On October 27, Beijing time, the Lakers in the absence of James, they narrowly defeated the Spurs in overtime 125-121 on the road, achieving two consecutive wins in the new season. The Lakers' overall performance in this game was not bad, and they were in the lead in the first half. Although in the second half, the team allowed the Spurs to overtake the score. But in the final quarter and extra time, the team still showed a very strong overall strength, and in the end they also won this game on the road, successfully winning consecutive victories.
In this game, James was absent, Davis and Westbrook became the most brilliant players on the team, of which Davis had 35 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks of comprehensive data, and the presence of both ends of the attack and defense was very strong. And Wei Shao played the best performance after joining the Lakers, he got 33 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals of the quasi-triple-double data, in the final quarter and overtime, he became the team's trustworthy player on the field, the Lakers can win this game, Davis and Wei Shao's play is crucial, they have become the big contributors to the team's victory.
However, from the perspective of the course of the game, although the Lakers won this battle, the team almost had an injury in the game, the core of the team Davis had two painful falls to the ground in the game, at the end of the game, Davis also painfully covered his knees after falling to the ground, although Davis after a simple adjustment, he returned to the game, and led the team to win the game in overtime. But it is undeniable that in this game, Vogel was a bit unreasonable in the use of Davis, and in the whole game, Vogel let Davis play for 42 minutes, which is the highest in the game.
In the game, Davis is too tired, he not only needs to limit the Spurs' interior line on the defensive end, but he also needs to complete the scoring on the offensive end and become the team's inner offensive strength. In this high-intensity game, Vogel also let Davis play for 42 minutes, which was not reasonable, and almost left Davis injured in the game.
Probably many fans know that Davis has never been the kind of player who can play for a long time in the game, averaging about 35 minutes per game in his career, and in the two seasons after joining the Lakers, his playing time is less than 35 minutes, and Davis gets enough rest time in the game, which helps him play more efficiently on the court, and if he plays longer, Davis may have injuries.
In the new season, Davis played 39 minutes, 38 minutes, 34 minutes and 42 minutes in four games, averaging 38 minutes per game, which set a new career high for Davis. Although Davis is at the peak of his career and still young, he has injury problems and has missed many games in his career due to injuries. And if Vogel continues to play Davis for so long, Davis could be injured again.
In the author's opinion, the Lakers want to win the championship, Davis's play is the key, the team needs him to stay healthy for a long time, and in this case, Vogel needs to make changes in the subsequent games, he needs to control Davis's playing time, to avoid playing more than 40 minutes of games again, if you continue to let Davis play for a long time in the game, this is not conducive to his long-term health, if Davis is injured, then the team's prospects for winning the championship in the new season will not be very optimistic, so I personally feel, Vogel has to make a change in Davis' playing time.