The Lakers face the Jazz
After three consecutive losses, the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the eighth position in the West, and everyone knows that as far as the Lakers are currently, even if you go to the playoff stage, it is difficult for you to win anything. The season the Lakers won the championship, relying on excellent defense, dominance of the interior, but this season, Jordan Jr. was overwhelmed, Howard did not have a chance, Davis continued to injure, can only let the 37-year-old James top the center position. So far this season, the Lakers have conceded points per game in the league in fourth-to-last places.
In this game, the Lakers want to face the Utah Jazz, who is the first in the league to average points per game, which makes the Lakers, whose defense is already full of holes, usher in a big test. In particular, Gobert returned in the last game and immediately led the team to a big victory over the Denver Nuggets by 23 points, and coincidentally, the Lakers lost to the Nuggets by 37 points in the last game.
The Lakers found their defense
James said what he said, led the Lakers to play the ultimate defense, and constantly caused the Jazz to make mistakes, but the Jazz's three-point shot was really outstanding, and all 8 members of the team scored points, absolutely multi-point blossoming, the team still got 25 points. Although the Lakers played a good defense, they only scored 24 points on the offensive end, including James 5 points and 3 assists, and Westbrook 5 points and 2 rebounds. After returning from the second quarter, the Lakers continued to defend, and after 3 consecutive three-point shots, they successfully rebounded.
The Lakers once had an 11-point lead, but the Jazz caught up, and although Westbrook staged a death dunk and ignored Gobert's defense, the point gap was still narrowing. At the end of the half, the Lakers surpassed the Jazz by six points 52-46. In the second half, it was easy to fight again, when James was on the court, with a personal offense, he got 7 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal, which could also help the Lakers stabilize the situation, but after James went off, the Jazz instantly opened the point difference to 10 points. There was no way, James had to get back on the court.
After James returned, he first blocked and destroyed Munch, then threw the ball Munch to win, then James went to the bottom line to meet the bag clip, the ball Stanley made a layup, and the Lakers successfully narrowed the point difference to 6 points. In the final quarter of the game, James chased with the second lineup, and Stanley became a surprise soldier, scoring consecutive points to help the Lakers tie the score. James made two free throws and successfully overtook. James continued to cover, Stanley broke through the layup to score, the Lakers played a wave of 13-0, successfully rebounded 4 points, the Jazz had no choice but to call a timeout.
Stanley and James' duo turned around, leaving jazz helpless. After the suspension came back, the Jazz finally began to score, but the Lakers have taken off, Bradley immediately hit a three-point shot after coming on the court, Wei Shao played 2+1 to lock in the win, James plunged into Wei Shao's chest to spoil, Wei Shao kept slapping James's head, and the celebration was very festive. In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers successfully reversed the Jazz at home 101-95, ending a three-game losing streak.
The familiar Lakers are back
The Jazz, who averaged no. 1 in the league in points per game, only scored 95 points against the Lakers in this game, which was significantly lower than their average, and that's what James promised, he found the Lakers' defense, and the familiar Lakers are back. LeBron James had 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in the final quarter and led the team to a big comeback. Stanley Johnson on the bench had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Munch had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Tucker had 10 points and 1 steal, and Westbrook had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, but the shooting rate was still only 5 of 14.
It is worth mentioning that the Lakers limited the Jazz to only 34 points on the inside line in this game, while the Lakers themselves got 44 points, which is undoubtedly the key to the Lakers to win the game. Conley shot 5-of-9 from three-point range and had 20 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, Gobert also had 19 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks, O'Neal Jr. had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and Mitchell had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, but only 6-of-19 shooting. The Jazz bench was even more miserable, Clarkson only had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 2-of-13 shooting, completely blocked by Reeves, and Gay only had 4-of-12 shooting, 9 points, 8 rebounds and 2 steals.