On February 17, Beijing time, the Lakers during this time can be said to have ushered in the best time period of the season, they can not only get the three giants of James, Thick Brow and Westbrook to play a complete game, but also other role players can also play their due roles. However, the Lakers' schedule during this time is also quite difficult, and the successive strong teams such as the Bucks and warriors have made the Lakers, who have not been in perfect condition, overwhelmed. The Lakers, who are now ranked No. 9 in the West, are actually not very strong overall, but they defeated the Jazz in today's game.
This game is a very motivating game for all the Lakers, because the Jazz as one of the best teams in the West at present, the Lakers can beat the Jazz means that the Lakers still retain the hard power of the top few in the West, as long as they can run into perfect in the later stage, they may not be able to achieve a good result in the playoffs. However, if you carefully analyze this game, the Lakers only narrowly beat the Jazz by 5 points. Especially in the final moments of the game, James's choice once again ushered in the criticism of the famous Jennhee SKIP, who believed that James once again threw the pot at a critical moment, and it was Westbrook who stood up to help the team.
James played nearly 40 minutes in this game, including 14 of 23 shots, and scored 33 points plus 8 rebounds and 6 assists with more than 50% shooting, but James only had 2 free throws in the whole game. This is also one of the black spots where SKIP grabbed James, he believes that James does not dare to make a kill at a critical moment, does not dare to score points for the team in this way, and only Westbrook gets the ball and shoots two key free throws is the key to affecting the outcome of this game.
However, friends who have watched this game should have found that Wei Shao's performance in this game is actually not particularly good, although Wei Shao also got 17 points plus 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 6 of 13 shots, and the free throws also had 4 of 7, but Wei Shao's overall data and James are still a big difference. As for the plus-minus value of the game, James+7 is also a little more than Wei Shao +5, so why did Wei Shao save the team?
In fact, SKIP is mainly not used to James's current healthy way of playing, because we all know that James is now 37 years old, and he has played in the league for 19 seasons, including 10 seasons to reach the Finals, so James's physical wear and tear is much more serious than the average person. So why has James been able to stay in such good shape so far? This is the cleverness of James, after getting older, James began to transform, he is now more focused on the outside, once proud of the inside line breakthrough ability has been greatly reduced.
And the team's key moment is still in need of a player who can cause damage and get points at any time, at this time James can't help the Lakers, but Westbrook, a player with explosive physical fitness, can still take the ball and rush in. However, James has always been the core of the Lakers, and James is also the guarantee for the Lakers to win. Skip this statement can not get everyone's support at all, but will cause people to complain, in contrast, Wei Shao and James are really too much worse.
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