On January 25, Beijing time, the Lakers will challenge the Nets on the road, which is the third game of the Lakers' six consecutive away games, the previous two games are one win and one loss, if they lose to the Nets, the Lakers will directly fall out of the top eight in the West, this game is crucial for the Lakers. For the Nets, they just lost to the Timberwolves on the road, second place in the West was taken by the Bulls again, and they also need a win to return to second place in the West.
According to pre-game news, Lakers forward Anthony Davis's playing status was changed to "high probability of playing", in other words, the Lakers' big three should be reunited. On the Nets side, Durant, David Duke, Joha, Millsap, and Irving can't play, and Clarkston's appearance is doubtful (50%), which means that the single-core Harden will challenge the Lakers' big three.
However, according to the prediction of the US data media FTE, the probability of the Lakers winning the Nets away from home is only 35%, and the Nets will win the game by more than 4 points. This is a huge bad news for the Lakers, because the Nets have beaten the Lakers in the year-end battle on December 26.
That game was also Harden's single core team, Harden, Mills, Brown, Bembrey, Clarkston's starting lineup, and finally Harden scored 36 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, Mills scored 34 points, 7 assists and 1 steal (8 of 13 from three-pointers, and the key three points in the last quarter), and finally the Nets beat the Lakers 122-115, the Lakers core Westbrook missed key dunks, LeBron scored 39 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in the whole game.
There is also a highlight of this game, nets coach Steve Nash and Lakers coach Frank Vogel are worse than anyone. Both of them lost their chief assistant coach in the offseason, the Nets took D'Antoni, the Lakers went to Kidd, this season Nash and Vogel were both fired from the class by various shelling, Nash's lineup is indeed stronger than Vogel's, but his record is also better, And Vogel's pressure is significantly greater.
ESPN reporter Dave McMenamin mentioned in a show: Vogel is expected to continue coaching the Lakers until the end of the season. He renewed his contract with the Lakers for a year last summer, and his current contract has one year left after the end of the season. Although Vogel's current coaching position has been preserved, if the Lakers fall out of the top nine in the West, then it is not certain.
Text/Yan Xiaobai