On March 19, Beijing time, the Lakers finally pulled back a city today, after the last defeat to the Raptors, the Purple and Gold Army was ashamed and brave, under the leadership of James and Wei Shao, the Lakers finally won 128-123. The importance of this victory for the Lakers is self-evident, the first is to end the team's three-game losing streak, the second is to retain the ninth place in the West, the third is to end the opponent's five-game winning streak, and the fourth and most important point, improve the overall morale of the team.
In this game, James was a god, 16 points and 4 rebounds in the last quarter of 10 shots 7, especially in the last minute, 8 points in a row, for the team to retain the suspense of the game, but also for the final drag into overtime and beat the opponent laid the foundation, overtime, James also threw a goal, the whole game down, he 26 of 15, 36 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, although there were 3 mistakes, plus or minus -5, but James's performance in the last quarter once again showed the true color of a superstar; Wei Shao made 4 mistakes in this game, and the shooting rate was not too high, but in the final quarter and overtime, his attack and defense became the key to the Lakers' victory.
After the whole game, Wei Shao played 41 minutes, 8 of 18, cut 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, Wei Shao scored 4 of 7 three points in this game, which was impressive, his plus-minus +7 ranked first in the team's starting lineup, and the double star combined to cut 58 + 19 + 17 data, which saved the Lakers from the edge of the cliff. The data shows that this is Wei Shao's first triple-double this year, 4 three points for its highest single-game hit since January, after three months, Wei Shao can hit 4 three points, it is really not easy, at the last moment of the last quarter, Wei Shao rationally withdrew his foot from within the three-point line, and his mind was very clear.
James and Westbrook played such a performance, should be thanked barnes and Trent, the former cut 31 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists, the latter contributed 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Barnes's performance throughout the field, very hot, the Lakers simply can not take him, and Trent is not to let go, not only feel good, in overtime, he joined hands with Barnes to score 4 points, almost took the victory away, fortunately, Westbrook was quick, bradley who assisted the bottom corner hit a desperate three-pointer, and in the end, the Lakers could only accept this precious victory.
Statistically, this is the ninth time in Westbrook's career that he has hit a three-pointer in the final five seconds of the fourth quarter and overtime, and he is tied for second with Kobe Bryant in the past 25 seasons, behind Vince Carter's 12 times. It can also be seen from the statistics that Wei Shao is also a big heart player, today's Wei Shao showed the true color of the turtle, became the team's winning hero, and once again let people see the three-double little prince of the Thunder period, thank you Barnes, thank you Trent, you forced out an NBA miracle.