The Lakers' big three have ushered in a reunion in recent times, but they have not been able to get any bargain in front of the defending champion Bucks. Yes, in the previous day's game, in the face of the letter brother who sent the explosive data, the Lakers finally lost, losing the opponent's key 15 points. The regular season schedule of the season has long passed the halfway point, but the Lakers' big three have not been able to play the momentum and rhythm of the big three, and once they could only become the bullied side. So far, they have only achieved a record of 26 wins and 29 losses, ranking ninth in the West, and even making the playoffs has no small difficulties.
In this game, the elder Zhan pulled the team to Portland and challenged the Blazers on the road. As a team that is plagued by injuries, the Trail Blazers have also faced many problems this season. After sending off the team's CJ McCollum, if the Blazers want to continue to maintain relatively good immediate combat, they must bring in another reliable core player for Lillard. But in fact, the time to trade rings has been less than 24 hours, and the Blazers still haven't reacted to anything. Back in front of the game, the Lakers' Wei Shao was absent because of back tension, and the Lakers' big three became a Zhan Mei combination.
At the beginning of the game, the two sides began a fierce score tug-of-war, constantly consuming the time of the first quarter of the game. When Nurkic hit a two-pointer first, breaking the awkwardness of the game's start, James was able to step up and complete the jump shot in time to stabilize the situation. The score of the first quarter of the game was finally fixed at 18-18 in the process of chasing after you, and the two sides came to the same running line to continue the next competition. To be sure, James was in relatively good shape in the first quarter, shooting 4 of 5 in a single quarter, sending out 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal!
Entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Lakers finally played out of form, and Old Zhan continued to show the momentum of his team leader, sending 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Horton Tucker, who replaced Westbrook in the final quarter of the last game, stepped forward again, shooting 4 of 6 in a single quarter, sending 11 points, 1 assist and 1 steal. Because of the continuous efforts of the team's starting and rotating players, the Lakers also played a 36-29 score and got a 7-point lead! Looking back at the competition in the first half, the third giant on the Lakers side, Wei Shao, was nervous and absent, but Horton Tucker, who played the best sixth man in the team, played the style of the third big man, which was really surprising.
James is naturally the best performer, shooting 6-of-8 at halftime and sending a full statistic of 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. On the other hand, the Blazers, who played at home, Nurkic's state was also unusually high, and in the 17 minutes of playing, he shot 6 of 7, giving away the highest half-time points of 15 points and 6 rebounds. In terms of the Lakers' data performance, the Blazers have hardly fallen behind. However, when we compare the three-point output of the two teams outside the line, we can see the clues.
That's right, facing the Lakers' side of the half three-point shooting 11 of 20, up to 55% shooting rate, the Blazers side of the half 13 shots, as low as 7.7% three-point shooting rate, obviously will be very chicken. In the current small-ball era, it is difficult for the Lakers, who have played an outside advantage, not to take the lead. However, the game continues, the Blazers still performed very well in the efficiency of the tandem team offense and individual scoring, and the game still has a lot of suspense.