NBA regular season, the Lakers away challenged the Hornets, the two teams of this game are absent, the Lakers side of James and Davis do not bring, Westbrook alone to lead the team, and the Hornets side Ofubre, Hayward also chose to take a rotation, let Ball lead the team alone, Vogel adjusted the lineup again, let Jordan Jr., Stanley, Ellington, Bradley partner Westbrook, after four quarters of competition, the Lakers finally lost three points to the Hornets, Westbrook scored 35 points regrettably failed to lead the team to victory, The Hornets four scored more than 20 points and became the key to winning the game.
Throughout the game, the Hornets started very well, the first quarter under the leadership of Rozier and Ball always maintained a 10-point lead or so, and in the second quarter, although the Lakers' outside line was full of firepower, the Hornets still did not lose their feel, and they once expanded the point difference to more than 15 points. In the third quarter, the Hornets in bridges and Ball's strong outbreak, the point difference was once 20 points, at the critical moment, Wei Shao led the Lakers to start fighting back, the point difference was reduced from 20 points to 2 points, to the end of the quarter, the two teams have been attacking, the Hornets overall performance is more strong, and the Lakers can only rely on Wei Shao to support bitterly, at the critical moment, Wei Shao three points out, so that the Hornets have a thrilling victory over the Lakers.
In the whole game, Wei Shao played 38 minutes, 12 of the 23 shots, including 3 three-pointers, got a game-high 35 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, the first half of Wei Shao only scored 5 points, in the second half he gave up grabbing defensive rebounds, focused on playing defensive counterattacks, his speed and his explosiveness, so that the Hornets' defense was like a waste, played the best state, the third quarter scored 14 points, the fourth quarter got 16 points, the second half got 30 points, so the data, let him compare with Kobe Bryant in the 16-year curtain game , became the Lakers' first player to score more than 30 points in the half, especially in the last moment, two three-pointers, but also let the Hornets out of a cold sweat, the scene watched Jordan directly to leave the court, but unfortunately, Wei Shao failed to hit the last two shots, so that the Lakers lost the victory of this game.
There are two main reasons why the Lakers lose!
One: The Hornets played really well, the Hornets scored in double figures with five players, four of whom scored more than 20 points, Bridges scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, the performance was still eye-catching, Rozier and Ball scored 20 points, Ismail scored 22 points, big center Plumlee scored 8 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists, they all blossomed the whole team, everyone can score, coupled with the Lakers' weak defense, so that all the Hornets players played their own strengths.
Second: the Lakers scored too few points, the whole game Lakers only four people scored double-figures, in addition to Wei Shao 35 points, the other starting four players only have a total score of only 22 points, completely did not provide more firepower for Wei Shao, the best performance of the substitute players is Anthony and Reeves, they scored 19 points and 16 points respectively, especially Anthony plus-minus as high as 20, the highest in the team, but the starting team can not take any advantage in the face of the Hornets, even if Wei Shao tried his best, in the end, he had no choice but to accept the loss.
Wei Shao's outbreak also proves that the Lakers have another problem, that is, James and Davis limited the performance of Wei Shao, the last three seasons, James and Davis are not out of the game, the Lakers achieved a record of 9 wins and 10 losses, Wei Shao almost used his own strength to pull the winning rate to 50% win rate, but unfortunately the lack of crosshairs at the critical moment, no James and Davis, Wei Shao played the state of the Thunder period, 35 points in a single game, is his new high score since joining the Lakers, The Lakers' offensive rounds led by Westbrook reached 104.6, ranking first in the league.
Around James and Davis, Wei Shao completely can not play the strength he should have, this season Wei Shao and Zhan Mei combined to play 308 minutes, Wei Shao's three shooting data are all career lows, when the Zhan Mei combination is not there, Wei Shao's various data completely recovered strong.
For Wei Shao, it is very necessary to let go of his offensive talent, you can arrange for him to play the sixth person, let him lead the bench forward, and James and Davis form a starting lineup, so that the Lakers do not have to think about trading Wei Shao, nor do they have to worry about the core change of the lineup, Wei Shaolai Lakers are winning the championship, as long as the team needs, maybe he is willing to change himself. And if Westbrook is not willing to give up the starting position, then James needs to change the way he plays, give more ball rights to Westbrook, and let him truly become the omnipotent Westbrook.