The Lakers lost to the Timberwolves game, James did not play the best state, 8 of 21 shots, 8 of 8 three-pointers, only 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks of data, the Lakers want to not lose the game, but the real storm of this game, not on James, but Westbrook and Towns tied the beam. Westbrook still did not play the performance of the triple-double king, and there was also a situation of empty three-pointers, and finally encountered the mockery of Downs's confused search for the ball, which caused a lot of scolding, the American celebrity Steven A-Smith criticized Towns, thinking that Towns mocked Westbrook for not being measured, which is too much, because Towns has only played the playoffs once in the past 7 years, which means that Towns and Westbrook are not a grade star?
We can look back at this game, Westbrook himself really did not perform well, and the NBA has always had garbage and mocking actions, and the NBA does not punish all the mocking actions. At that time, Wei Shao ambushed in the bottom corner of the three-point line to get a vacant position, teammates also for him to do a good job of cover, helpless Wei Shao himself did not fight, shot an air ball, standing under the basket card position want to grab the rebound of Downs, immediately did a confused looking for the ball action to mock Wei Shao, obviously for the victory or defeat of this game, Towns has been pinched to death, if Wei Shao wants to fight back against Towns, then Wei Shao might as well take out the momentum of the three doubles to reverse this game, but unfortunately Wei Shao did not do it.
The criticism of Downs for making confusing the ball is obviously a support for Westbrook. Downs himself also felt the pressure, so his explanation has two aspects: First, he and the Timberwolves have also experienced difficulties in the past, very depressed, as A-Smith said, Towns has been in the playoffs since his career, when Towns was almost accustomed to being ridiculed by opponents, so when Towns himself and the team fell, no one helped them, why should they think from the perspective of the Lakers this time?
Second, Downs is equivalent to counterattacking the famous A-Smith is too double standard, Towns made it clear in the live broadcast, only allow Westbrook to make a "baby" action to others after scoring a goal, I am confused to find the ball is not OK? Yes, Wei Shao has also made many times to make a "holding doll" action to mock the opponent, and also in the show to talk about this, at that time Wei Shao was full of spirit, He zeng thought that now in the Lakers fell down, by Downs with a confused action to find the ball to mock his three no sticks.
If You allow Westbrook's "hugging the doll" action, not allowing Towns' "confused looking for the ball" action, then it is indeed double standard, because A-Smith said that Downs's action is not measured and too excessive, but did not say that Downs's action is illegal, think about it, how can A-Smith convince Towns, compared to Westbrook's previous "holding doll" action, Towns just made a similar response, and this is also one of the cultures of NBA basketball.
Wei Rare has his own glorious past, he is the triple-double king in the history of the league, he once made his opponents afraid, and he also frantically mocked his opponents and could not prevent him. Nowadays, Wei Shao rushed to kill the inner line of the lethality is not as good as before, the three-point shot is not good, to this age is still unwilling to accept the Wei Shao, more or less have some Iverson flavor, but you have mocked people, today don't blame Towns for mocking you, this world is very fair, although Wei Shao has a lot of fans, in the league is also very prestigious, but this is the NBA, do you not see another fact, when James performs badly, the opponent will not deliberately mock James, Because James never mocks his opponents with his actions, only makes muscle and crab steps to celebrate, these celebrations are not insulting, but have become the label of James's career.