Although in the last upset defeat to the Jazz, but this time again sitting at home the Lakers, but in the East's third-to-last Pacers suffered in front of the team, the team once led by double digits, but in the final quarter was tragically overturned by the opponent, and finally lost 104 to 111, this game lost, the Lakers' winning rate once again fell below 50%, currently temporarily ranked eighth in the West with a record of 22 wins and 23 losses. The whole game Westbrook once again contributed to the "iron feast", only hit 5 goals in 17 shots, only got 14 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, although the mistakes in these games were indeed controlled (only 1 time in this game), but he was afraid of his hands and feet, and he also lost the threat of passing and the destructive power of the attack.
What is even more embarrassing is that with 3 minutes and 52 seconds left in the final quarter of the game, Vogel directly replaced Wei Shao, and in an interview with the media after the game, Vogel also said bluntly: "Let those players who I think can win the game play." The implication is that Vogel has a direct showdown, and Westbrook is not the mr.right that can help the team win, but more like a tumor that destroys the team's chemistry. After the game, the party Wei Shao did not accept an interview and left the stadium directly. Successive downturns show that Vogel is already extremely dissatisfied with Westbrook's performance. Indeed, as the highest salary in the whole team this season, the third highest salary in the league, Wei Shao currently averages only 18.5 points, 8 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game, not to mention that the overall data has dropped sharply before the Wizards, even the shooting rate has been greatly affected, after entering January, Wei Shao is like an evil, how to shoot how iron, but where his hand feels normal, the Lakers can win at least 2-3 more games.
It is worth mentioning that in the last game against the Jazz, if the Lakers lost miserably, Vogel will be directly fired by the team, and the team was unlucky to win the opponent, but this time facing the third-to-last Pacers in the East swallowed the defeat, and did not know whether Vogel's Uzumaki hat could still be saved, and this time publicly accusing Wei Shao of not helping the team to win, it is also inevitable to feel sorry. If Howard was refrigerated because of Wei Shao before, but today's game, after Wei Shao's departure, Howard is still not reused, I have to say that Vogel's employment scheduling is also problematic.
Next the Lakers will start their own crusade journey, opponents are Magic, Heat, Nets, 76 and Hornets, of which in addition to magic is a soft persimmon, the other teams are not good stubble, has torn his face with Wei Shao, whether Vogel will reuse Wei Shao in the next game, or like today against the Pacers, directly replace him at a critical moment, it is indeed worth paying attention to!