After beating the Raptors in the last overtime upset, the Lakers went to the away game to challenge the Wizards, due to the recent serious decline in the state of the Wizards, Kuzma is absent from the game, the Lakers have an absolute advantage in both hard power and state.
As soon as the game began, the Lakers continued to be in good shape, and James quickly broke the record, surpassing the famous Karl Malone and occupying the second place in the league's all-time total scoring list.
The Lakers also led by as many as 16 points at one point, resulting in a collapse in the final quarter, and finally lost 119-127 to the Wizards and lost a game that was a sure winner.
Throughout the game, the Lakers' three core players performed very well, scoring 38, 22 and 17 points respectively.
The first is James, who ushered in the milestone of this game, james played 36 minutes, 16 of 29 shots, 4 of 10 three-pointers, and handed over 38 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.
Despite the poor performance at key moments, it is inseparable from Vogel's platoon deployment and long-term confrontation with the No. 5 player, which makes James's physical strength at key moments obviously weak.
This is also a microcosm of James' performance in the past period of time, and in the past 8 games, James has handed over extremely good data and efficiency.
The 37-year-old James averaged 35.4 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game, shooting 53.8 percent from the field and 40.3 percent from three-point range, including two 50+ performances in a single game.
Unfortunately, James's good statistics are not linked to the team's victory, and in the past 8 games, the Lakers have only achieved a record of 3 wins and 5 losses, and it has been 71 days since the last consecutive win.
Fortunately, James has achieved some success in terms of personal achievements, and successfully surpassed Malone in this game to become the second person in history to score points in total.
And it took just 1363 games, compared to 1476 games spent by Malone, while first-placed Abdul-Jabbar played 1560 games in his career and scored 38387 points.
James is just over a thousand points away from Abdul-Jabbar, and judging by James' form, he is destined to break that record next season and occupy the first place in history.
In addition to James, Westbrook's performance in this game is even more outstanding, from the beginning of the game to the end, has maintained a high efficiency.
In the case of being forced to "catch the pot ball" many times during the period, Wei Shao, who played 37 minutes in the whole game, shot 10 of 15, 3 of 3 of three-pointers and 2 of 2, and efficiently handed over a quasi-triple-double of 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.
In addition, Munch also continued to be efficient, starting 28 minutes, 6 of 9 shots (3 of 5 from three points, 2 of 2 from the free throw line) to get 17 points, 2 boards and 3 assists, and in the case of loss, he handed over the team's best +16 plus-minus.
After the game, coach Vogel also praised the performance of James, Westbrook and Munch, but also criticized the two players by name, saying that Tucker and Anthony were somewhat out of shape.
Throughout the game, Tucker did not score on 0-of-5 shooting, made 2 turnovers, plus-minus -12, Anthony played 23 minutes, 5-of-10, 3-of-6 from three-point range, and got 13 points and 4 rebounds.
Despite the problems on the defensive end, Vogel let Howard not use, and then after losing the game, criticized Anthony, who shot 50% overall, and inevitably had some suspicions of throwing the pot.
Wei Shao, who has always been straight, also told the truth in a post-match interview, bluntly saying that the team lost because of poor defensive performance.
Obviously, Wei Shao's words came to the point, which can make boshin, who has always been weak, hand over 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and score 18 points in the last quarter of 8 shots, which shows the Lakers' poor defensive performance.
And Vogel's almost zero ability to adjust on the spot, it is clear that the internal line misalignment has been broken, but still die with a small lineup, personally buried the good game, and criticized Anthony after the game, which is really difficult to understand.