On January 20, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Indiana Pacers 104-111. The US media pulled out the reason why Vogel let Westbrook not play in the last minute, directly because there was a goal of more than 7 minutes left in the game.
At the time, with more than 7 minutes left in the game, LeVert easily completed a layup against Westbrook's defense. According to US media reports, at that time in the final quarter of the game, the Lakers coaching staff repeatedly stressed the need to follow the scouting report to pay attention to The breakthrough of Le Vere's right hand, however, Wei Shao still did not adjust well, so he repeatedly suffered losses when he was against Le Weir.
From this ball, we can see that after Le Vere took the ball, it was indeed a right-handed breakthrough, and faced a number of Lakers defenders, facing the situation that Wei Shao began to defend from the outside, he was like entering no man's land, directly carrying the ball into the basket to score the ball.
According to US media reports, Vogel did not let Wei Shao play in the last moment was also approved by the team management, and a management officer told Vogel: "You can do what you should do." In addition, the Lakers coaching staff has been discussing whether Westbrook should be allowed to play at the last minute.
So that's why, after the game, James and Anthony spoke in interviews about supporting the Lakers coaching staff. Although Westbrook left the arena directly after the loss, the Lakers management supported Vogel's decision.