Wei Shao finally deigned to play the substitute, but the Lakers lost 102-111 to the Timberwolves.
Before the end of the game, when downs took a free throw, the audience shouted in unison on the stands: “0-5! 0-5!”
In the past, I met the Lakers, and the opponent’s audience usually shouted “Beat LA!” Now the slogan has been changed, which is not only full of sarcasm, but also shows that the Lakers are not a strong team now. They don’t need to fight hard to defeat, but lose in a fight.
However, weishao’s willingness to play a substitute is a good change, which at least shows that all parties are willing to change to seek answers. However, the away game was not a good opportunity for the Timberwolves, because Davis did not play this game due to the impact of waist injury. There was a shortage of manpower and the attack score was barely hundreds. When Davis comes back, the Lakers can start looking for a more suitable rotation combination, which is not far from the first victory.
Which one is the earliest likely to win? On Monday, Beijing time, it was not impossible for the Nuggets, because the two teams had just crossed hands, and they usually fought in a row like this. Many games were won or lost.
To be fair, this game is not bad. There are still many old problems, but there are some positive aspects worthy of recognition. After calculation, within nearly 33 minutes of Wei Shao’s playing, the Lakers did not lose or win, and his positive and negative values were still positive most of the time before the end of the game.
What the Lakers did not play well was the starting group, none of which was positive. The lowest was Beverly’s-23 and Damien Jones’s-19. Beverly can provide strong one-on-one defense and always exudes positive energy, but his attack is not worth looking forward. Without Davis, they met the Timberwolves “Twin Towers”. It was almost impossible for the Lakers to win this game-downs, Gobel and Edworth jointly scored 72 points.
Wei Shao took 18 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. The book was not ugly. Compared with the previous 2 points or 10 points, 18 points were already the standard for the best sixth person. After playing the substitute, Davenport ham and James obviously let Wei hold the ball more, even James was on the court. James will take the initiative to play the role of pitcher in the end, and Wei Shao will also understand it and become the master of control without hesitation. This made his mental outlook obviously different. Even once his shoes were lost and he still insisted on running on the court.
However, Wei still did not perform well in several aspects: first, he made too many mistakes. This battle was as high as 5 times, while the assists were only 3 times, which was related to his more holding the ball; Second, his breakthrough power dropped too much, and some of them couldn’t enter the basket. They were also pressed to the ground in the air. When he fell 7 points behind at the last 4 minutes 37 seconds, Wei Shao broke through but the speed was not fast, in half of the time, he could only stop, turn around and pass the ball back to James. Another time Edworth confiscated his ball directly in the air. Third, Wei Shao’s shooting and free throws were very bad, one of the 4 three-point goals in this battle is the second three points in the new season. 10 free throws indicate a strong desire to attack the basket, but only 5 are sent.
In less than half a month, Wei Shao will be 34 years old. You have to admit that his age is coming. The mighty and brave power like the great sage of Qi Tian has been greatly reduced.
This was his first time to accept the role of tactical substitute. You should know that he had played 1024 regular season matches and only had 18 substitutes before, although he constantly emphasized the word “sacrifice” after the match, he expressed his willingness to make more sacrifices for the Lakers to win, and said that he was willing to sacrifice before, but everyone knew that it was very difficult for him to make this change from last year to now.
In fact, the reason is very simple. If Wei Shao doesn’t shoot well, sharing the ball right with James will inevitably lead to no ball in his hands for a lot of time, then his threat will drop greatly and even be deliberately emptied. After playing the substitute, the ball was directly in his hand, and James was willing to give up the ball right when he overlapped with James, which would partly restore the powerful attack power.
In fact, the Lakers were against the wind in the whole game, and they were repeatedly thrown away and caught up with each other. It was not easy to fight with the complete Timberwolves until the last 2 minutes and a half minutes, which was only 5 points behind.
The Lakers had a strong fighting spirit in the first half of the game. Obviously, it was related to Wei Shao’s willingness to change the substitute. His attitude inspired everyone. Especially at the beginning of the game, the Lakers defended actively and slipped quickly. At first glance, it seemed to be directly in the playoffs. In fact, the Lakers backboard 55-49 in this game made the Timberwolves hit only 41.4 percent, and the three-point hit rate was less than 33 percent.
The Lakers just attacked too badly. The three points were not accurate and the cooperation was not much. In the case of Troy Brown’s four of the six points, the whole team only had a tossing hit rate of 31 percent and only 20 assists in the whole game. Although James scored 28 points, he also had limb atony scenes on the scene several times in one of his three points and six points. When he broke through in the last 2 minutes, he directly “stopped” in the basket.
After Davis returned, the problem of poor attack was still very prominent. They needed the pitcher to open the space and the bearer to reduce the mistakes, which were difficult to have essential changes.
The head coach is also trying to improve the attack. Whether there is Davis or not, Davenport ham will increase the frequency of using the small lineup, that is, James’s time to play center. This small lineup already belongs to the Mini lineup, try to increase the attack power.
James played 5, and Wei Shao was mentioned as No. 4 to defend against Gobel, arives, Troy Brown and Beverly. This lineup is small enough, in the last 2 minutes, Gobel was directly buckled on his head. But Ham wanted to experiment with this lineup, which made Wei Shao and James play in the mini lineup for 19 minutes.
Will the Lakers be worse than now? If it doesn’t come on defense, it will, otherwise, it may recover.
Looking forward to improving the ranking through high-quality attacks, the Lakers have no hope. Therefore, in the case that Wei Shao has not been traded, the Lakers still need to change their thinking and start from defense to increase the number of offensive and defensive conversions. Wei Shao, as the only point that can be excavated, his appearance on the bench is conducive to increasing the chance of holding the ball, that is, to give full play to his ability to push and fight back.
After Davis returns, there will also be a time when he will be in a separate group with Wei Shao. James will rest on the spot, which should become a very important stage of attacking and speeding up for the Lakers. On the one hand, Wei Shao can have the right to play, on the other hand, Davis can provide the opportunity to fight back, which is why it is so important that weishao is willing to play a substitute.
Next, playing Nuggets will be a very important game for the Lakers. Now there are only two games left for the league that have not won, one is the king, the other is the Lakers, and the Lakers will not win any more, the Kings went to fight Hornets.
Su Qun column