In a game that ended today, the Lakers beat the Spurs 125-121 in overtime. In this game, LeBron James could not play because of injuries, and the combination of Westbrook and Davis against the Spurs, everyone was not very optimistic about winning before the game. After all, Wei Shao's recent performance is very bad, it is simply a Lakers tumor. But he did not expect Wei Shao to rebound strongly, vogel still made a bold decision, he chose to believe in Wei Shao's ability to control.
In the past, the Lakers were very entangled in the use of Wei Shao, so that he made crazy mistakes to send points when holding the ball, and did not let him hold the ball and could not play without the ball, and there was no sense of existence on the court. You say let Wei Shao play as a substitute, the first high salary of the Lakers to get more than 40 million annual salary. What can the Lakers do? Can only believe in Wei Shao, choose to make him the Lakers' first core of the ball, and others will be responsible for being Green Leaf. After all, this is the way to maximize the value of Westbrook.
Judging by the outcome, it may be a good choice to make the Lakers into a team with Fewer in the regular season. Because James is aging, Vogel has long said that this year's old Zhan will have more rotations than ever before, and the Lakers should save use. And Davis himself is very fragile, today when he grabbed rebounds, he injured his leg, and tomorrow he played back-to-back against the Thunder, and he may not be able to play. And why did the Lakers get The Value of Westbrook, let him let go of the basic plate to keep the team's lower playoffs.
With Wei Shao as the core, he can really play better, in fact, from the beginning of today's Wei Shao is a calm turtle. He doesn't shoot indiscriminately when he comes up, but frantically makes balls for his teammates. Munch scored three points, Davis scored on a layup and Jordan Jr. made two empty picks from Westbrook. The Lakers started with a 17-9 lead, after which Westbrook went down the Spurs to chase down points to overtake by two points. The two sides have been in a tug-of-war since then, and in the third quarter the Spurs stretched the gap to 12 points.
Just when we thought the Lakers were finished, Westbrook began to create miracles, he even took a rhythm in the last quarter, and Davis also scored 8 consecutive points under the basket. The Lakers continued to explode and quickly overtook the score. In overtime, Sai Wei Shao was even more explosive, he slammed the basket at high speed to boost morale, and accelerated to break through the defense at the last moment to score a layup to kill the game. It can be said that in terms of physical condition, Westbrook is better than when the Wizards started last season. The reason why he struggled was because Wei Shao had not yet found a comfortable way to play.
In the whole game, Wei Mei cut 68+27+12, and the two cut 30+ points at the same time, which is the second time after Davis and James that they can score 30+ points with another person on the same team. Of course, we have a saying that Westbrook and the Lakers are still incompatible, which is a problem that cannot be changed and a problem that cannot be solved. Jenway's two big ball-holding cores are really incompatible, but why James and Davis don't want DeRozan and Hield, but iron-hearted Wei Shao, I think they are not stupid, the value of Wei Shao lies in this.
Westbrook's playoff performance was really poor, it was the first round of the Thunder in those years, and even the Big Three was beaten by rookie Mitchell. Ke Wei Shao is very stable in keeping the basic playoffs. You may not be able to win the championship around him, but you around him will definitely take you into the playoffs. The Lakers actually pay more attention to the playoffs this season, and in terms of the risk of James aging and Davis injuries, the Lakers may face the risk of not being able to enter the playoffs. At this time, it is reassuring that there is a Wei Shao in the team. Just like tomorrow the Lakers play back-to-back Thunder, Zhan Mei will most likely not play, but with Wei Shao you will believe that he can lead the team to win. The only regret of the Lakers is the introduction of little Jordan, if the little Jordan is replaced by big Morris, I think it will be more suitable for Wei Shao to let go of the sense of space.