Due to the Super Bowl, the NBA's games were compressed to the early morning of Beijing time, and the number of games was reduced to two. One of the games was between the Pacers and the Timberwolves, and it was a fairly sticky game, with the two teams coming and going back and forth in the first three quarters, and the Timberwolves still won the game in the last quarter.
In terms of pacers, there is a person whose performance is very disappointing, this person is Just traded to the team Barty Hield, and he came to the team with Halliburton contributed 22 points and 16 assists on this ball, it can be said that one person carried the Pacers' offensive banner, but also the King's player, Hield's performance is very sluggish, 13 of 13 three-pointers, 6 of 19 shots, only 13 points, 8 boards and 1 assist, such an inefficient play, the Pacers lose is not surprising.
Hield's slump happened before the first two quarters, and he had countless opportunities in the first two quarters, and Carlisle gave him enough playing time. In the first quarter, he was given ten minutes to play, and as a result, Hield lost all his outside shots, only to break through to get two points, and in the second quarter, Hield also got a light 7 minutes of playing time, but he continued to play iron four times on the outside, relying only on the right mid-range jumper to get two points.
In the 17 minutes of playing time, only 4 points were scored on 9 shots, which was really too low, although he briefly found the form in the third quarter, but after coming to the fourth quarter, he lost all four shots outside the three-point line, and finally only scored 13 points, ending the game dismally.
When Hield was first traded, the Lakers fans complained bitterly, because Hield had been coveting them for a long time, from the offseason to the trade deadline, fans had been looking forward to Hield's joining, but before the trade deadline, he was sent to the Pacers by the opponent.
But now look at Hield's performance, in fact, Lakers fans do not have to regret, because such a player even if he comes to the Lakers, he will certainly be embarrassed, he is not capable of standing firm in this Lakers team, such unstable projection will not be trusted by Wall after all.
And what's even more frightening is that Hield received a salary of $22.48 million this season, which is 46th in the league, if we talk about personal strength alone, can Hield rank in this position? Obviously not! A player like him who only has offense and no defense, and the offense is still watching the sky, the $15 million one-year contract is already the top of the sky, and the King gave him a premium contract, so the deal to the Pacers is also a clean-up contract.
The Lakers' defense this season is already bad enough, if you add another Hield, the team's outside line is almost no defense, there may be times when Hield's three-point string after string, but he can get three points at the same time, but also let the team lose four points, this is a complete loss of money, the Lakers already have a big contract of more than 40 million yuan, it is impossible to eat another Hield's such a garbage contract, then the Lakers' management is pure charity. So Lakers fans don't have to be sad, having Hield doesn't necessarily solve the problem, maybe there will be more problems, and not trading him is the right choice.