On March 12, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers defeated the Wizards 122-109 at home, ending a terrible 2-game losing streak. The focus of this game is undoubtedly Lakers star LeBron James, who played 35 minutes and shot 18 of 25, including 6 of 9 three-pointers and 8 of 8 free throws, with 50 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block, a well-deserved star of the stars. But in addition to praising James, some of the Lakers' problems must also be noted.
In this game, Lakers coach Vogel still did not reuse Howard, and even many times still like to let James play center, after the game Vogel said bluntly: "After so many years, maybe letting him play center is the best way for him, because in the absence of AD (Anthony Davis), he is playing in the center position." ”
But in fact, Vogel's view is not right, and this season has proven many times that James playing center will increase his burden and the team's record is not good. But because Vogel does not like to use Howard at present, the Lakers front line is short of people, resulting in James having to bear more of the team's front line, and even the dirty work of the interior line, which is undoubtedly a great risk of injury for a 37-year-old veteran.
The good news is that the Lakers are now starting to have new front-line answers. That is the new signing Winnion Gabriel, in today's game, Winnion played 12 minutes, 5 points and 4 rebounds on 2 of 5 shots, and in the third quarter of the Lakers' counterattack, he scored 5 points in 2 minutes, including a wonderful dunk, which made people see the lakers' extremely lacking youth and vitality in him.
When it comes to Winnion's performance, Vogel also said that he likes Winnion's height and arm span on the defensive end, blocking the ability to remove the shun, and also said that the team will ensure that he is given more playing time to evaluate his future. As Vogel said, Vernion's height of 2 meters 06 is too precious for the Lakers, the Lakers currently have 10 guards in the lineup, the height of the lineup is seriously insufficient, the depth of the frontcourt players is too poor, The arrival of Wernion can become a substitute for the Lakers from the No. 3 to no. 5 position, when Vogel wants to play five small lineups, Winion can replace James to play center.
Although he has not yet shown too strong offensive ability in the game, Vernion's defensive hard work has been recognized, and many fans have called him the Lakers' new desperate sanlang, and some have not yet officially signed the taste of Stanley Johnson. Young, tall, positive enough, fast enough, defensive enough to fight, willing to do dirty work, is simply the Lakers' dream of the forward player, the only deficiency is the offensive technology is almost, but for the current Lakers, really can not ask for more.
At present, the Lakers signed Wernion with a two-way contract is a very good operation, but the official signing of Augustine is actually the overall performance, in this game, Augustine played 20 minutes, 1 shot 0 1 point did not get, completely useless. Therefore, in future games, the Lakers may try to give more time to Wernion, or even give up Augustine to officially sign Wernion.
Try to think about it, if the Lakers can give Venion more time in the future, he and Reeves and Stanley Johnson will become the Lakers' three hard-working desperate three langs, bringing a new energy enthusiasm to the team, and perhaps really remedying the Lakers' lack of physical fitness and lack of momentum this season due to age problems.