Beijing time on March 17, the NBA Lakers lost to the Timberwolves on the road, after losing this game, the Lakers swallowed a wave of three consecutive losses, the opponents of the Lakers in these 3 games are different, but the process is extremely similar, in the first quarter of these 3 games, the Lakers averaged 17 points per quarter, the average single quarter plus or minus of -20.3 per game, these 2 items are the first level in the league in the same period, and that has a unique posture, the Lakers average three-point shooting rate of 30.7% per game in these 3 games. But in the first quarter they averaged just 3 percent from three-point range...
Needless to say, such a poor first-quarter performance, such a slow and hot game rhythm, that is the key point for the Lakers to suffer three consecutive losses, and after this game, Meiji asked Russell Westbrook this question, and Westbrook said: "I don't have an answer to this question." Wei Shao bluntly said that he did not know why the Lakers started slowly, it seems that it is difficult for us to find the right answer, but in the comments of American fans, the root cause of the slow heat may be Vogel?
Underneath the tweet in the US media reporting Westbrook's remarks, a U.S. fan named Somethingelse said in the comments: "This is the coach's problem, if the coach has an offensive plan, rather than handing the ball to LeBron James to watch the game go, they should be able to find a way for Westbrook to cut in and move without the ball." A U.S. fan named Sonny James said in the comments: "The source of all this is in Frank Vogel. He's trying, but it's business. The Lakers are losing games in a new, creative way. ”
The U.S. fan named Chocolat thynder said in the comments: "The Lakers are not slow at the beginning, but the opponents are very strong at the beginning, because they know that the Lakers' interior line is not defended!" The Beauty fan, known as Hi, said in the comments: "The problem with Westbrook is how the team treats him when he doesn't have the ball, and they treat him like he doesn't exist. The American fan, named Ty, said in the comments: "LeBron needs to decentralize and let Westbrook attack in the first three quarters and then take over in the fourth quarter!" ”
The Lakers frequently change the lineup, it seems to be constantly trying, in fact, Vogel has never found a way to blend Wei Shao, Zhan Huang, Zhan Huang playing the No. 5 position can indeed let him play the wrong position of the effect, but because of the age problem, his data can be very good, but this has made the Lakers basically abandon the internal defense, which leads to the opponent often targeted to open the inside attack, once the Lakers feel bad, the Lakers will collapse in an instant, that is, they can't attack and can't defend...
(Lakers 3 consecutive first-quarter ball usage rate)
During the Lakers' wave of 3 consecutive losses, the highest use rate of ball rights in the first quarter was Zhan Huang's 34.3%, followed by AB's 23.8%, the third was Wei Shao's 23.2%, the whole zhan Huang ball use rate was 30.9% (the first in the team), Wei Shao was only 19.4% (the sixth in the team), Zhan Huang was a center who could only attack and could not defend, while using the ball holding big core, of course, it was not a problem to win, but in fact, in the first quarter of these 3 games, Zhan Huang's total plus and minus was -55. The penultimate is Munch's -48, which turns out to be not working well!
(Full-time ball usage)
Westbrook's recent ball usage rate is not high, he is not the first core of the lakers' organization recently, saying that he is the second and third core is even a little reluctant, at this time you ask him why the Lakers are slow to heat, how can he have an answer? The Lakers initially found Wei Shao, which was essentially to reduce the organizational pressure of Zhan Huang, but judging from the recent games, Zhan Huang seems to be reducing the pressure on Wei Shao, which is very funny...
Whether Zhan Huang wants to reduce the ball, this is theoretically a lakers coach's problem, just like the American fans will point the finger at Vogel, Vogel is absolutely responsible, he can not come up with a way to make the 2 super giants suitable for play, in the distribution of ball rights does not seem reasonable, if the Lakers 3 giants are still there next season, the change of coach may be a necessary operation, right?