The NBA regular season continues, and today the Lakers are at home to face the Kings. In the end, they defeated the Kings 122:114. James had 31 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the game, and Munch came to the start and played well, with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Howard came to the rotation today, coming off the bench for 21 minutes and scoring 14 points and 14 rebounds. Become an absolute contributor to the Lakers' ability to win.
At the beginning of today, the Lakers originally did not intend to go to Howard, but the height of the Kings' interior line was too high, and they continued to rush to grab offensive rebounds, resulting in the Lakers' inner line being very passive. In the end, Vogel thought about it and chose to let Howard play, and Howard played a very good effect after coming on the court.
The first is that he does a very good job of protecting the rebounds in the backcourt. More importantly, his fight for frontcourt rebounds has directly benefited the Lakers, and today Howard grabbed a total of 14 rebounds, of which 7 rebounds were frontcourt rebounds. These 7 frontcourt rebounds are undoubtedly a big achievement, because he created 7 second-time offensive opportunities for the Lakers, and many of the opportunities were directly formed to score, Howard grabbed the rebound and passed directly to teammates in the outside space.
Howard didn't expose his weaknesses when he was on the floor today, and his finishing efficiency on the inside was very high. From this ball, it can be fully demonstrated that the Lakers can play in the five small lineups, but when they really encounter a tall center on the opposite side of the interior, they must consider making Howard play more. Today, the Lakers' interior lineup is only Howard, which is the most stable and reliable. So Vogel must trust Howard a lot and not completely kill his playing time.
In this game, the Lakers played a very good offensive and defensive performance. First of all, five of their team scored in double figures, and substitute Horton Tucker also performed very well today. Munch, on the other hand, remained as steady as ever, scoring 24 points today. James finished the final quarter and closed the game on his own personal ability. From this game can show that the Lakers' current state is slowly recovering, and they are tending to stabilize. Of course, the Lakers still have to be vigilant at all times, do not relax in the future games, after all, the Kings are not a strong team, in the future they face strong teams hope that they can maintain their offensive and defensive focus.