Today's Lakers' away game against the Warriors is the highlight of the NBA.
First of all, both teams had lost consecutively before this, and both wanted to win this victory to end this embarrassment.
Secondly, neither team traded any players until the trade deadline, and there was no change in the squad.
Of course, the Lakers wanted to trade Westbrook without success, and the Warriors didn't need to trade at all.
Finally, the pre-game media are warming up, and James is expected to surpass Abdul-Jabbar in this game to become the NBA's all-time total score, moving towards THE GOAT.
With the final whistle of the game, James's shot from outside the three-point line timed out, and the Lakers lost to the Warriors by 2 points, james once again suffered a mileage tragedy.
But through this game, Lakers fans are a little looking forward to the future of the team.
James's sword is not old
From the perspective of the whole game, the Lakers almost completed the reversal, if it were not for Thompson suddenly shining again, hitting 3 consecutive three-pointers to help the Warriors stabilize the situation, and James lost the crosshairs on key free throws, the two teams may have to play overtime.
If overtime is really hit, then the balance of victory may fall to the Lakers.
James' performance remained steady, contributing a quasi-triple-double of 26 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists.
In addition to reaching the top of the league's all-time total scorer, James' consecutive record of 25+ is also continuing.
This Lakers team is still James' team, and there is currently no one to challenge. As for the discussion of Davis succeeding James as the tactical core of the previous expectations, let's put it aside.
Westbrook state rebounds
After the dust settled, fans accepted the reality that Wei Shao continued to stay with the Lakers.
And today's performance of Wei Shao does not have to bear the burden of the team's defeat, on the contrary, the operation of Wei Shao handling the ball on the field several times is very commendable.
Compared to Davis's pull-and-cross, Westbrook is what really helped James today.
In the whole game, Westbrook scored the second-highest 19 points on the team, plus 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Shooting was 7-of-13 and three-pointers were 1-of-2, without any blind play.
From this battle, we can also see that after surviving the transaction storm, Wei Shao is no longer disturbed by off-field factors, and Wei Shao, who is fully committed to the game, can still give the Lakers and James a lot of help.
As Westbrook's state gradually rebounds, the Lakers' subsequent strength will be even higher.
The Lakers bench has the Wizards
Today's game, the Lakers have another gain, that is, their bench, Tucker, Reeves and Munch.
Munch, we have seen his wonderful performance many times in previous games, and even when Westbrook did not perform well, fans joked that Munch was the third big man of the Lakers.
Today's Munch, except for the three-point line is a little inaccurate, the rest of the performance is still worthy of recognition.
Reeves, this young man also dared to fight, in the confrontation with Thompson, constantly creating trouble for the other side, in the game also covered The Tang God a hat one-on-one, so that the fans were greatly addicted.
In addition to the defensive end, he also worked the offensive end, shooting 5 of 5 and scoring 13 points.
Finally, there was Tucker, when the Lakers were behind, relying on Tucker's several three-pointers, the Lakers clenched the score, did not let the Warriors further expand the point difference, and helped the team to reverse the score for a while.
After watching today's Lake Warriors battle, we have reason to believe that the future of the Lakers is worth looking forward to, the big three composed of James, Davis and Wei Shao, plus several miracle soldiers on the bench, as well as melons in a state to be activated.
The Lakers, who use these as rotational lineups, are currently ranked ninth in the West, and will soon return to the ranks of the playoffs.