(Fatherland) – For fans of the NBA in general and the Los Angeles Lakers in particular, the image of Russell Westbrook comforting LeBron James and Anthony Davis before the final whistle against the Milwaukee Bucks is the focus of sarcasm. .
In the match between the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks taking place on the morning of February 9 Vietnam time, Russell Westbrook once again had to witness the team and his teammates receive a “destructive” defeat. ” from the bench.
More specifically, in the last 12 minutes of the fourth quarter, coach Frank Vogel kept Russell Westbrook on the field, something that has often happened recently for the Lakers. In today’s entire match, the star wearing shirt number 0 played 26 minutes, contributed 10 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and lost the ball 4 times. Of the 10 points scored, Russell Westbrook only succeeded in 3/11 shooting situations and was lucky to have 4/7 more points from free throw situations.
Russell Westbrook and 2 situations of losing the ball in a row
With a star player with such contributions, it is understandable that coach Frank Vogel lost faith in Russell Westbrook. Because it’s rare for Lakers fans to continuously boo at situations of lack of confidence, loss of feeling, or silly mistakes of a home team player like Russell Westbrook.
Similar to other matches, this match the 33-year-old defender also made some basic and humorous mistakes. But the last image of Russell Westbrook is what took over and became the focus of ridicule from fans on social networks.
That’s the sentiment, but fans consider this a joke
At the time of the match with only 3.3 seconds remaining on the electronic clock with the score line 131-116 in favor of Milwaukee Bucks, the camera accidentally caught the moment Russell Westbrook walked over and patted two teammates. Basically, this is a completely normal action for players on the same team and together receiving one of the biggest defeats of the season.
However, for fans, especially anti-fans of the Los Angeles Lakers and Russell Westbrook personally, they believe that the above expression of the star wearing jersey number 0 is a lie and is intended to retain his position when entering the trade. Deadline is approaching. On social networks, there were many funny comments about this image, one of which even revealed the content that Russell Westbrook said in LeBron James’ ear.
Besides the memes of Russell Westbrook begging not to be brought to the negotiating table, some opinions also believe that this is the result that LeBron James and Anthony Davis deserve when they themselves have a lot of impact in the negotiation process. The Lakers announced a blockbuster contract with the former Houston Rockets player before the 2021/22 NBA season.
At the present time, Russell Westbrook will continue to be the most mentioned name as the trade deadline approaches. The transfer portal for the 2021/22 season will officially close after February 10 (local time) and right now, there are many rumors saying that the phone of the Los Angeles Lakers board of directors is constantly busy.
HUY PHAM
