Live bar December 22, NBA regular season, the Lakers today to meet the Suns, the former after two consecutive defeats in the West in the seventh position, the latter is to achieve three consecutive wins to the top of the Western Conference, this game Davis injury stop. In the game, the Lakers entered the state quickly and quickly took the lead, and the point difference reached double digits at one point, but the Suns then took advantage of the height advantage of the inner line to start chasing points, and the second quarter completed the counterattack through a wave of 9-0 small climax, and then the two teams began to tug-of-war, and the Suns led by 2 points at the end of the half. Easy side to fight again, the Sun completely occupied the initiative on the field, the point difference opened to double digits, the Lakers side Anthony was expelled for eating the second technical offense, the first seven minutes of the last quarter except James got seven points except for the others could not score, the Sun directly expanded the point difference to twenty points, the game completely lost suspense, and finally the Suns won the Lakers, ushering in a four-game winning streak and also giving the latter three consecutive losses.
In the first quarter, Westbrook took the lead in breaking through to the basket to get two points, Paul scored the first goal for the Suns from mid-range at the free throw line, Ellington found the outside hand early to shoot three points, the Lakers opened into the state to take a faster lead, after the suspension adjustment James also met the defense to hit a long shot, the Lakers took five points in a row and opened the point difference to double digits, Ayton air dunk finally stopped bleeding, and then used the height advantage to throw a 2+1 shot, Westbrook was dissatisfied with the penalty to eat T, The Lakers' five-small lineup was dominated by Ayton, and the score also caught up. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Suns 25-24.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Westbrook counterattacked with easy layups, the Suns continued to use the Lakers' lack of height in the inner line to feed McGee many times, anthony who came up on the bench was in excellent shape, scoring consecutively outside the box, James turned low to the basket to send a dunk, after the suspension adjustment, the Lakers began to score no points, Ayton dunked, Bridges broke through the rebound to play 2+1, the Suns a wave of 9-0 small climax quickly achieved a counterattack, Anthony and Crowder clashed and each ate a technical offense, A fiery Ariza scored three-pointers from the outside and the two teams kept the saw. At halftime, the Suns led the Lakers 54-52.
Easy to fight again, Booker began to find a feel even in the middle of the long range shot, Bridges also into the middle distance, the Sun a wave of 8-0 small climax quickly stopped the Lakers, adjusted back James to attack the basket to create a kill and finally broke the deadlock, but this did not change the Lakers' sluggish momentum, Booker and Ayton scored five points in a row after the point difference reached double digits, just when the game was going to have a wave of flow Westbrook stood out, he continuously rushed into the box to score the ball, Anthony was expelled because of dissatisfaction with the penalty to eat the second technician, Shamet counterattacked and played 2+ 1, Johnson also shot from the outside. At the end of the third quarter, the Suns led the Lakers 85-73.
In the last quarter, Payne's outside line steadily hit a long-range shot, James followed up to send a wonderful two-handed dunk, Johnson quickly and easily hit the empty basket after the Lakers shouted again to stop, adjusted back or James faced the defense to shoot into the continuation of the three points, and then counterattacked to pull the basket to win, one person arranged the team's first seven points of the quarter, after he went off the break, the Lakers could no longer score, the Sun took advantage of a wave of 8-0 small climax to directly expand the point difference to twenty points, the game lost suspense, and finally the Suns defeated the Lakers, Four consecutive wins also gave the latter three consecutive defeats.
Both sides started
Lakers: Tucker, James, Jordan, Ellington, Westbrook
Suns: Bridges, Claude, Ayton, Booker, Paul
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