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"Westbrook must get better," Wiggins blossoms and Edwards' big night
Despite the triple-double in the win over Miami, the Lakers guard also finished with 8 turnovers and suffered criticism for the final move of the game.
The Warriors forward has been praised after the crazy rings, and also: the amazing numbers of the Minnesota star
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Thursday, 11 November 2021, 10:38
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Danny Abdia speaks after the game against Toronto (Wizards' Twitter account)
The Los Angeles Lakers were already on the safe path to victory over the Miami Heat.
She increased the difference in overtime and held the ball with less than a minute left in the game.
But losing another ball - her 22nd in the game - gave the hit another chance to get back to business, but luckily for the team from City of Angels Tyler Hiro missed two off-arc attempts.
In the end, the Lakers recorded their second straight win, still without the injured LeBron James.
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Whoever again tried to take responsibility in LeBron's absence was Russell Westbrook, who on the one hand recorded an impressive triple-double of 25 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds, but on the other hand lost eight balls, including some in the deciding minutes that brought Miami back into the game.
In the deciding minutes the veteran guard made a number of great moves, including some important points, but as mentioned was responsible for more than a third of the Lakers' amount of losses in the game, including a particularly odd one when he sent the ball in front of Anthony Davis.
"He has to get better," admitted former player and coach Mark Jackson.
"His last loss was simply outrageous. He is better than that and should not make such mistakes. There are plausible losses, and there are those that are not."
The star was given a chance to decide the game in legal time;
With 24 seconds left in the match, Russ received the ball for the final attack of the game.
After an exchange in defense he got my mouth.
Jay Tucker, and instead of taking him to the basket tried to throw off the arc and missed.
According to ESPN, Westbrook has during his career made 73 attempts to win games or tie in the deciding seconds in crucial quarters or overtime, when in only 13 of the cases he managed to score.
"If Steph Kerry had taken that shot, I would have been calm, but Russ?" Jackson concluded.
"I come to every game with the goal of winning," Westbrook said at the conclusion.
"I'm lucky I got to do what I love every night anew. I believe in myself and my teammates - we want to win as much as possible and present beautiful basketball. It seems to me that we have taken a significant step forward and that makes me happy."
"Still, this is a superstar."
Westbrook (Photo: GettyImages)
"I know quite a few Lakers fans were unhappy with Westbrook's arrival, and rightly so, but when he presents the basketball he knows, it's very difficult to stop him," noted former player Richard Jefferson.
"Still this is a superstar and tonight against Miami we saw how dangerous he can be."
Miami, on the other hand, will be happy to forget the game, as apart from the loss it lost Jimmy Butler, who after one quarter went down to the locker rooms for treatment after being injured.
The hit star reportedly sprained his right ankle and will be examined.
Miami will face the Los Angeles Clippers next game and then the Utah Jazz.
The fiery Golden State won for the tenth time this season when it defeated Minnesota 110: 123 and climbed to an impressive 1:10 balance the moment it meets the Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets and Brooklyn Nets in the next three games.
It looks like the Warriors will have to make do without Drymond Green, who injured his leg during the game, went down for treatment and never returned to the floor.
According to Steve Kerr, Green suffered a strong blow, but it does not appear to be a serious injury.
Unlike recent games, the one who starred this time was Andrew Wiggins, who scored 35 points against the ex, including two dunks from the movies on the head of Carl Anthony Towns.
"He drowned in my head quite a bit last season, so it was my turn to give it back to him," Wiggins said at the conclusion.
"Carl is like a brother to me, so it's not revenge. There's no doubt the fact that I met Minnesota moved me, it was a lot of fun."
"He was fantastic," Kerr admitted.
"I really liked his energy; he opened the game frantically and did not stop for a moment."
On the other side starred 20-year-old player Anthony Edwards, who scored an impressive 48-point career record, to which he also added five rebounds and five assists.
In doing so he became the third youngest player with at least 45/5/5 after Brandon Jennings and LeBron James, and the fifth youngest with at least 45 points in the game.
This is the third time in his short career that he has scored at least 40 points and is one game away from Kevin Durant and Luka Doncic who did it four times before the age of 21 and two games from Melbourne who did it five times.
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