On March 2, Beijing time, the Lakers fought another defeat today, facing the Western Powerhouse Lone Ranger, who in the third quarter of the "Lake Three Madness", under the leadership of James, not only filled the gap of 15 points, but even completed the counter-overtaking. Unfortunately, after James' two breaks in the last quarter, the Lakers were leaderless and the attack was chaotic, and at the critical moment, Doncic seized the opportunity to step forward and eventually lead the Lone Ranger to a 109-104 victory. After this game, the Lakers suffered three consecutive losses, and the prospects for the playoffs were precarious, and the situation was very unoptimistic.
Although the Lakers are in ninth place in the West, the gap between the Clippers and the eighth place in the West is getting wider and wider, and the Pelicans have recently won two consecutive games and are already narrowing the win gap with the Lakers. In this game, the biggest sinner of the Lakers' loss is Wei Shao, who has almost no highlights in this game except for a two-handed dunk in the last quarter, and frantically hit iron on the offensive end, wasting a lot of the team's ball rights. Westbrook scored only 12 points out of 57 in the game, 0-of-4 outside the three-point line, plus-minus -8, and the Lone Ranger was very clear about Westbrook's defense: shrinking the inside line.
Almost all of Wei Shao's shots are big empty shots, but he did not let people "disappoint", shooting the box again and again, and sometimes, in the face of huge shooting space, Wei Shao did not even dare to shoot. When Westbrook was on the floor, he also limited Anthony's offense, because he did not have the ability to shoot, so the Lone Ranger adopted the tactic of packing Anthony, but Ginger was still old and spicy, melon finally 6 of 11, or got 20 points and 3 rebounds, I have to say that there are shots are very popular, even if it is 37 years old, but Anthony's offensive threat is still very large.
For this loss, Wei Shao also expressed his opinion after the game, in an interview with the media, he said: "I have to play better, I am not playing well enough now." I am very confident that we will turn things around. Although these words were only 29 short words, Wei Shao did not know how to blush, and it sounded like people wanted to cry without tears. Such remarks, Westbrook has been saying since the beginning of the season to the present, but after each time he finishes, when the next game starts, he will continue to perform badly.
You know, Wei Shao has not scored more than 20+ in 9 consecutive games, and in these 9 games, Wei Shao has only one game with a shooting rate of more than 50%. Such a performance obviously does not match his annual salary of 40 million. What Wei Shao should do more is to enter the gym immediately after losing, and strive to improve his shortcomings in shooting. Westbrook said he is still full of confidence, but now the Lakers have drifted away from the playoffs, do not know who gave him the courage, the Lakers this investment is too lossy, the original retention of Kuzma and Pop may not be like this, taking DeRozan or Hield are much better than Westbrook.