A focus game in the NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers took on the Minnesota Timberwolves on the road. In the third quarter of the game, there was a scene on the field, the Lakers made a strange mistake, LeBron James wanted to pass the ball unexpectedly, but he was snatched by the opponent with his head, and he gave 2 points in vain.
This game, for the Lakers, is simply too difficult to play. He lost 7 points in the first quarter, and he only scored 16 points in a single quarter, which is certainly unacceptable. Although there was some recovery in the second quarter, the problem on the defensive end was still unresolved, especially for Downs, who could not do anything about it and was about to be broken. The half was almost double digits behind, and it is foreseeable that the Lakers will definitely fight back in the second half.
If you want to reverse the decline, the feel can be slowly found, the most basic, the most urgent need to control is the mistake, the third quarter only played a little, the Lakers' number of mistakes has reached 13 times, which is a nightmare. And some mistakes, very incredible, even bizarre, such as James's this time:
At the time, Old Jen was holding the ball at the top of the arc, and Vanderbilt was in charge of defending him, two steps away. James wanted to take the ball by surprise and pass the ball to his teammates, but unfortunately he did not know whether he was not in place to observe, or the strength and direction could not be grasped well, and he directly smashed the ball on the opponent's head. The Timberwolves successfully snatched, counterattacked a layup and laughed at 2 points, and the Lakers immediately called a timeout.
It is not so much that the opponent snatched James with his head, but rather that old Zhan himself aimed at the other party's head and smashed, such a mistake, happened to James, it is simply unimaginable. Fortunately, after this mistake, it also gave the Lakers a wake-up call, and the follow-up for a long time was well controlled.