Marc Gasol with explosive performance at the Los Angeles Lakers: “We didn’t involve him well”

Marc Gasol struggled in his first two games for the Los Angeles Lakers, but when he beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Spaniard showed that he still has something in his tank at almost 36 years of age. There was praise from LeBron James and coach Frank Vogel.

Gasol’s first games at Lakers Jersey looked unpromising. The veteran took only one throw in two games, conceded 7 fouls, seemed slow on the field and not integrated. The first doubts arose as to whether Gasol had not degraded too much after all, his playoffs with the Toronto Raptors were ultimately anything but a revelation.

Gasol refuted this against the Timberwolves, even if the Wolves competed with an admittedly rather weak center rotation consisting of Naz Reid and Ed Davis, because Karl-Anthony Towns is out for an indefinite period with a wrist injury. But that shouldn’t diminish Gasol’s performance, 12 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks in just over 20 minutes of play are a real board.

Much more important than the bare numbers, however, was the general demeanor of the Spaniard. There was no hesitation in the throw, on the contrary: The center has probably never hit such a deep threesome as in this situation. He stayed four throws without fail, his three distance throws were all sat.