On January 29, Beijing time, the Lakers lost 3 points to the Hornets, James and Thick Brow were suspended due to injury, Wei Shao played 37 minutes and shot 12 of 23, 3 of 7 three points, 3 of 35 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 mistake, cut 30 points alone in the second half to return to the peak, cut 14 points alone in the third quarter to lead the team to counterattack, cut 16 points in the last quarter, and scored 10 points in 92 seconds at the critical moment, making Jordan angrily walk away.
Wei Shao blasted down 35 points with only 1 mistake, scoring a new record in the Lakers' career, and 30 points in the second half became the first player to do the Lakers after Kobe Bryant's retirement; although Wei Shao missed a three-point kill, but the Turtle lost Yu Rong, the second half carried a heavy burden, single core led the Lakers to play resilience; Wei Shao played the best game of the Lakers' career.
After missing the kill, Wei Shao's face was unwilling, and James stood on the sidelines to watch the game; after the game, James comforted Wei Shao for the first time and chatted with Wei Shao for a long time.
After the game, Wei Shao's performance attracted heated discussion and rushed to the Twitter hot search list.
Vogel praised Wei Shao, and Wo Shuai said: "Wei Shao's performance in the second half today was amazing; he showed a very strong will tonight, and I really want to thank him for the leadership he showed tonight.
Vogel also said there was nothing wrong with Westbrook's last shot.
Against the Hornets today, Westbrook only scored 5 points on 3-of-1 first half, but in the second half he scored 30 points alone, repeatedly holding the ball to the penalty area to score, and even shooting with sudden shots at key moments; the Lakers are currently 24 wins and 26 losses in the ninth place in the West, the next game against the Hawks, James and Thick Brow may come back, and so far in the season, Wei Shao has played 50 games for the Lakers.
Speaking about his performance after the game, Westbrook said: "I can still do it when the team needs me to do it, unfortunately we didn't win the game.