On February 28, Beijing time, the Lakers faced the Western rival Pelicans today, suffered a fiasco at home, under the leadership of CJ and Ingram, the Pelicans were all soldiers, and the whole team scored in double figures with 6 people, and finally won the Lakers 123-95. In this game, the Lakers played very humiliatingly, with a total of 23 mistakes on the team, setting a new record for the team's season errors, and James and Westbrook each had 7 mistakes. James is still a threat on the offensive end of the game, and in the whole game, he scored 32 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, but the plus-minus -22 is only higher than Westbrook.
However, James still has two major deficiencies, the first is that there are too many mistakes, and the second is that it is useless on the defensive end. Facing the Pelicans' outside shots, James more often only symbolically extended his hand and did not really invest in the defense. Of course, the Lakers rout was not James's fault alone, and among the starters, Reeves played abnormally, scoring only 2 points on 1 of 5 and Ariza only scored 3 points on 1 of 3. In addition, in the bench, Munch had no 0 particles in 5, tucker 7 in 2, and only 5 points.
The Lakers' two major shortcomings this season were exposed in this game, the first is that there are no three points, and the second is that the defense is too poor. The Lakers shot 7-of-34 from three-point range, shooting just 20.6 percent, and individual defense, overall defense and conversion defense are not good. In addition to the players mentioned above, Westbrook also bears the main responsibility for the loss of this game. In this game, Wei Shao played 28 minutes, 5 of 15, slashed 16 points and 6 rebounds, plus or minus -26 the lowest in the whole team, the number of turnovers and James tied for the lowest in the game, it is worth mentioning that Wei Shao only gave 1 assist in this game, which is quite abnormal.
As a result, Westbrook has only delivered 1 assist in two consecutive games, and he has only been in this situation once in the past 7 seasons, and Westbrook looks lost on the offensive end, as if he can't play. Fans are also very disappointed with Westbrook's performance, according to Pelicans reporter Will Guillory, at the end of the third quarter of the game, Westbrook was sprayed by home fans, and some fans said: "Upper Bazemore!" Less power. The Lakers trailed by 30 points after the third quarter, and when the slow motion was given to Westbrook, his face was very ugly, but there was nothing he could do.
Facts have proved that Wei Shao and James are indeed not compatible, these two are mainly breakthroughs, not good at shooting three points, the field can not open up space, when the two play together on the field, James needs the ball, Wei Shao can not let go, so the offensive efficiency will decline to a certain extent. And once the Lakers' pitchers can't provide timely firepower, Westbrook is caught in the bag, and the offensive threat is greatly reduced. Now it seems that the Lakers' move to trade Wei Shao is a lose-lose situation, the Wizards are not doing well now, and the Lakers are not much better.
Thick eyebrows are almost reimbursed in the regular season, the Lakers want to enter the playoffs, must play every game as a Finals, Westbrook let go, James on the defensive end to improve concentration, otherwise, they will pass the playoffs again. For Wei Shao, leaving the Lakers may be the right choice, and if he can't play here, he will be questioned by the outside world, and he can brush up on the data in other teams.