Beijing time on December 20, the Lakers away to the Bulls, the last game Davis suffered an injury, confirmed as a ligament sprain, although no surgery but at least will be absent for more than 6 weeks, the Bulls side is just out of the long-term state of no game, one of the core scorers LaVine continues to be unable to play.
In the first quarter of the game, Wei Shao had to start the layup, and then the Lakers did not score a point for 3 minutes, and the Bulls played a wave of 6-0, the key moment was James holding the ball to break through the score to break the deadlock, DeRozan immediately made two consecutive shots to return the favor, the next round Wei Shao shot three points but three did not stick, fortunately, Jordan Jr. grabbed the rebound in the front court, the second offensive dunk scored, DeRozan scored the third consecutive shot, directly stopping the Lakers.
After the timeout, Wei Shao singled out Vucevic with the ball, burst into the box to score a backhand, Thomas Jr. hit a three-point shot on the bottom line, and the Lakers played a wave of 5-0 attack. But the Bulls quickly counterattacked, Ball shot a three-point shot, then snatched a quick attack to score a layup, Ball alone returned a wave of 5-0, the Bulls maintained the advantage. After Rondo came off the bench, he scored a layup, an assist Jordan Jr. dunk, and stopped the Bulls, at this time the score was 15-20, and the Lakers fell behind.
In the final three minutes of the first quarter, Anthony came on as an immediate three-pointer, but after Ball scored from the whistle, the Bulls once again played an 8-0 attack wave, and the Bulls beat the score to a 28-18 lead. At the critical moment, Anthony scored a low single to relieve the pressure on the Lakers, and in the last round of the first quarter of the game, Wei Shao broke through the whistle to pick the basket, and after the first quarter, the Lakers fell behind the Bulls 22-28.
Throughout the first quarter of the game, the Lakers' performance was not satisfactory, due to Davis's injury and the inability of many main players to play, the overall strength of the Lakers declined significantly. Fortunately, in the first quarter of the game, the Lakers' second lineup played well, the 33-year-old Jordan Jr. began to grab the frontcourt rebounds continuously, shooting 3 of 3 and scoring 6 points and 5 rebounds, 37-year-old Anthony was more full of offensive threats, playing 4 minutes to shoot 3 of 2 and 5 points and 1 rebound, these two 70-year-old veterans joined hands in the first quarter of 6 to cut 11 points and 6 rebounds, which is the main support for the Lakers' offense. The two giants, Westbrook and James, did not find good form in the first quarter, Westbrook was 2 of 5 and James was 1 of 6. At present, the entire NBA environment has been greatly affected by the epidemic, and the Nets' game has been postponed twice in a row, and it is understandable that the Lakers are not satisfactory to play so well, and hope that they can adjust back as soon as possible.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)