Beijing time on January 29, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers lost to the Hornets 114-117 on the road, suffering 2 consecutive losses, for the Lakers, losing such a game is actually very demoralizing, they can not further narrow the gap between them and the eighth in the West Timberwolves, and can only stay in the ninth position in the West. What is even more heartwarming is that they completed the Jedi counterattack after falling behind by nearly 20 points at one point, but in the end they regretted losing because they did not hit the dead end, just one goal away from victory.
Of course, it must be admitted that the Lakers played very badly in the first half of this game, especially the performance of the starter was even worse, but basically in the second half, everyone began to complete the redemption. For example, Wei Shao, in the case of only 5 points in the first half, scored 30 points in the second half, including 14 points in the third quarter, 16 points in the fourth quarter, and 10 points in the final stage of the game to help the Lakers always grasp a glimmer of hope of winning, and the whole game bombed 35 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, which has done everything he can do.
There is also Anthony, who stepped up from the bench when the team needed him the most, scored 8 points in the first half, 11 points in the second half, and in the third quarter when Wei Shao led the Lakers to launch a counterattack, Anthony had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the single quarter, and joined hands with Wei Shao to help the Lakers blast a wave of 36-22 in the third quarter, narrowing the point difference to only 2 points.
There is also Reeves, the Lakers' desperate sanlang once again played a miracle effect in this game, with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists on 6 of 12 shots, 6 points and 5 rebounds in the fourth quarter, not only in the rebounding fight is very positive, the final 2+1 is worth thousands of dollars, no wonder James and others love him so much.
Even Bazemore, who has been hidden in the snow before and finally got the opportunity to play today, has not lived up to the trust of the team, playing 13 minutes, shooting 4 of 7, 3 of 4 three-pointers, 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. There are other players who are either very the defensive end or have important contributions at key moments, but at this critical moment when the crowd will fully assist Wei Shao to save the Lakers, there is one person who has played an undercover performance.
This person is Lakers forward Horton Tucker, the whole game, Tucker played in 27 minutes, 6 shots and only got 6 points and 5 rebounds, his playing time is the third most in the Lakers' bench, but the performance is almost the worst, especially the Lakers chose to let Tucker play for 12 minutes in the fourth quarter, but he only got 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, which is completely unworthy of the Lakers' trust. Especially in the game, Tucker repeatedly made mistakes on the defensive end, not only being fouled by the opponent for three points, but also giving the opponent 2+1 at key moments, and almost every time the Lakers wanted to take off, Tucker would use a stupid mistake to demoralize.
To put it bluntly, Tucker's poor performance in this game completely buried the efforts of the Lakers as a whole team. What's more heartfelt is that this is not Tucker's first game so pit, in the Lakers' last 5 games, Tucker totaled only 6 of 29 shots, but even if he performed so badly, Vogel still treated him as a treasure, gave him enough time and the ball, which not only hurt the team, but also made the Lakers' other outstanding players not have better room to play, not to mention, the Lakers gave up Caruso for such a Tucker.
From the current situation, many Players of the Lakers have entered a good state, but Tucker's role should be continuously reduced, so that lakers have the hope of creating a better rotation and chemistry. If Vogel is still obsessed with letting Tucker cash in on his talent, then maybe the Lakers are doomed.