Beijing time on March 22, the Lakers today can defeat the Cavaliers such as the eastern strong team, James's performance is indispensable, this game, James is old and strong, once again highlighting the super giant nature, he worked hard for 40 minutes, 17 of 29, bombarded the triple-double data of 38 + 11 + 12, James told those doubters with action, never underestimate the heart of a championship. After this game, the Lakers returned to the ninth place in the West, still retaining the hope of entering the playoffs, and what the Lakers most hope to happen now is the early and healthy return of the thick eyebrow brother.
In this game, the overall state of all the Lakers players is quite good, among the starters, 3 (James, Westbrook and Howard) have a shooting rate of 50%, in the bench, Bradley did not shoot this battle, and the other four players have a shooting rate of 50%, which is what fans want to see the Lakers, in fact, the Lakers are not incapable, but because of losing again and again, many players have lost their morale and played with no confidence. Look at Westbrook, since the last three-point draw with the Raptors and led the team to win, the next two games have played well.
Westbrook has averaged 21.3 points, 8 rebounds and 9.7 assists in his last three games, shooting 53.2 percent from the field and 50 percent from three-point range. It turns out that Wei Shao is not so bad, this game, Wei Shao 14 out of 7, and cut the data of 20 + 4 + 11, plus and minus value +23 the first place in the whole game, and only one mistake. The data shows that as long as Westbrook plays well, the probability of the Lakers winning will be greater, and he has become a barometer for the team. In addition to Westbrook and James, on the bench, Munch had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 5 of 10 in this game; Johnson scored 5 of 8 and delivered 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, all of which were remarkable.
But to say that the divine soldier of this game definitely belongs to Augustine, today's Augustine is simply a god, he came off the bench for 26 minutes, 7 of 7, including 6 of 6 three points, no false shots, cut 20 points, plus or minus +8. Augustine can play the role of point guard and become a big shooter for the Lakers, he is obviously just a substitute, but he has played a super performance, which is impressive. A player like Augustine is perfect for partnering with James, first of all because he has a consistent outside shooting percentage.
Since joining the Lakers, Augustine has shot 50 percent from three-point range in five of those 10 games, and has only made five turnovers in total, averaging 0.5 turnovers per game. At that time, the Lakers signed Augustine, fans thought he was just here to play soy sauce, and did not expect that he could bring so many surprises to the team, with the deepening of the game, Augustine perfectly integrated into the team's system, and now his playing time is more and more stable, I believe he will bring more help to the Lakers. After the game, Augustine's performance was directly praised by Vogel and James.