Why not let Howard play? Vogel finally spoke his heart and distrusted Howard!
The Lakers lost to the Pacers 104-111 today, the fans watched a troublesome game again, the Lakers led all the way in the first three quarters, and it can even be said that the Lakers can obviously win, but in the end they still lost, the reasons for losing are many, very complicated, but many fans think that there is a little bit of confusion, why the fourth quarter inner line was exploded by the Pacers but not on Howard, the last 3 minutes and 52 seconds to replace Westbrook, send Reeves, what is this, lose ignorantly, or deliberately want to show themselves, prove that they are right, There is no problem in proving that you insist on using the "small lineup", and everyone can't help but ask, why is Vogel?
Before the game, Howard was full of confidence, before jumping the ball, Howard jumped high, hung the basket with both hands, James patted his chest hard, it looked like the two veterans were full of confidence, and sure enough, it came up that James and Howard charged into the front, taking the lead, James looked back at the moon to send the ball into the basket, Howard made a foul under the basket 2 penalties 2, and then Wei Shao a three-point knife fell, James a dragon to the basket to score, the Lakers' attack came and went, wave after wave, and in the last few minutes, the Lakers' substitute corps also set off an offensive wave The momentum was unstoppable, and the Lakers led by a score of 32-23.
In the second quarter, the Lakers with Munch a three-point shot hit, a wave of 5-0 start, Tucker stepped on the European step to the basket, James but to meet the people on the wall basket, Tucker more and more courageous, actually learned Harden's retreat step three points, hand knife fall, Wei Shao also opened a bow and arrow, and hit a three-pointer, Wei Shao hit a three-pointer in a row The scene is rare, Bradley is not far behind, the top of the arc also came a three-pointer, Howard and James pressed, Howard made a basket successfully, James back dunked, but the Lakers still fell behind by 6 points, Why, because Howard only played 1 minute and 34 seconds in this quarter, Sabonis 2 dunks, half-quarter Pacers 5 offenses, 4 points from the basket, the Lakers inside line was hammered by the Pacers.
Easy side to fight again, Vogel saw the situation was bad, the inside line could not resist, so let Howard start the game, James came up is an unreasonable three-point shot, Wei Shao picked up the explosive package to blow up the bunker, Howard carried out air strikes, three people and horses have entered the box, Anthony also rushed to support, 3 mid-range attacks consecutive hits, playing a role in the middle of the blossom, Tucker is another dunk, the Lakers' offensive tide surges, the back wave pushes the front wave, the field has the upper hand, the three quarters of the battle, the Lakers lead 80-76.
In the last quarter, I don't know why, Howard Wascher was completely pressed on the bench, began to play a difficult score on both sides, the score was glued up, the Pacers began to throw bombs wildly, 3 three-point shots, a wave of 8-0 start, Vogel thought it was a poor outside defense, quickly dispatched troops, expanded the defense line, hoarded heavy troops outside the box, but the Pacers immediately changed tactics, bombarded the basket indiscriminately, Sabonis and Norwell tore open the defense line one after another, Sabonis played a stormy, standing under the basket to attack, the Lakers could not help him, In this case, who would have thought, hurry up to Howard, otherwise the Lakers are in danger, and sure enough, the Lakers' inner line is blown up and broken, and finally the pacers laugh to the end, and the Lakers are defeated.
After the game, during the on-site interview session, the reporter asked questions about Vogel's substitution with 3 minutes and 52 seconds left in the last quarter.
Asked why he did this, Vogel replied without hesitation: "Let the players who I think I can win the game play." Vogel only said this sentence, he stopped, but the reporter on the scene was silent, the reporter can still ask what, Vogel this meaning can not be more clear, those who are finally sent to the court are their most trusted, the most reliable, on the contrary, those who pressed on the bench at the critical moment are unreliable, it is impossible to help the Lakers win, the inside line is broken, can not let Howard try, the so-called soldiers die for confidants, you do not trust Howard, Will Howard give you a desperate effort, this is really dead brain, really will not be flexible, To put it bluntly, it is to look down on Howard, the Lakers' "small lineup" even if it uses James, it is not far away, the fact makes everyone see this clearly!