It's not easy for the Lakers to win a game, James, Westbrook and Davis are on the same page, but they can only narrowly defeat the Lone Rangers who lack Doncic by three points, and the Lakers are only sixth in the West, and the performance and results are far from what we expected.
At present, the Lakers have won three consecutive victories, the victorious opponents are the Thunder, the Magic and the Lone Ranger, the Thunder rank last in the West, the Magic ranks fourteenth, and the Lone Ranger win rate is only fifty percent, so the Opponents that the Lakers have won consecutively are not strong.
Today the Lakers and The Lone Rangers met, and the two teams are similarly ranked and are the main competitors for playoff qualification, so they both want to beat their opponents. Although the Lakers have a number of important role players who can't play, the core players have healed, and the depth of the lineup is still much stronger than the average team, and the starting players they sent are James, Davis, Westbrook, Ellington and Bradley. Doncic is out of the game due to injury, he is the Lone Ranger's most points and assists per game this season, losing him will naturally have a very important impact on the team, the Lone Ranger sent the starting players are Porzingis, Brunson, Smith, Bullock and Powell, the player's strength and fame is obviously not as good as the Lakers.
The Lakers scored thirty-three points in the first quarter, while the Lone Rangers didn't score a lot, and the point difference came to double digits. The second quarter was not exciting, although the Lone Rangers still did not score much, but the Lakers only scored fourteen points, and after the end of the first half, the Lone Rangers completed the counter-overtaking, the advantage was three points. In the third quarter, the offense of the two teams was still not sharp, and the Lakers only had a little advantage, and they tied the score. In the fourth quarter, the Lakers and the Lone Rangers only scored twenty points, such a low score could not beat each other, and finally could only win and lose through overtime, the Lakers performed better in overtime, or better luck, young player Reeves hit a three-point kill, which ended the game, and the last laugh was the Lakers.
The Lakers beat the Lone Rangers 107-104, and there were 12 equal points in this game, the Lakers led by 12 points at most, the Lone Rangers led by 7 points at most, and the final game point difference was 3 points.
James played 42 minutes and had 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists on 9-of-19 shooting, with 2 turnovers;
Davis played 39 minutes and had 20 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists on 8-of-18 shooting, with six turnovers;
Westbrook played 42 minutes and had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists on 8-of-18 shooting, with four turnovers.
The Lakers have played twenty-nine games this season, six of which were won and lost through overtime, and their results in overtime were five wins and one loss, which can be said to be remarkable. Lakers head coach Vogel talked about the matter, saying that the players have the ability to execute at key moments, trying to overcome a lot of difficulties, and are proud of them. Can winning mask the problem? This season, the Lakers have suddenly lost power on the offensive end many times, and several times the single quarter has scored no more than twenty points, and if Vogel has tactics in regular time, this game will not have to be played in overtime. It's hard to imagine a team with James, Davis and Westbrook so weak, and a team that has lost Doncic so hard to take down.