In the game against the Knicks, Malik Munch is definitely the primary contributor, the Lakers once fell behind by 15 points in the first half, the situation is very serious, and Munch scored 18 points in the third quarter of 9 shots 6 of 9, including 4 three-pointers and 3 free throws, which is the key to the Lakers to reverse the disadvantage. Coupled with the steady play of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Lakers finally completed a super reversal.
There are good plays, naturally there are also bad plays, Russell Westbrook once again did not have the right to breathe for a short time, he shot 1 of 10 of the game, including 3 three-pointers, 0 and 7 free throws, 5 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and in the key moments of the fourth quarter and overtime, Westbrook was abandoned by the team. Of course, such a performance is also a normal situation, and it really can't be said. Who would have thought that The 16-17 season of Westbrook is still the MVP who averaged three-doubles per game in the season, but now it is no longer welcome. So, what is the difference between today's Westbrook and MVP?
Let's look at the basic data: in the 16-17 season, Westbrook averaged 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game, shooting 42.5% from the field and 34.3% from three-point range; this season, Westbrook averaged 18.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game, shooting 43.7% from the field and 30% from three-point range. The three basic data of scoring, rebounding and assists, Westbrook have declined, in fact, this is normal, the Lakers have James and Davis, James will take assists, Davis will take rebounds, and they both have good scoring ability, so The decline of Westbrook's three basic data is a normal situation.
In terms of shooting rate, Wei Shao's overall shooting rate this season is 1.2 percentage points higher than that of the MVP season, and the three-point shooting rate is 4.3 percentage points lower, which is actually a normal float, to know that the three-point shooting rate of Wei Shao's career is 30.5%, and the three-point shooting rate of 30% this season is slightly lower than the career average, but for Wei Shao, it is actually normal, and Wei Shao's three-point shots are not much, and the overall impact is not large.
After the basic data, let's look at some changes in the distribution of Westbrook's shots. In the 16-17 season, Westbrook made a total of 1941 shots and hit 824 shots, including 583 three-point shots and 200 hits. Throughout the 16-17 season, Westbrook scored 155 assists and 669 unanswered goals, scoring 18.8% of assists and 81.2% of unundressed. This season, Westbrook has made a total of 865 shots and hit 378 hits, including 190 three-pointers and 57 hits. This season, Westbrook has scored 105 assists and 273 unanswered goals, with a 27.8% assist rate and 72.2% ununded assists.
It is not difficult to see that the assist rate of Westbrook's goals has improved significantly this season, and the three-point shot is more obvious. Of the 200 three-pointers shot in the 16-17 season, Westbrook had 70 of them hit by assists and only 35 percent of his three-pointers, but 35 of the 57 three-pointers shot by Westbrook this season were assisted, and the three-point goal assist rate reached 61.4%. This change has a great impact on Wei Shao, in the 16-17 season, only 155 of Wei Shao's 583 three-point shots were completed in the form of catching the ball, accounting for 26.6% of the catch, but this season, 94 of Wei Shao's 190 three-point shots were completed in the form of catches and shots, accounting for 49.5% of the catches. Sorry, Wei Shao's catch it is not too good in itself, which is really a bit difficult for Wei Shao.
Let's look at Westbrook's shooting areas: In the 16-17 season, Westbrook shot 53.5% of 408 of 763 inside line; 516 of 595 shots from mid-range, shooting 36.3%; this season, Westbrook shot 255 of 514 from the inside line, shooting 49.6%, and 66 of 161 shots from the middle distance, shooting 41%. In contrast, Westbrook's mid-range shooting rate this season has improved compared to the 16-17 season, and the inside shooting rate has decreased, but one thing cannot be ignored: This season, Westbrook's mid-range shooting ratio has only been 18.6%, and in the 16-17 season, it has reached 30.7%. There is no way to decline this point, the Lakers' Davis, James and Carmelo Anthony and others have to share the middle distance, and Westbrook can only give up some shots.
There is also a statistic that cannot be ignored, in the 16-17 season, Westbrook averaged 4.7 points per game with mistakes and 6.7 points per game with fast attacks, and this season these two statistics fell to 2 points and 2.1 points respectively. Of course not, because James is the leader in the Lakers' two statistics, averaging 4.3 points per game using turnovers and 4.9 points using fast offense. Wei Shao did not lose the ability to attack quickly, but because of the tactics and the needs of his teammates, he made a certain sacrifice. So, please don't just see where Wei Shao's performance is bad, he has made a lot of changes for the Lakers, but unfortunately the effect is not too good.
With Wei Shao's personality, it is not easy for him to make changes, but his ability limits his play. Of course, Wei Shao's problems are indeed more obvious, especially his instability and easy to get on, which is really difficult to accept. For this, we must also understand that Wei Shao has been like this for so many years, maybe he has not thought of changing, or maybe he wants to change it and can't change it at all. Isn't there a phrase "the nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to move", and the situation of Wei Shao may be explained by this sentence. He was like that, he couldn't change it. Then again, if he changed, would Wei Shao or Wei Shao?
Text/Duncan's laugh