Reeves has made significant progress, and 2 points make Doncic happy! Lao Zhan can feel at ease, and the Lakers two major signings have been successful

On October 25, the Lakers played against the Timberwolves at home. At the end of the game, the Lakers successfully defeated the Timberwolves 128-110. The Lakers completely defeated the Warriors in the opening game. At this time, the Lakers aroused many doubts. Now facing the Timberwolves, who suffered last season, many people are not optimistic that the Lakers can win. As expected, the Lakers fell into a passive position after the game started. If Doncic had not stepped forward, then the Lakers would have They will definitely fall behind by more points, but in the second quarter, the Lakers began to slowly gain momentum. When Reeves, Hachimura, Ayton and others slowly made contributions in the game, the Lakers finally slowly completed the lead, and in the third quarter, the Lakers were able to stabilize the situation. In the end, the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves.

Reeves also made significant progress in this game. Although Reeves did not improve significantly in terms of statistics, more of Reeves' scoring in the first game occurred in the fourth quarter. However, in today's game, Reeves began to perform in the second quarter, especially when Doncic was not on the court. It is very important for Reeves to step up and help the team stabilize the situation. After all, the Lakers have been relying on each other from the first two games. Lai Doncic, but Doncic will always end the game, so it is crucial for Reeves to step up at this time. In this game, Reeves not only found the outside three-point touch, but more importantly, Reeves was able to control his mistakes in this game. So when Reeves showed obvious improvement, the Lakers also played more calmly in the game. At the end of the game, Reeves scored 25 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 turnover on 9-of-15 shooting.

At the same time, the Lakers had two points in this game that made Doncic happy. The first point was that some Lakers players stepped up to help Doncic. In this game, Doncic was once in foul trouble, but Doncic was When Qi was forced to leave the game, Reeves, Hachimura and others were able to step up and help the team. It was also when Doncic rested that the Lakers were able to maintain the lead. In the end, the Lakers were able to secure a big victory, so this also made Doncic happy. The second point is that the Lakers have players to share the defensive pressure for Doncic. Because Doncic has deficiencies on the defensive end, the Lakers must have someone to make up for Doncic's deficiencies on the defensive end. Smart and Vanderbilt did this in this game, especially when Smart put enough defensive pressure on Edwards. This was of great help to the Lakers. The Mavericks put a lot of defensive players around Doncic, and now the Lakers have finally slowly done this.

Seeing that the Lakers were able to defeat the Timberwolves in the game and stabilize the situation, James could finally rest peacefully. After all, the Lakers exposed too many problems in the game against the Warriors, so many people were worried that the Lakers' record would be very bad before James returned, and this was obviously very difficult for the Lakers. Unfavorable things, especially after losing to the Warriors, Redick also began to miss James, so the Lakers' situation was a bit bad at the time, but now the Lakers have successfully stabilized the situation, so the Lakers do not have to rush James to come back, and James should also seize this opportunity to fully recover from his injuries, and the Lakers will be able to perform better by then.

After the Lakers successfully won the game, they also proved that their two major signings were successful, and the two major signings were Ayton and Smart. In the game against the Warriors, both Ayton and Smart received varying degrees of complaints, but in today's game, the two of them were swept away. In the haze, Ayton began to cooperate with Doncic and Reeves in this game. At the same time, Ayton was not at a disadvantage when facing Gobert. Although Ayton will still be criticized for being too clean in terms of his playing style, as long as Ayton can be aggressive, then Ayton's role in the interior is still very important.

As for Smart, he has obviously helped the Lakers on the defensive end. Just like in this game, Smart put great pressure on Edwards on the defensive end. At the same time, Smart was able to use defense to help the team gain momentum, so when Smart was on the court, the Lakers finally He played a defensive performance that he had never had before this season. Although Smart only got 3 points, 1 assist and 2 steals in the end, Smart's plus-minus value of +24 ranked first in the team. From this, we can see how much Smart helped the team, and this was also an important reason why the Lakers signed Smart in the first place.