In the Lakers' 130-139 overtime loss to the Rockets, Wei Shao played a very bright performance, starting 40 minutes, 11 of 21 shots, 3 of 3 of three-pointers, 3 of 7 of 8 free throws, 30 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, which was the fifth time that Wei Shao cut 30+ this season, but unfortunately it became an empty cut.
After cutting 30+, Westbrook also successfully reached the 23,000-point milestone, becoming the 33rd player in NBA history to reach a career total of 23,000 points, and the fifth player to score 23,000 points in the active duty, the first four being James, Anthony, Durant, and Harden.
It is worth mentioning that Westbrook and the above four players have all been teammates, and James and Anthony are both Westbrook's teammates this season. In addition, Harden has also been a teammate with Westbrook twice.
After scoring 23,000 points, Westbrook became the third player in history to have 23,000 points, 7,000 rebounds and 7,000 assists after Robertson and James.
The reason why the Lakers lost to the Lakers is mainly because they let the Rockets score 19 points in overtime, setting a record for the most points lost in a single quarter in the league's overtime this season. After losing to the Rockets, the Lakers' record came to 28-37, continuing to rank ninth in the West.
In the past period, the Lakers have had a very bad record, only 4 wins and 13 losses in the past 17 games, which is the second worst in the league in the same period, and the worst is the Rockets who have just defeated them (3 wins and 14 losses). After the All-Star, the Lakers won a game in which James scored 56 points.
The Lakers' record on the road is also quite bad, since the 106-96 away win over the Nets on January 26, the Lakers have suffered nine consecutive away losses, equaling the Longest existing away streak record in the league held by the Rockets. The nine-game losing streak is also the Lakers' longest away streak since the 16-17 season, when the Lakers suffered 12 consecutive away losses.
The Lakers have 17 regular season games left this season, including 11 on the road, so the challenges they have to face next are very big, winning is probably very difficult, and whether they can stay in the top ten in the West and get the playoffs in the playoffs is difficult to say.