On March 24, Beijing time, the Lakers lost 121-126 at home to the 76ers in the NBA regular season. In this game, James took a break because of knee soreness, Wei Shao led the team to play for 32 minutes alone, shooting 10 of 20, contributing 24 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal, and the key fourth quarter of Wei Shao's unit price cut 12 points and 3 assists, which is the main reason why the team can keep the suspense of the game to the last moment.
After the game, according to statistics, in the last 4 games, Wei Shao can contribute 22 points, 8.5 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game, shooting 52.2% from the field and 47.6% from three-point range, and it is precisely because of his excellent performance that the Lakers have a record of 2 wins and 2 losses. Seeing that Wei Shao's state is picking up, the Lakers have also reached a critical moment to impact the play-off quota, but the Lakers still have to face a bad news.
With 9 minutes and 55 seconds left in the third quarter of the game, Wei Shao was interviewed and fouled when defending Embiid in the penalty area, and Wei Shao thought he was an early foul, facing a very excited argument from the referee, and was punished with a technical foul. After the game, a reporter mentioned that this was the 15th technical foul that Wei Shao had been whistled off this season, ranking first in the league, and according to the league's technical punishment rules, if there is another technical offense, Wei Shao will be automatically banned. (According to league regulations, the 1st to 5th technical foul of the season was fined $2,000 each; the 6th to 10th technical foul was fined $3,000 each; the 11th to 15th technical foul was fined $4,000 each; after the 16th technical foul, it was fined $5,000 per time and automatically suspended; and every two technical fouls obtained thereafter, it was automatically suspended one game)
Although Westbrook's performance this season is more crotch-pulling, averaging only 18.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1 steal, 3.9 turnovers, shooting 43.8%, three-point shooting rate of 29.4%; but in recent times, Westbrook's performance is obvious to everyone, in Davis has no specific comeback time, James suffered from knee injury, Westbrook's performance will determine whether the Lakers can stick to their playoff quota or impact better rankings.
The bad news is that every next game is very important to the Lakers, so Westbrook must control his behavior and temper; the good news is that the Lakers have 9 games left, and the technical fouls in the regular season will be cleared in the playoffs, and it is not known whether Westbrook's technical fouls will lay the groundwork for the Lakers' future games.