The NBA regular season continues, and today the Lakers traveled to the away game to challenge the Wizards. In the end, they lost to the Wizards 119:127. Although the Lakers had led the Wizards by a large margin during the game, they made a major mistake in their employment strategy at the last moment, and were single-handedly blown up by Porzingis, and the Wizards completed a big counter-battle. In the end, he regrettably lost the game.
James had 38 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the game. Westbrook also had a very good performance, with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. The Reason the Lakers lost today is largely because of problems with their strategy. In this game, Vogel was still very stubborn to use the five small lineups, not Howard. But in the final moments they ignored Porzingis' lethality. Bo Shen completely punished the Lakers' five small lineups in the final quarter. The Wizards frequently use the switch to play misalignment, and Porzingis can be said to be a small lineup against the Lakers. As the team's head coach, Vogel did not change the lineup in time, and eventually the Lakers lost the game.
After today's game, Vogel talked about why Howard was abandoned, and Vogel admitted that today the Lakers adopted a strategy of changing defenses. Many fans think that it is precisely because the Lakers adopted the strategy of changing defenses that they were caught by Porzingis to the weakness, frequently targeted, many fans have seen the Lakers' weakness in the fourth quarter, if Vogel let Howard play in the fourth quarter, then at least they will not lose so many points on the inside. Obviously, the Lakers' final strategy was a mistake, Vogel as a head coach did not have any adjustments, and many fans did not want to speak after the game today.
I have to say that Vogel really has a lot of responsibility for losing in this game. The Lakers' defensive effect in the first half today was very good, but they showed a slack during the game. In fact, as a head coach, he should remind the players the most, but Vogel did not express emotions, which is not the coaching attitude that a qualified head coach should have. There is also Vogel who is too extreme and obsessed in the use of personnel, and his ability to adjust on the spot is too poor. This is also the reason why the Lakers lost.
The performance of James and Westbrook today is beyond doubt. The Lakers lost in large part because of big problems with their strategy. Playing Cavaliers Vogel in the next game admits that he may change the lineup, we will wait and see what he will change.