The Lakers continued with 6 consecutive passengers, and after regretting the defeat to Philadelphia on the previous stop, the Lakers went back-to-back to Charlotte to challenge the Hornets.
Due to injury problems, James (knee effusion), thick eyebrow brother (wrist soreness), Munch (left groin soreness), Nunn (left kneecap bruise) 4 people were absent.
Bradley, who suffered from gastroenteritis, and Wei Shao, who had a sore right knee, chose to play with injuries, which was also one of the few games in which Wei Shao led the team this season.
In the end, the Lakers lost again, although the Lakers lost the game, but Wei Shao's performance was excellent, the whole game bombed 35 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, only 1 mistake, the second half of the wild 30 points, almost helped the team to complete a big reversal.
Compared with Wei Shao's completion of self-proof, a small detail in this game is more worthy of attention, and can even be combined with a series of previous reports for some deliberation and thinking.
That was the whole game, Vogel used a 10-man rotation, plus James and other 4 people absent, Howard became the only player to be abandoned.
In contrast, Jordan Jr., who competed with Howard and was once abandoned.
The game was directly taken to the starting lineup, and Jordan Jr.'s performance was as stable as ever, with no ability to move on the defensive end, and at the same time very fake moves.
In the whole game, Jordan Jr. played 19 minutes, got 4 points and 7 rebounds, plus or minus 14, and once faced the empty frame without dunks in the game, the operation of passing directly to the bottom corner of Ellington was almost a true portrayal of his full game state.
That is to say, Vogel still used his 19 points in the case of Jordan Jr.'s obviously poor form, and did not give Howard the slightest chance in the same position.
And in the face of injury problems and insufficient rotation of back-to-back people, Vogel used all the healthy players except Howard.
More importantly, judging from the away "stealing" victory used by Vogel in his evaluation of Westbrook's performance after the game, the Lakers coaching staff did not hold out hope before the game began, and even so, Howard still did not get the opportunity to appear.
If last season Howard left the Lakers to get together and disperse, because Howard wants a bigger role, then this season it is completely the Lakers sorry Howard, they do not respect a veteran who has worked hard for the team to win the championship.
After suffering a loss last season, the Lakers re-recruited Howard in the offseason, who decisively chose to return, whether in public interviews or on social media, Howard has maintained positive energy and poured his heart into the team he helps.
As a result, at the beginning of the game, the team reused Jordan Jr., directly allowing Jordan Jr., whose status and ability were obviously inferior to Howard's, to enter the starting lineup.
Since then, Vogel has become obsessed with small lineups and directly abandoned Jordan Jr. and Howard Jr., and due to the suggestions of lakers management, Vogel has begun to take back Howard and Jordan Jr. in the past period of time.
As a result, Jordan Jr., who was not in good shape, was reused instead, and Howard, who had previously been very efficient, was once again abandoned, and it was difficult to understand Vogel's employment ideas.
The only reasonable explanation is that Vogel may not want to use the big man himself, even Jordan Jr., but due to the Suggestion of the Lakers' "Shadow Management", Vogel can only reuse Jordan Jr., because the latter is currently mired in trading rumors, and the Lakers management hopes to send him away as soon as possible.
The Lakers' "shadow management" has a long history, and since the resignation of Magician Johnson in 2019, the talk about the Lakers' "shadow management" has spread in the circle.
Rumors point to Jane Bass's girlfriend Linda Lambis as an executive with no title for the Lakers, and her husband Curt Lambis's in and out of the Lakers is the best example.
During his coaching tenure, Kurt Lambis had a terrible record (32 wins and 132 losses during the Timberwolves period and 9 wins and 19 losses in the Knicks period), but every time Kurt Lambis returned home, he was able to return to the Lakers to get a higher position, and has been 3 out of 4 so far, and currently plays the role of senior consultant for the Lakers.
It was also The recommendation of Kurt Lambis that Vogel successfully became the Lakers coach, originally the Lakers were very satisfied with Tyrenlu internally, but Terrenlu refused to add Kurt Lambis to the coaching team.
Subsequently, under the turmoil of the Lambis couple, the Lakers offered Tyrone Lu a 3-year contract, which happened to be the same as James's remaining contract years, in order to insult Tyrone Lu as James's puppet.
The latter decisively rejected the contract, preferring to join the Clippers as an assistant coach, and it is worth mentioning that the current Lakers general manager Perrinka is also appointed by Linda Lambis, even if Pelinka has no relevant experience before.
A glimpse of the whole leopard, from a series of events exposed by the Lakers management, can see the degree of chaos inside the Lakers.
When the team is in a good situation, it often does not expose the problem, but in the midst of adversity, everything cannot be hidden.
Therefore, for Howard, if he can leave through the transaction, it is the best choice for him, after all, whether from the management attitude or from his relationship with the core, he is no longer suitable for the Lakers.