On November 5, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Lakers played at home against the Thunder. Previously, the Lakers won 5 and lost 3, ranking third in the West, and have won three consecutive games. The Thunder record is 1 win and 6 losses, ranking second to the bottom of the West, the Lakers have last won 6 games and 5 wins, the last loss, is the lead of 26 points was reversed by the Thunder. Before today's game, the Lakers announced that James will be absent for at least a week due to a abdominal strain, in the words of Teacher Su Qun, now the Lakers have become a team with Fewer. Today's game, two words to describe "heart-wrenching". In the end, the Lakers led by 19 points, and were completed by the Thunder, 104-107, the Lakers lost again! At the end of the day, Vogel's stubbornness is slowly digging a hole for Davis.
Let's look at the statistics first, on the Thunder side, Dort had 17 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Beziley 14 points and 5 rebounds, Favors 10 points and 11 rebounds, Alexander 28 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Williams 13 points and 8 rebounds, and Jerome 14 points. On the Lakers side, Davis had 29 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists, Westbrook 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Anthony 21 points and 6 rebounds, Bradley 9 points and 3 rebounds, and Reeves 8 points.
Be sure to start with Davis. Davis played 38 minutes and scored 29 points on 11-of-20 shooting. In the third quarter, Davis was 9 of 15, but to know that Davis was 6 of 6 in the first quarter, in other words, he shot 9 in the back and only hit 3 goals. Why did Davis play so hard? In the game, Yang Yi raised his own doubts: Jordan Jr. was on the floor, the Lakers played well, and when Little Jordan went down, Davis himself stood on the inside line, and the Lakers defense could not be stopped. When Howard came up in the second quarter, the Lakers opened up the point difference with defense, and then Howard went down again, is Vogel digging a hole for Davis? Vogel, a delicate man, also had the heart to apply lipstick in the third quarter. Even if he gave Howard 5 more minutes to play in the middle of the second quarter and the second half of the third quarter, the Lakers would not be so difficult, and there was no defensive system to speak of.
The most worrying thing is that the game went to the end of the second quarter, when Thick Brow and Alexander competed for rebounds, they injured their right finger, grinning in pain, and in the second half Anthony replaced Thick Brow, playing for nearly two minutes, old Zhan pulled Thick Brow out, and his right hand was already wrapped in thick bandages. But Vogel still chose the single center's play in the second half of the third quarter: let Davis top the No. 5 position himself. And when the Thunder caught up with the score again, the NBA broadcast cut to Howard, and then cut to Vogel. Everyone knows that the Lakers need an interior line, a rim, and a defensive end to release Howard pressure, but only Vogel insists on letting the thick eyebrows go down. I don't understand what Vogel really thinks, even without Howard, jordan jr. to participate in the guard, after all, there is only one Anthony by Davis now, and the protection of his teammates on the defensive end is very limited.
In addition, wei shao played really well today. In fact, the two connecting segments, the combination of Westbrook + Anthony, whether it is with Howard, or with Bradley, their projection and defense have become the key to the Lakers' continuous opening of the point difference, but the combination of Rondo + Davis, there is no defense on the outside, Davis's offense is blocked, and it relies on Rivers's sporadic strong attack to maintain the situation. In my opinion, Wei Shao's progress is reflected in two aspects, the first is the projection of the ball, he now changes the shape of his hand, the arc is significantly increased, the shot feels softer, and the second point, Wei Shao no longer just wants to pass the ball to his teammates, and plays more resolutely. This is when he needs to stand up and score, and can no longer give to his teammates, which Wei Shao must understand. Of course, Wei Shao did his best today, but his playing time was cut very badly, so that in the fourth quarter, Wei Shao's feel was also declining.
I don't know why Vogel insisted on "pitting" Davis so much, leaving him alone in the No. 5 position for so long, and only Anthony was on the hard top, no James, no Bradley sweep, no Rivers to help protect the frame, it looked like Davis was playing very hard. Hopefully Davis' finger injury isn't a big deal, but to be honest, Vogel is really too stubborn, and he should now give Davis a drop in the bucket so he can hold out longer and not get tired again like Old Jan. Seeing Davis "walk" back to the backcourt in the fourth quarter, the offensive end facing Bezley can not go in, really some bitterness, of course, can not blame him, no one can understand, there are two major centers do not use, but to give Davis so to play the pressure, really a bit excessive.