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101-95, the Lakers beat the Jazz to stop a three-game losing streak, able to reverse the third strongest team in the West, the team's improved defense, James' super leadership role, Stanley Johnson's surprise outbreak, and Vogel's 4 finally normal "micro-adjustments" results.
James 25+7+7; Westbrook 15+8+3, the Lakers beat the Jazz
First, the Lakers' improved defense.
James apologized to the fans to reassure the fans that he would lead the team to a strong rebound, reflected in this game, how good is it for him to lead by example to improve the team's defense? A classic case.
The Lakers' key defensive round
With 2 minutes left in the game, the Lakers led by only 4 points 95-91, defensive round, Bradley wrapped around Mitchell, who suddenly scored Conley in the left bottom corner, Tucker quickly saved to interfere with his three-point shot, Stanley Johnson stuck gobert, and the Jazz attacked for 24 seconds.
In the whole game, the Lakers pressed the Jazz's shooting rate at 36.9% + 26.1% to get only 95 points, the Lakers led 45-44 on the rebound, the Jazz sent 21 assists but 14 mistakes, and the near-perfect defense is the cornerstone of the Lakers' victory.
Second, James's leadership role.
Led by 17 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, James led the team to a 66-66 draw with the Jazz with 3 minutes and 40 seconds left in the third quarter, but in the 3 minutes of his break, the Jazz's wave of 12-2 small climaxes fixed the score at 78-68, and James returned with 40 seconds left in the game, the effect:
James cut in the air and received a clever pass from Rivers to make a 2+1 layup
Under James' leadership, after Munch singled out the shot, James helped Johnson counterattack to make a 2+1 layup, not only to help the Lakers chase the third quarter score to 74-78, but also to open the "seal" of James and Johnson's next four cooperations, this topic will be discussed later. In the last quarter, James did not rest for a minute, 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist output, is the key to the team's reversal, note that in addition to the 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, his invisible role is not reflected by the data, activating the Wizards Johnson.
Third, Johnson became a surprise soldier.
Johnson, who scored only 5 points in the first three quarters, broke out completely in the final quarter under the leadership of James, a typical case:
James blocked Johnson, who was in mid-range
After James made a strong layup and received Rivers' wonderful pass to score 2+1, when the Lakers were still behind 77-83, James and Johnson cooperated to force Gobert to make a layup; James hung up Gobert again, and Johnson continued to make a layup; and then as shown in the picture, Johnson hung up Gobert and Clarkson, the latter in the middle distance; after James made two fouls, Johnson and James blocked and dismantled for the fourth time to force Clarkson to layup, and then forced Gobert to layup and then win again. Johnson scored 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting to help the Lakers come back 89-85.
In addition, Johnson assisted Bradley's three-pointer in the last moment, Bojan's cut defense when breaking through in the last moment, and the rebounding position that stuck Gobert again and again, and its offensive and defensive output was the top priority of the Lakers' victory. In the whole game, Johnson had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, and the team's first miracle soldier.
Outside of the above three games, note that vogel is finally normal in this game, and the four adjustments are just right, as follows:
Four, Vogel's three fine-tuning.
1. At the end of the third quarter, when the Jazz started 12-2, although the game only had 40 seconds left, Vogel not only directly called the second timeout, but also directly took back James, and the Lakers were able to bite the key to the point difference at the end of the third quarter.
Westbrook rebounded and fought back 2+1 to kill the game
2. In the final quarter, when James led Johnson, Tucker, Munch and Rivers to the top, notice that Vogel did not disrupt the rhythm of the game until there were 3 minutes and 30 seconds left, he only changed back to Westbrook and Bradley, one is to add a final core to the team; the other is to improve the defense, the effect: when we talk about defense, Bradley entangled Mitchell; and when Conley missed the second free throw, Westbrook protected the rebound and killed the suspense of the game.
3. In the last minute 95-89, Vogel made two substitutions as follows: lakers defense, he replaced Munch with Tucker to improve defense; when the team attacked, he replaced Tucker with Munch, this slight adjustment of the defensive attack is the detail of the team's steady victory.