Russell Westbrook played the best game of the Lakers' career, 12 of 23 + 7 of 3 three-pointers in the whole game, 35 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, only 1 turnover, shooting 52.2%, three-point shooting rate of 42.9%, the entire second half of the wild 30 points to subdue Bridges, if it were not for the referee's omission in this game, Westbrook would lead the team to reverse 20 points!
16.8 seconds before the end of the game Rozier returned to the court illegal, so Lamelo Ball's two free throws do not exist, the Lakers have one more offense, the Lakers can play a two-point to achieve a rebound, then the final probability of winning is the Lakers. In other words, the referee ruined the night of Wei Shao's explosion. Before this battle, they were all reprimanding the God Turtle, and they all felt that the God Turtle affected the overall strength of the Lakers, and many times the key layup failed to lose the back pot.
The impression of the Turtles to some Lakers fans: 1. Poor shooting rate, poor finishing ability; 2. Many mistakes, on the court is a moving points boy; 3. obsessed with triple-double data, for a backcourt rebound at all costs to leak defense; admittedly, Wei Shao does have many low-level mistakes, missed layups /dunks that are close at hand, and leaks for a rebound, but we also have to look at it dialectically, he is not like this every game, and the overall performance is actually not bad.
Westbrook's current shooting percentage is 44.4%, Harden is 42%, Curry is 41.8%, George is 42.1%, Lamelo is 42.4%, Lillard is 40.1%, Middleton is 44.3%, Booker is 44.1%, Doncic is 43.5%, Anderson is 42.4%. He's 74th in the league in shooting, is that poor?
In addition, Westbrook's average of 4.12 errors per game is not the highest in the league, With 4.8 appearances per game, Doncic averaging 4.5 per game, and Trae Young averaging 4.2 per game, all of which are more than Westbrook's turnovers.
In the last five games, Wei Shao averaged 22.4 points, 6.8 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game, shooting 54% from the field and shooting 81% from the free throws, he was not obsessed with triple-double data, and the efficiency value was obviously much higher than before, he was criticized too much, in fact, Brother Turtle was really not bad.
Against the Hornets, the Turtles scored 35 points, and the remaining 4 first 22 points were enough to show that he still has super scoring ability. Perhaps, as the Lakers management said, Westbrook will work in the second half of the last season.
Text/Yan Xiaobai