The NBA regular season is still in full swing, and the Los Angeles Lakers came to the road and welcomed the challenge of the veteran Washington Wizards. In yesterday's game against the Raptors, the Lakers showed a tenacious state of the game, and finally successfully defeated the Toronto Raptors on the road, ending the embarrassing record of 11 consecutive losing streaks on the road. However, in this game, the Lakers continued their fiery state on the offensive end, but the team had a huge problem in terms of employment in the fourth quarter, and Porzingis scored 16 points in the decisive moment, and finally helped the Wizards win in a 127-119 reversal. James ushered in a career milestone, officially surpassing Carl Malone in the regular season scoring list to occupy the second place in history alone.
Wei Shao has two consecutive status online, and then cut the three-double data
Russell Westbrook became the hero of the team in the final quarter of yesterday's game against the Raptors, and in the final final moment, Westbrook completed a crucial steal and invested a three-point tie to help the team drag the game into overtime. However, after the start of the game, Westbrook remained on the line, shooting 10 of 15 from the field in 36 minutes, including 2 of 3 three-pointers, and a quasi-triple-double of 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. It is worth mentioning that since the end of the All-Star Weekend, Wei Shao's state on the offensive end has been very weak, and the three-point shooting rate is even less than 10%, but in the last two games, Wei Shao has obviously found his own touch, and the two games combined to shoot 6 out of 10 from the outside line, shooting a high of 60%.
One person on the bench became a burden on the team
In yesterday's game against the Raptors, Horton Tucker, who had been reused by Vogel before, missed the game due to injury, but after Tucker Jr.'s absence, the Lakers' fluency on the offensive end was obviously much better, so after the victory over the Raptors, many Lakers fans regarded Tucker Jr. as a tumor in the team. However, in this away game against the Wizards, Tucker Jr. returned from injury and got 17 minutes of playing time, but after the debut, Tucker Jr. obviously did not adapt to the current rhythm of the game, in the offensive end of 5 shots, only got 0 points and 3 rebounds, plus-minus -12, and now with nearly ten million contracts, he seems to have become a major burden for the Lakers in the rotation lineup.
Vogel talked after the game about the reasons for the team's defeat
After the full game, Lakers coach Vogel talked about the reasons for the team's loss in this game, and said bluntly: "Today when LeBron came off, we didn't play very well, after missing yesterday's game, Anthony and Tucker looked a bit out of shape in today's game. However, in the final tiebreaker, Porzingis, who is 221 centimeters tall, repeatedly hit the Lakers' five small lineups with his height advantage, but after Porzingis hit the shot again and again, Vogel did not make some targeted adjustments, but made Porzingis more and more confident, whether it was Reeves, Westbrook or the diminutive Munch, they were difficult to give Porzingis a certain defensive resistance on the defensive end.
However, for the Lakers' current situation, head coach Vogel is still optimistic: "We feel that we can win these two games and get ourselves into the playoffs." Again, if we continue to grow and play the best basketball we can play in the next game, we believe we will do something this year. ”