Beijing time this morning, the 2021-22 NBA Professional League regular season Los Angeles Lakers sat at home against the San Antonio Spurs as promised. In this game, Lakers acting head coach David Fitzdale sent Russell Westbrook, Wayne Ellington, Tarren Horton Tucker, LeBron James, Dwight Howard's starting lineup, and Anthony Davis and other players were absent due to injury. Spurs coach Greg Popovich sent Derek White, Dejunta Murray, Kelden Johnson, Doug McDermott and Jacob Perttel to start.
After the game began, McDermott hit three consecutive points, and James responded with a surprise shot inside and outside. Peltel threw back-to-back baskets, and Westbrook made a lethal free throw into the net after a jumper. Walker scored three points and Ellington threw in the shot. The Lakers attacked the power outage, Murray, Walker opened the bow and arrow to hit three points, Thomas hit the net, Randale scored a basket, and at the end of the first quarter, the Spurs led the Lakers 33-24.
Entering the second quarter, James and Westbrook stormed the inside line, and Walker and Randell fired from the outside. James continued to make sweeps on the offensive end, White hit a three-pointer and spurs continued to take control of the game. James threw himself into the basket, Diop dunked and scored consecutive points, and the Spurs led by about 10 points. Anthony's 2+1, long-range shots were unstoppable, White's outside line finally opened, and at the end of the first half, the Spurs led the Lakers 66-55.
Easy side to fight again, into the third quarter of the game, White shot an arrow through the heart, Peltel hooked into the basket, the Spurs led by as many as 15 points. James, Ellington blossom inside and out, Kelden Johnson performed well inside and outside, and Murray made a relaxed layup. Howard suffered a foul crisis to rest, James and Westbrook attacked the inside line, Diop raged under the basket and was unstoppable, and Kelden shot through the long air. Westbrook made consecutive foul free throws to score, White and Westbrook shot each other, Diop ate cake "dunk" strongly, the third quarter ended, the Spurs led the Lakers 105-92.
Entering the final showdown, White threw a shot, Jordan Jr. "ate pie" inside, Diop soared into three points, and Westbrook jumped to score on the board. James and Walker attacked each other, Tucker landed on a layup, Walker continued to work on the offensive end, and the Spurs were already leading by more than 20 points. Due to the huge difference between the two sides, the suspense of the game gradually disappeared, and finally the Spurs, who scored in double figures, beat the Lakers 138-110, welcoming two consecutive wins! The Lakers suffered four straight losses.
To view the personal data of the main players of both sides:
For the Spurs, Diop had 30 points and seven rebounds; Derrick White 23 points, three rebounds, and seven assists; Lonnie Walker 21 points and three assists; Kelden Johnson had 16 points and 10 rebounds; McDermott had 13 points and five rebounds; Pelter had eight points, three rebounds, and two assists; Dejuntai Murray had nine points, six rebounds, and 13 assists; Vassell had 5 points and three rebounds; and Randell had 13 points, eight rebounds, and three assists.
For the Lakers, LeBron James had 36 points, nine rebounds and six assists; Russell Westbrook had 30 points, seven rebounds and four assists; Taren Horton Tucker had 13 points, four rebounds and three assists; Dwight Howard had 4 points, nine rebounds, and two blocks; Wayne Ellington had seven points; Thomas had 2 points; Cameron Anthony had nine points and three rebounds; jordan Jr. had 5 points and four rebounds.
In an interview with reporters after the game, Lakers core LeBron James said helplessly when talking about the team's problems: "It is not that we have not experienced the absence of many people on the team before, and now we are trying to figure out the best way to win, how to win and what is the best lineup on the court." We need to accumulate time on the same game so that the team can keep improving. But now we really don't have a chance to accumulate anything, we don't know. Since we haven't accumulated any same time, there is no chemistry in any of our lineups, and that's the truth. ”
In the face of the media camera, Westbrook said: "Our lineup is not in order, but I am not panicking, there are a group of players in our dressing room who have not given up, and have never flinched in the face of everything that happens. Whether it's 2 or 28 points behind, it's just a loss. Not so long ago our squad was healthy, with a record of 16 wins, 13 losses and three consecutive wins. Although many things have happened, I am confident in our direction. ”
According to the schedule, at 9:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 26, the Lakers will play with the Nets at home, and at 8:00 a.m. on December 27, the Spurs will compete with the Pistons at home, hoping that in the case of staying away from injuries, the players can play the ideal competitive state!
(Source: Weibo)
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