The Lakers played the Hornets, James continued to be absent due to injury, and the thick-browed brother returned with illness.
In the first half, the two sides played incomprehensibly, and in the first half of the third quarter, the Hornets gradually pulled the point difference apart and led to 8 points. It was at this point that the turning point appeared, and Vogel removed Wei Shao and replaced him with Rondo.
Under the leadership of Rondo, the previously lifeless Lakers came alive. Thick-browed brother two consecutive empty picks, Anthony three-pointer 100 steps through Yang, Munch mid-circle whistle three-pointer eagle hit the long sky. After the third quarter, the Lakers went from 8 points behind to 7 points. Rondo's appearance allowed the Lakers to reverse 15 points in one fell swoop.
Wei Shao was embarrassed. His annual salary this season is $44.31 million, ranking first within the Lakers. Rondo's annual salary is $2.64 million, and the veteran's base salary.
In the fourth quarter, when the Lakers were leading 95-87, Rondo slapped the back of Rochelle's head on defense, and the referee gave Rondo a second-degree malicious foul after watching the video and directly expelled.
Before going off the court, Rondo played 11 minutes and 59 seconds on the field, shooting 0-of-3, including 1 of 0 three-pointers, without scoring, but he delivered eight assists, only 1 turnover, plus-minus as high as +20.
Because Rondo was expelled, Vogel had to replace Him with Westbrook. As a result, the Lakers' 8-point lead was quickly exhausted, and the two sides drew 115 into overtime.
In the end, through overtime, the Lakers beat the Hornets 126-123 and won a hard-won victory.
Although Westbrook had a triple-double of 17 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists, he shot only 5-of-15 from the field, 0-of-2 from three-point range, and seven turnovers, with a plus-minus of -17 on the field.
James can see clearly off the court, Vogel can see clearly off the court, and Pelinka should also see clearly off the court.
The Lakers have a lot of problems now, but the biggest problem is Wei Shao.
When Westbrook is on the court, the Lakers' space is clogged. The opponent knows that Wei Shao's shooting is not accurate, and under the basket of the tun soldiers, the thick eyebrow brother can only float outside to shoot. Shooting is the ability of the thick eyebrow brother, and there is no rebound.
And when Rondo was on the field, the opponent didn't dare to do it again. Although Rondo is not known for shooting, his passing is fascinating, especially with the thick eyebrow brother, which can be said to be a sharp heart.
Many people don't understand the same assists, what is the difference between Wei Shao's assists and Rondo's assists, I will talk to you here.
Westbrook's assist is to pound the basket by himself, attract the bag clip, and then pass the ball out, and the teammate throws the ball in. Of course, there are occasionally some idle connections to the internal line. But at the same time, there will be a lot of mistakes.
Rondo's assist is a pass assist from any position on the court, and he can keenly observe the opportunities of his teammates from outside the three-point line, pass assists. So even if Rondo is standing outside the three-point line, opponents have to pressure him to prevent him from passing comfortably. But Wei Shao stood outside the three-point line, it was completely no threat, the opponent let him 2 meters, if Wei Shao shot, it was a successful defense.
Commentator Perkins said: "Rondo completely changed the energy of the Lakers' offensive and defensive ends. By the way, Ad likes to play with Rondo, and the chemistry between the two of them is on another level. ”
A- Smith said the Lakers should have Westbrook on the bench, but that's hard to do.
It's really hard, Westbrook is a player that the Lakers have paid a huge price, he is the 76th star in NBA history, and the first in the team with annual salary this season. The Lakers spent so much money in exchange for Wei Shao, just to let him go to Rondo as a substitute? And, is Wei Shao willing?
In fact, the Lakers may regret trading to get Westbrook. The reason why the Lakers exchanged Westbrook in the offseason is because the Schroeder Lions opened a big contract to exceed 100 million, and the Lakers did not want to keep Schroeder, so they had to find a ball carrier to share the pressure on James.
If they had known that Rondo would enter the buyout market, it is estimated that they would not have changed weiwei again. But they didn't know it at the time, and Rondo was still a Clippers player.
It is easy to send God, and now Wei Shao has become the biggest problem for the Lakers. Whether this problem can be properly handled will determine the direction of the Lakers this season.