The Lakers today won 131-120 on the road to the Cavaliers.
James faced his old club today and played a very powerful performance, playing 40 minutes in the whole game, shooting 17 of 29, not hitting three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scoring a large triple-double with 38 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists. Westbrook was also brilliant, starting 35 minutes, shooting 7-of-14, 2-of-6 from three-point range, 4-of-7 from the free throw line, and 20 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.
It is worth mentioning that Westbrook's plus-minus today reached +23, which is the highest in the whole team. At the same time, the plus-minus of +23 is also the highest in the Career of the Westbrook Lakers. From this point of view, Wei Shao's performance today is indeed very good.
In the previous two games, Wei Shao was also quite powerful, with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists from 44% shooting, 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists from 67%, and 20 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists with 50% shooting rate today. In the past three games, Westbrook averaged 21.3 points, 8 rebounds and 9.7 assists per game, averaging 53.7% from the field, helping the Lakers achieve a 2-1 record.
For the Lakers, this is what they hope Wei Shao can do, if Wei Shao can also have such a performance before, the Lakers will not be in such a bad situation now, even playing in the playoffs will be a problem. However, if Westbrook can maintain such a performance, coupled with the comeback of thick eyebrows, the Lakers still have the hope of reaching the playoffs through the playoffs and becoming a spoiler in the playoffs.
The reason why Wei Shao has changed greatly in the past 3 games, I am afraid that everything must start from the absolute three points against the Raptors, it is with this absolute draw that the Lakers can enter overtime and win. Before this game, the Lakers had won two games after the All-Star, both of which were won by James cutting 50+.
All along, Wei Shao's performance at key moments is still quite good, and he has also scored a lot of key goals. Since entering the league in 2008, Westbrook has scored the most equalisers or counter-overshoots in the final 60 seconds of the game, beating Lillard (52) and Durant (51) and James (51) with 53 goals.
As a player who has won an MVP and a top seventy-five superstar in history, Wei Shao is definitely strong, but he has not been able to play the performance he deserves since joining the Lakers. Now that the Lakers have reached the most critical moment, if Wei Shao can fully awaken, find himself, and complete redemption, the Lakers still have a glimmer of hope this season.