Here's about it, yesterday in the regular season, the Lakers beat the Bucks 128-124 in double overtime.
While 20-point turnarounds are becoming more common in this day and age, the game was still incredible, and the Lakers trailed by 19 points at 75-94 with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, before the Lakers went on a 26-7 run to overtime and beat their opponents in double overtime.
Two stats illustrate the magic of this game:
1. In this game, the Lakers started with a jump ball, trailed for a full 50 minutes, and finally overtook the reversal
2. When trailing by 19 points, ESPN gave the Lakers a probability of winning only 0.3%, and the 0.3% miracle really happened
In this magical reversal game, James was absent, and both Thick Eyebrows and Reaves played well, of which Thick Eyebrows handed over 34 points, 23 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 steals and 2 assists, while Reaves scored 29 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
Thick eyebrows scored 16 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks in the fourth quarter and two overtimes, and at the end of the fourth quarter, he blocked the empty catch of Brother Alphabet, and finally blocked Lillard's layup in the first overtime;
Reaves turned into a sharp knife, he did not stop for a minute in the fourth quarter and two overtimes, he had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and at the end of the second overtime, it was Reaves who made a key three-pointer.
To say that the Lakers can reverse and win, these two are definitely the biggest contributors, but Russell cannot be ignored.
In the whole game, Russell shot 7-of-22, 5-of-12 three-pointers, and 10-of-10 free throws, scoring 29 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, which also filled the data column.
Although he only scored 9 points in the fourth quarter and two overtimes, he scored 9 points, but in the third quarter, Russell scored 14 points and 2 assists in 4 of 6 in a single quarter.
Two more numbers worth noting, Russell played 50 minutes and his plus/minus was +10, the highest on the team, compared to +2 for Bushy and -2 for Reeves.
Of course, it's not that Russell is more important than these two, but Russell has been really good, especially after returning to the starting lineup.
You should also remember that Russell was once "demoted" to the bench during the season, and after returning to the starting lineup, Russell played a total of 31 games, averaging 22.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game, scoring close to the thick eyebrows (24.0 points) in the same period, and the efficiency was very good, shooting 46.2%/44.9%/87.0% from three, and 61.1% from the field.
During this period, Russell averaged 3.9 three-pointers per game, and delivered a lot of highlights, including 39 points and 8 assists against the Jazz, 34 points and 8 assists against the Trail Blazers, 30 points and 5 assists against the Pelicans, and the last game against the Bucks, also without James, and then Russell scored 44 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists in the game, and led the team to victory.
Russell's influence on the Lakers is also growing, the most intuitive is the record, Russell came off the bench for 7 games, the Lakers had a 4-3 record, and after returning to the starting lineup, the Lakers had a 20-11 record.
Another statistic worth considering is that the Lakers this season are the best team in the league at playing crunch time (within 5 points in the final 5 minutes), with a 22-9 record in crunch time.
Russell played in 18 of these pivotal games, and the Lakers had a 15-3 record in which he played, scoring 45 points while shooting 40 percent from three-point range and 100 percent from the free-throw line (17-of-17).
Before the trade deadline, there were many rumors that the Lakers wanted to trade Russell for Dejounte Murray, and may also have to take Reaves and Hachimura, but now it seems that the Lakers did not make this deal.
The current Lakers give people the feeling of the Lakers last season, don't look at them as just a play-off team, stumbling along the way, but the more they play at the end of the season, the better they are, and it is not false to meet strong teams.
The difference is that the Lakers made a key trade last year, and the Lakers didn't make a trade this year, and this Lakers definitely have a chance to make a big difference in the playoffs - provided they win a win-win play-off game and don't meet the Nuggets in the first round.
Back to Russell, in the playoffs last year, Russell played abnormally, and then signed a "1+1" contract with the Lakers, with an annual salary of only 17 million this season.
Speaking about his future, Russell has openly stated that he wants to stay, saying: "I would love to stay here and keep working hard and get back to where I am now. Obviously, I've been through this before, I've been on a roller coaster ride in the free market and then have to sit back and wait, and I hope I don't have to worry about that anymore. ”
Russell has a heart, since his return last year, he has been stating in interviews all the time that he wants to keep the Lakers, but objectively speaking, whether he can stay depends on his ability and the size of the contract, I hope Russell can continue his current state, 17 million to sign such a starting guard, the Lakers have earned it this season.