Beijing time on March 8, 2022, the Los Angeles Lakers challenged the Spurs away, this game James announced before the game that he missed the game because of sore knees, the Lakers lacked James and Anthony Davis, and could only rely on Westbrook to support the team, but the Westbrook play of this game was not good, and finally the Lakers lost 110:117 to the opponent, and once again fell into defeat!
The best form of the Lakers in this game may be the young reeves, tucker jr. and Anthony, Reeves appeared in 27 minutes, 13 points and 6 rebounds on 6-of-8 shooting, Tucker Jr. shot 7-of-14 from the field and had 18 points and 4 rebounds, and Anthony shot 6-of-12 from the field, with 17 points and 7 rebounds! But the team's starting double backcourt is extremely bad, which is the real reason why the Lakers lost this game!
Westbrook played 35 minutes, shot just 5 of 14 shots, had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, and made five turnovers! Munch, another starter, played 33 minutes, shooting 8-of-22 from the field and having 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. The two shot just 13 of 36 from the field, shooting just 36.1%! How can such a bad play lead the team to win? To know that the opponent's core Murray shot 12 of 20 shots, got 26 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, this is the gap!
Previously, when James was not on the scene, Westbrook played well alone, but in this game, Westbrook did not show star-level status at all, and when the team was only a giant, he still did not stand up to help the team, which was really disappointing!
James doesn't know he'll take a few games off from injury, but at least until James comes back, it's too difficult for the Lakers to win!