At noon on February 4, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and Los Angeles presented a derby, clippers vs Lakers. As a result, the Clippers playing at home beat the Lakers 28-26, 32-28, 34-28, 17-28, and the total score was 111-110. If it weren't for the Lakers' Anthony's injury, the Lakers would have had a chance for a big comeback, but alas.
Currently, the Clippers are ranked 8th in the West with a record of 26 wins and 27 losses, and the Lakers are 9th in the West with a record of 25 wins and 27 losses. In the previous 10 meetings between the two teams, the Clippers have an advantage of 6 wins and 4 losses, especially in the last 4 meetings, the Clippers have maintained a full victory.
In the performance of the two teams in recent rounds, the Clippers won and lost 1 in the first three rounds, winning and losing one game, while the Lakers narrowly beat the Blazers 99-94 in the last round, thus ending a three-game losing streak.
Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams, the Lakers start: Munch, Johnson, Davis, Bradley, Westbrook; Clippers starters: Batum, Morris, Ibaka, Kofi, Reggie.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Lakers center Davis and Clippers forward Ibaka jumped the ball, the Lakers got the ball, Bradley shot a 3-pointer in the first offense, but after the 5th minute, the Clippers, led by Sergi Ibaka, gradually overtook the score, and the first quarter ended, and the Clippers led the Lakers by 2 points at 28-26.
In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers will bite the score very tightly, the score of the two teams alternates, the second quarter of the game to the middle, the Lakers substitution, Horton Tucker on the court, replacing Howard. But the effect was not obvious, and as Clippers Ibaka rolled over and hooked his hand to lightly score 2 points, the Clippers pulled the score apart. Finally, in the second quarter, the Clippers led 32-28, 60-54 on aggregate.
Halftime stats:
Lakers: Davis 15 points and 7 rebounds, Munch 5 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Bradley 3 points, Westbrook 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Anthony 7 points and 2 rebounds, Reeves 3 points, Tucker 9 points, Howard 7 points and 4 rebounds
Clippers: Batum 2 points, 2 blocks, Morris 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Ibaka 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Reggie 2 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, Bledsoe 7 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Kennard 10 points and 2 rebounds, Mann 5 points, Haltenstein 6 points, Boston 2 points
In the third quarter of the game, the Lakers gradually improved in attack, but in an attack, Lakers star Anthony accidentally strained his right leg muscle in a jump shot and retired. At this point, Anthony had 17 points, seven rebounds and one assist in the 22 minutes he played. In the end, due to Anthony's game, the Lakers lost like a mountain, and the third quarter ended, and the Clippers led the Lakers 34-28, 94-82 on aggregate.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the two teams competed, the Lakers desperately bet, after the opening of the game played a small climax of 8-0, chasing the total score to 90-94. With Reggie Jackson's jumper hit, the score for both teams went to 102-97. There are still 3 minutes left in the game and the atmosphere of the game is very tense. With 1 minute and 43 seconds left in the game, the Lakers' Westbrook shot a three-pointer to tie the score 100-104. The Clippers didn't see it well and quickly called a timeout.
After the timeout, the Clippers violated the offense for 5 seconds, Munch missed the jump shot, but Munch grabbed the offensive rebound, and then Munch scored a layup. In the final 28 seconds, lakers Munch received an assist from Westbrook, and a three-point shot pushed the score back to 108-106, and the Clippers called a timeout again.
The Clippers' Morris received an assist from Kennard and hit a three-point shot to push the score back to 109-108, with 17 seconds left in the score, and the Lakers called a timeout. After the timeout, Davis of the Lakers received an assist from Westbrook and a dunk in the air relay. But in the end, it was a 110-111 regrettable failure to reverse the Clippers.
Perhaps because of Kobe's factors, he has special feelings for the Lakers. It's a shame that the Lakers are only one point away from reversing in this game.
This game also set 3 new records. First, the Clippers have maintained a five-game unbeaten run against the Lakers; second, they have held four consecutive wins at home to date, setting a record for the longest home streak this season; third, the Lakers have suffered three consecutive losses on the road.