Nowadays, the two point guards of the Lakers and the Nets, Westbrook and Irving, should be the hottest backcourt player representatives.
What is the same thing about the two is that both brothers are suffering from the criticism of the outside world.
Even though Westbrook has maintained a full attendance of 45 games this season, and Irving has only played five games and missed 39 games, they are still unsurprisingly condemned by the outside world.
It's just that the two are scolded for different reasons, the same is that they are both being scolded.
The reason why Wei Shao was scolded, even if you have maintained a full attendance attitude so far this season, but the fans feel that your performance after playing is not as good as absent.
Take today's two-team match:
In the game against the Pacers, Westbrook shot 5-of-17 and had 14 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists;
In the game against the Wizards, Irving shot 13 of 23 and had 30 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists;
The current gap between the two brothers is not as simple as seen from the data.
It's clear from the look and feel that whether or not Vogel is now deliberately reducing Westbrook's ball possession and shot percentage, the latter's efficiency on the offensive end this season is simply too low.
In the past five games, Westbrook has averaged only 28.7 minutes per game and has only had 12.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists. It is worth mentioning that there are only 4 turnovers in five games, but the Lakers have lost four in the past five games.
The offensive end hesitates, and there are almost no offensive means of position warfare that can be taken, on the contrary, even if Irving has not played a professional game for a long time, his offensive talent and means are the same as in DNA.
Not being able to get the points is the most headache for Wei Shao at this stage, but when you see the means and rhythm changes when Owen takes the points, the technical delicacy is really far from it, but this has to admire wei Shao's physical fitness at his peak.
On the surface, neither of them is a matter of professional attitude, one is that the current level of competition is like this, and the other is occupied by their own spiritual world.
Before the season, when the Lakers formed this sunset red team, the outside world was once not optimistic about their run-in and prospects.
But the Nets are different, although their brothers are more or less injured, but in general, they are in a state where they can play, but Irving has too many of his own moths, which has forced the team to hide its strength.
This season, no matter whether the Lakers and nets can win the championship, they should not be able to escape the fate of being dismantled, especially the Nets, without a championship, Irving can change into another team's jersey next season.