On March 22, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today James returned to his old club, the Cavaliers, and as a result, he ruthlessly blocked Lefour, leading the team to take the Cavaliers 131-120 lightly, bringing the Lakers back to the ninth position in the West.
In this game, James, Westbrook and Augustine played crucially, in this game, Westbrook played 35 minutes, shooting 7 of 14 shots, 6 of 6 three-pointers, 4 of 7 free throws, contributing 20 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal, only 1 turnover.
James played 40 minutes and 36 seconds, scoring a large triple-double with 38 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 steal and 1 block;
Augustine performed well, playing 25 minutes off the bench, shooting 7-of-7, including 6-of-6 from three-point range and scoring 20 points;
In particular, Wei Shao's performance, 11 assists and only 1 turnover, plus-minus +23 the highest in the game! 14 higher than James's +9, such a Westbrook who does not like. The data shows that in the lakers' past three games, Westbrook has found his feelings and played very well. The last three games averaged 21.3 points, 8 rebounds and 9.7 assists, shooting 53.2%, shooting 50% of the three-point shooting rate (8 of 16 in total), the total plus-minus +29, a bit of MVP season flavor, since the last shot that was a three-point draw, Wei Shao's confidence should be said to be back, so gradually into the good situation.
Now although the Lakers only rank in the ninth position in the West, but as Wei Shao slowly regains his state, the Lakers' combat effectiveness has been rising, and other teams in the West can be said to be trembling, especially when the thick eyebrow brother returns, the interior attack and defense have better performance, and the Lakers will not be afraid of any opponent.
It's too early to give the Lakers the next "failure" label, because anything can happen in the playoffs, especially with James, what's not possible? I always feel that the Lakers will not be so accounted for this season, we will wait and see.