James' performance was outstanding, leading the team to end a two-game losing streak, but the result of the game could not change the fact that the Lakers' overall strength was poor. Today the Lakers and wizards met, before the game, the Lakers have the possibility of falling out of the top nine, and the Wizards are only ranked eleventh in the East, and now although it is difficult to brothers, the goals of the two teams at the beginning of the season are not the same.
In this game, the Lakers sent starting players are James, Westbrook, Munch, Reeves and Johnson, and the bench players are Anthony, Tucker and Augustine. The Wizards sent starting players from Porzingis, Kuzma, Pop, Neto and Kispert, and the bench players were Yamura, Garford and Avdia.
The Lakers can't send the strongest lineup, core Davis missed the game due to injury, and the Wizards did the same. The offense was intense in the first quarter, with both teams scoring equally, and the Wizards were smooth in the second quarter, heading into the second half with a seven-point advantage. The Lakers once again reached a desperate situation, at this time the hero stepped forward, the second half became James's performance time, he scored nineteen points in the third quarter, fourteen points in the fourth quarter, and finally the Lakers completed a nine-point reversal and won the game.
The Lakers beat the Wizards 122-109, and there were a total of 8 draws in this game, the Wizards led by 9 points at most, the Lakers led by 18 points at most, and the difference between the points in this game was 13 points.
Lakers player stats: James played 35 minutes and had 50 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 18-of-25 shooting; Westbrook had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists on 2-of-11 shooting; Munch had 21 points and 3 rebounds on 8-of-12 shooting; tucker had 15 points and 5 rebounds on 7-of-16 shooting.
Wizards Player Stats: Kuzma played 32 minutes, with 23 points, seven rebounds and three assists on 9-of-18 shooting; Porzingis had 14 points, 14 rebounds and two assists on 3-of-13 shooting; Kispert had 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting, and Hachimura had 15 points and six rebounds on 6-of-11 shooting.
James and Westbrook scored a total of fifty-five points, and a closer look will reveal the problem, it turns out that James alone accounted for fifty points, can you imagine that the third-highest-paid player in the league actually only scored five points? The same superstar, the difference is so big, Wei Shao should be responsible for this.
In seven days, James scored fifty points twice, and the last time he scored fifty points was on March 6, Beijing time, just one game apart. In three games, James has scored fifty points twice, and only Lillard has done that before. In addition, we have to mention Kobe, after James became Kobe Bryant, the first Lakers player to score fifty points at home for two consecutive home games. Westbrook also set a personal milestone, he delivered nine assists, the total number of assists in the regular season has exceeded 8,500, with this game assist data, Westbrook surpassed the legendary superstar Miller to rise to eleventh place in the all-time assist list. The only data that Wei Shao has been able to get his hands on this season is assists, and other data are about to fall into the trough.
The First Step for the Lakers to get a good result is to trade Westbrook, and if Westbrook is left, the results will not improve. Wei Shao's annual salary is high, the data is average, and the role is not large, and it is difficult for us to find advantages in him.