The NBA regular season continued, and the Lakers' game against the Raptors officially began. This game is very important for the Lakers, because losing the Lakers again may slide to 10th place in the West. To this end, since the start of the game, the Lakers have taken out 120% of their strength to deal with it, and the Lakers led by 3 points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Lakers led by 4 points. At the end of the third quarter, the Raptors rebounded by 1 point. The four quarters ended, and the two teams fought in a draw. Even in overtime, the two teams still played inextricably, but in the final decisive moment, the Lakers still withstood the pressure and defeated the Raptors 128-123.
Objectively speaking, although the Raptors lost the game in this game, the strength shown by the Raptors in this game is worthy of recognition. In this game, the Raptors rebounded and shot from the field and led the Lakers in both aspects. Moreover, the Offensive Raptors also presented a scene of blossoming everywhere, the Raptors scored in double figures in the whole game, namely Barnes 31 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists, VanVleet 20 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Siakam 17 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Gary Jr. 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and Achuva 18 points and 5 rebounds. Again, although the Raptors lost this game, we should give the four words "although we lost" to the Raptors.
Well, after talking about the Raptors, let's talk about the Lakers who won. There is no doubt that the lakers can win this game, Westbrook and James can be described as absolute heroes, the two together contributed 58 points, 19 rebounds, 17 assists of the comprehensive data.
Let's start with James. James played 44 minutes and shot 15-of-25, including 2-of-7 from three-point range and 4-of-7 from the free throw line, and got 36 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks. For James's performance in this game, we can fully describe it with the word "try your best". On the offensive end, James played very actively, from the beginning of the game James turned on the offensive mode early, we can see James holding the ball to the inside line many times, and also many times saw James grab the rebound in the backcourt and quickly push forward to play defensive counterattack. What is more worth mentioning is that James's playing style in this game is significantly different from the past. Previously, James first sorted out the team's offense and then opened the individual singles mode. However, james turned on attack mode early in this game, and from this point we can see how much James wants to win this game.
After james, let's talk about Westbrook. In this game, Westbrook played 41 minutes, shooting 8 of 18, including 4 of 7 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, and got 22 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal," and a triple-double stat of plus or minus +7. If James is doing his best, then Westbrook's game is proof that he has punched the skeptics in the face. Perhaps, in the eyes of most fans, Wei Shao's scoring efficiency is not high, but Wei Shao is a key three-pointer that equalizes the score, and it is also the engine and endpoint of the Lakers offense in overtime. To borrow a phrase from Lakers media Lake ShowYo, it is "Westbrook is the top ten players in history."
Of course, the fact that Wei Shao is said to be in the top ten of history is indeed a bit exaggerated. However, we are fair to say that Wei Shao definitely has the strength to help the Lakers move forward, and Wei Shao also has the ability to help the Lakers get out of the predicament. Especially in this game, Wei Shao proved himself with strength to punch the skeptics, and he used a perfect game to tell the fans that he was not a chicken rib player, he was a real superstar. I believe that in the playoffs, Wei Shao will certainly be able to prove this.