of the game, which also caused some controversy, and Wei Shao even left the stadium directly after the game. For Wei Shao's encounter, a reporter asked James at the press conference, and he said: "I'm going home to watch a movie with my wife, I have to leave." Then he left the press conference.
According to the schedule, the Lakers will challenge the Magic on the road on January 22. Whether it's James or Westbrook, they have to come up with better performances.