Beijing time on April 8, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers lost to the Warriors 112-128 on the road, suffered 8 consecutive losses, because they have missed the playoffs in advance, so this game is a training game for the Lakers, and the big three are all absent, but this also gives the rest of the Lakers the opportunity to show their style.
In this game, Lakers player Tarren Horton Tucker ushered in a big explosion, playing 36 minutes, 15 of 28 shots, including 6 of 2 three-pointers, 8 of 9 free throws, a new season high of 40 points, while also 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals. In addition, Tucker also became the second player in the Lakers to score 40 points this season after LeBron James.
There is no doubt that this is a game that belongs to Tucker, although the team regrettably lost, Tucker's performance still gave Lakers fans some surprises, and also made Lakers head coach Vogel praise him after the game. Speaking about Tarren Horton Tucker scoring a career-high 40 points, Vogel said: "Taryn was great tonight, he played with that kind of expression that he wanted to attack the game. He's determined, he's putting more pressure on the basket than we've seen in a lot of games this season. ”
In fact, the Lakers have high expectations for Tucker this season, and even hope that he can become the fourth big after the Big Three, which can be seen from the Lakers' previous contract extension with a high salary, but unfortunately, Tucker's performance this season has been ups and downs, not outstanding, and at the end of the season, he can find some state, this game his big explosion, for the Lakers is really a little late. But in Vogel's view, Tucker's unsatisfactory performance this season is largely related to Westbrook.
Speaking about Tucker's style of play and his cooperation with Westbrook, Vogel said bluntly: "He played best in the environment where he had the ball and a group of shooters around him, and we couldn't create that kind of role for him, but you see what he can do. He and Russ don't play well together because they're both best at holding the ball in their hands. That's one of those situations where Russ didn't play and Tarren was able to play his performance tonight. ”
Vogel's words can be said to be very direct, in short, he believes that the existence of Wei Shao has delayed Tucker's growth, because they all need to hold the ball a lot, and Wei Shao, as a star, can not be less starting and balling, so he can only sacrifice Tucker and let him change his style to play the no-ball that he is not good at. This game was not played, Tucker had a lot of opportunities to hold the ball, and it broke out immediately.
To some extent, Vogel's words are somewhat reasonable, but as the team's head coach, his blunt remarks may also deepen the contradiction between him and Wei Shao, in fact, many fans have also seen it, as Vogel was deeply involved in the class storm some time ago, he seems to be no longer patient, but more courageously anger the Lakers management, but also expressed various dissatisfaction with Wei Shao, and even directly refrigerated Wei Shao in the game.
And now, with the Lakers out of the game early this season, while the Lakers are ready to fire Vogel rumors appear again, it seems that Vogel really has no scruples, want to hold their hearts for a season to say the words, to this point, next season between Vogel and Wei Shao, may really have to go one. For now, Vogel is more likely to leave the team.