At noon Beijing time today, the 2021-22 NBA Professional League regular season Los Angeles Lakers sat at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves as promised. In this game, Lakers coach Frank Vogel sent Westbrook, Avery Bradley, Malik Munch, LeBron James, Dwight Howard's starting lineup, And anthony Davis still could not play. Timberwolves coach Chris Finch sent Patrick Beverley, Malik Beasley, Anthony Edwards, Vanderbilt and Naz Reid to start the game, with Russell and Towns absent.
When the game started, James raised his hand from the outside, Reid scored in response, and Beverley threw a steady shot into the basket. Munch soared into a cold-blooded three-pointer, Bradley and McDaniels shot each other, and Anthony and Norwell's outside shots were equally accurate. Reeves broke through, Westbrook took consecutive free throws, and at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Timberwolves 31-24.
Entering the second quarter of the game, Norwell made a sudden outside shot, and Anthony and Munch blossomed inside and outside. Beverly made a layup, Ariza's long-range shooter dropped, and Munch's mid-range shot went into the net. Reid played a second offense, Prince fired from the outside and the Timberwolves caught up. Bradley threw himself into the basket, Reid ravaged the inside line with full power, James hit all sides on the offensive end, and at the end of the first half, the Lakers led the Timberwolves 57-54.
Easy side to fight again, into the third quarter of the game, Beasley soared three points, James dunked! Beasley and Beverly fired from the outside, and the Timberwolves rebounded! Reid hit the inside line, James with his personal ability to play consecutively, and then the Timberwolves attacked the power outage, James, Munch soared into three points, Bradley steal counterattack in one go, the Lakers regained the lead. Norwell played 2+1, Edwards made a very dashing layup, and after the third quarter, the Timberwolves led the Lakers 80-78.
Entering the final quarter, James jumped to hit, Vanderbilt, Norwell rushed inside to win fouls, Westbrook strong kill to 2+1, Anthony even shot in a row, Beverley also had a good performance. Munch scored three points and Bradley made a layup into the net. Vanderbilt, Beasley inside and out, timberwolves trailed by one point! At the critical moment, Anthony jumped 3+1 to ignite the whole field, Bradley put into the basket, Edwards, Beverley made consecutive mistakes, the suspense of the game gradually disappeared, and finally the five-man double-double Lakers narrowly defeated the Timberwolves 108-103, welcoming two consecutive wins!
To view the personal data of the main players of both sides:
For the Lakers, LeBron James had 26 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals; Avery Bradley had 14 points, four rebounds, and four steals; Westbrook had 20 points, three rebounds, five assists, and nine turnovers; Malik Munch had 22 points; Cameron Anthony had 14 points; Tucker had 6 points and five rebounds; Ariza had 3 points; Reeves had 2 points and four rebounds.
For the Timberwolves, Natz Reed had 23 points, 11 rebounds; Anthony Edwards 18 points, seven rebounds, and four assists; Vanderbilt had 3 points and 12 rebounds; Malik Beasley had 16 points; Patrick Beverley had 12 points, nine rebounds, six assists, two steals; Jaylen Nowell had 17 points and four rebounds; Jaden McDaniels had 7 points and eight rebounds; and Knight had four points.
In an interview with reporters after the game, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said of the key to winning: "Today we did not do well in rebounding, but in the fourth quarter, we solved the problem of mistakes and rebounds, and gradually pulled the score. ”
Meanwhile, Vogel praised James' performance, saying, "James did everything, he limited Naz Reed in the fourth quarter, that's LeBron James, you can rely on him to do that, LeBron James can do everything." ”
Looking at the losing Timberwolves, head coach Chris Finch said slightly helplessly: "The individual performance of our players is not stable enough, including Edwards, Beasley, Norwell and others, they played well one night, and then the next game was not good enough." We're not just trying to develop talent, we're trying to win these races, and in the end we're beaten by ourselves. ”
According to the schedule, tomorrow at 11:30 p.m. Beijing time, the Timberwolves will play against the Clippers on the road, and at 11:30 p.m. on January 5, the Lakers will compete with the Kings at home, hoping that in the case of away from injuries, the players can play the ideal competitive state!
(Source: Weibo)
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