On January 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Lakers hosted the Jazz, the first quarter of the two teams tightly bit the score, the Lakers fell behind by 1 point, the Lakers in the second quarter of the power, gradually established the advantage, half-time lead 6 points.
The Lakers have performed modestly this season, having just suffered three straight losses, with a 21-22 record of 9th in the West, on the verge of a playoff playoff. The Jazz are no. 3 in the West, having just beaten the Nuggets in the last game to end a four-game losing streak, and Gobert's return has seen the team grow.
The Lakers' starting starts are: Westbrook, Bradley, Ariza, James, Howard. The Jazz started: Conley, Mitchell, Bogdanovic, O'Neal, Gobert. In the first quarter of the game, Brad interest rate first shot three points, O'Neal returned the three points, Mitchell broke through strongly, Westbrook shot three points, the Lakers' first 3 outside shots all hit, Westbrook's hand feels good, jump shot score, the Lakers lead 11-7. The two teams alternated points, Conley hit a three-pointer, Mitchell broke through to a layup, and the Jazz stopped the Lakers 14-13.
Back from a timeout, Ingles hit a three-pointer, the Lakers missed consecutive shots, Tucker broke through to finally score, Stanley Johnson hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers stopped the Jazz 20-19. Coming back from the timeout, Rivers scored on a layup, Conley hit a three-pointer and the score came to 22 draws. Both teams felt good outside in the first quarter, and the Lakers trailed by 1 point 24-25 at the end of the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Munch hit two consecutive three-pointers, Conley also hit a three-pointer, the Lakers began to erupt, Tucker and James hit three points in a row, and the Lakers played a wave of 9-0, 37-30 to stop the Jazz. Back from the timeout, the Jazz used free throws to break the scoring drought, but their offense was still not good, there was no sports game score in more than 3 minutes, Westbrook broke through the layup, and the Lakers led by 10 points 41-31. Guy broke through and the Jazz finally scored in athleticism.
Both teams' offenses were blocked, with consecutive shots hitting iron and a slow rise in scoring, with Ariza shooting a three-pointer and the Lakers leading 46-37. Wei Shao tough breakthrough violent split Gobert, excited Wei Shao roared to celebrate eating the technical prisoner, this dunk dream back to the peak, undoubtedly today's top five balls, the Lakers always suppressed the Jazz, halftime Lakers 52-46 lead.
James had 10 points and five assists in the half, Westbrook 10 points and three rebounds, Tucker on the bench had eight points and Munch had eight points. On the Jazz side, O'Neal had 8 points, Mitchell had 4 points on 2-of-7 shooting, Gobert had 8 points and 7 rebounds, and Conley had 9 points.