NBA regular season, the Lakers away to the Blazers, Westbrook due to back discomfort to choose the rotation, James and Davis out, the Blazers have just experienced a big deal, McCollum left the team, coupled with Lillard due to injury absence, the strength gap between the two teams is very large, but to all the fans unexpectedly, the Lakers were suppressed by the Blazers, the team under the leadership of Simmons and Nurkic, even if James scored 30 points, the Blazers still won 2 points against the Lakers, ending 6 consecutive losses at the same time, giving the Lakers two consecutive losses. The Lakers sent warmth to the Blazers at this time, making the fans dissatisfied.
No core, no star of the Blazers, in the opening game to use defense, can the Lakers play back and forth, although James shot the first goal for the Lakers, but Nurkic on the inside line is completely unstoppable, Winslow's whistle layup is invalid, the two teams in the first quarter of the draw, the Lakers have a number of stars, but only scored 18 points. In the second quarter, the Lakers came off the bench, Ellington's three points eased the Lakers' offensive pressure, Tucker and Reeves hit three points again, the Lakers instantly pulled the point difference apart, but after leading the Lakers, the defense began to slacken, the offense began to be disorderly, the mistakes continued, allowing the Blazers to seize the opportunity to continuously narrow the point difference, James made two shots, giving the Lakers a 7-point lead in the halftime.
In the third quarter, the two teams began to fight each other, Davis, James shot in the middle, and the Blazers took advantage of Simmons and McLemore's good three-point performance to further narrow the point difference, Tucker's long-range shot from the corner, the Lakers led by 2 points into the final quarter, to the fourth quarter, Blavens scored four consecutive points to help the Blazers rebound, Ellington broke the deadlock for the Lakers, the two sides entered a tug-of-war, James layup helped the team maintain the lead, simmons hit a three-point shot at a critical moment, the Lakers missed rebounds, and the final time was exhausted. The Lakers can only accept defeat.
The whole game Lakers four people scored in double figures, James got the highest 30 points in the game, he played 37 minutes, 22 shots hit 13 of them, and three three-pointers, got 30 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals of the comprehensive data, Wei Shao was not there, James tried his best to lead the team to win, in the last moments of the game, his layup and three points gave the Lakers a chance to win, but it was too late, James could only accept the loss, James returned 3 games, the Lakers only won 1 victory, In the past 8 games, the Lakers have lost 6 of them, so that the Lakers do not say the championship, and the playoffs are in danger.
Compared to James's all-out efforts, Davis's performance disappointed the fans again, playing 41 minutes, 11 shots 8, scored 17 points, it seems that the shooting rate is very good in all aspects, but unfortunately he did not choose to shoot in the key fourth quarter, the Lakers became James's team, Davis only tried his best on the defensive end, but did not know that at the critical moment, the Lakers needed his interior attack, but everything did not know what was going on, he was only willing to defend, unwilling to attack, resulting in James being difficult to support.
This game also sees the real strength of the Lakers, whether Wei Shao is in or out, the Lakers are like this, the defense is lax, the offense is intermittent, whether it is facing a strong team or a weak team like the Blazers, the whole team can not show the temperament of wanting to win the game, so the current Lakers, trading Wei Shao will not fundamentally solve the team problem.
The Blazers lacked major generals, Simmons scored 29 points to become an important firepower point on the team's outside line, and Nurkic's 19 points and 12 rebounds on the inside line became an important support for the Blazers to defeat the Lakers and end the losing streak. After the game, Vogel said: If there is a way to improve the strength of the team, we are willing to trade Westbrook, the current trade deadline has not yet come, I have nothing to say.