Here we are, the big names in the League have almost all made their big debuts in this pre-season 2021-22, and this night it was the turn of Russell Westbrook and LeBron James to make their first fall strides with the Lakers. Fate had put the Warriors in their face, with their 3.0 sniper duo, but the essential is elsewhere with these first Westbrookian strides in his beloved California.
The stats of the future Conf final in the West is right here
Maximum hype at the Chase Center, with last night Russell Westbrook’s big debut with the Lakers, the first game of the season for LeBron James, but also and above all for the fans of the Warriors… the advent of the Stephen Curry / Jordan Poole duo, two names that may give NBA defenses many nightmares this season. Two fireworks once again in very good shape with an accumulation of 58 pawns (30 for Cucu and 28 for Poupou), and in the end a victory against the Angelinos who had other fish to fry since they therefore integrated for the first both to their roster Mr. Russell Westbrook and his 41,673 career triple-doubles. No Anthony Davis on the sheet, no Joel Ayayi either because we put the starters back, and therefore an obvious focus on the LBJ / RW duo, we won’t explain why for hours either.
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– NBA (@NBA) October 9, 2021
18 minutes for the ancestor, 17 for the mutant from Washington, and a first footnote: Russell Westbrook came to Los Angeles with his trowel and concrete mixer. 1/7 shooting for his first, at the same time if the Lakers had needed a sniper they would have taken Damian Lillard, but already some caviar dropped to friends and a first row of stats of 2 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists , not enough to whip a cat in preseason. A match that also allowed Dwight Howard to jump in 2009 with 23 points and 12 rebounds at 8/11 shooting, Frank Vogel continuing to do his tests for the season opener which will take place, we remind you on Tuesday, October 19 against the… Warriors precisely, match-up for which it will be necessary to find a solution to the Poolo-Curryian madness, match-up for which it will – already – have found a kind of collective balance to avoid leaving his life in the hands of DeAndre Jordan.
The score ? You know the trend: we dabble in the shell. Russell Westbrook with the Lakers jersey and the return of the King is all we wanted to see, and Jordan Poole and Stephen Curry took care of spicing up the dish. In ten days it will be a different kettle of fish but by then we have it, it’s the recovery for everyone after all.
