The Lakers face the Jazz
The Los Angeles Lakers' bad journey continues, they have suffered three straight losses, and Anthony Davis' comeback doesn't seem to save anything. In such a situation, the Lakers also ushered in a strong opponent at home, that is, the fourth-place Utah Jazz in the West. They have won 6 consecutive wins, the state is very hot, facing such a strong opponent, today's Lakers can be said to have no chance of winning. But as long as Anthony Davis gets back in shape, the Lakers still have a good chance.
Although Davis has returned, in the past few games, Davis's personal performance has not been ideal, whether it is against Alphabet Brother or Nurkic, or the Warriors' Cuminga, he has not been able to play dominant at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. However, this game against the Utah Jazz, Davis finally found his form, but the accident also happened.
Davis left the field injured
At the beginning of the first quarter, Davis showed excellent shooting feel, shooting 6 of 7, including 1 three-pointer, 2 mid-range shots, 15 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in the single quarter, as well as 1 steal and 2 blocks, completely dominating both ends of the attack and defense. Westbrook also had seven points, one rebound and three assists on 3-of-4 shooting without a single turnover. However, James's form is somewhat bad, only 2 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 1-of-3 shooting, the Lakers scored 27 points in a single quarter, and the Jazz also scored 27 points, of which Mitchell scored 15 points and Bogdanovic also had 8 points.
After returning from the second quarter, the Lakers' three-point feeling was very bad, the Jazz seized the opportunity, once took a 7-point lead, James continued to attack the basket to stabilize the situation, but Anthony Davis stepped on Gobert's heel when he landed, seriously twisted his ankle, rolled on the ground in pain, and then the team doctor rushed to the court, Vogel also came to the sideline, and the stretcher also came to the sideline. Howard and Jordan Jr. pulled their thick eyebrows back into the locker room, which is undoubtedly worse for the Lakers.
Without Anthony Davis on the court, Gobert immediately staged an empty pick-up, James hit a three-pointer, Mitchell responded with three points, James dunked, Bogdanovic scored a layup, and at the end of the half, the Los Angeles Lakers trailed the Utah Jazz by 7 points 46-53.
The Lakers made 3-of-17 three-pointers
The Los Angeles Lakers led by 11 points in the first quarter, but were eventually overtaken by the Utah Jazz, with Mitchell scoring a game-high 26 points and shooting 8-of-13 from the field, Bogdanovic also had 10 points and 1 rebound, and Clarkson had 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. The Jazz only had 6 assists in the first half, but they hit 7 three-pointers, and although the Lakers sent 14 assists, they only shot 3 of 17 three-pointers, and the big three hit a three-pointer, which was really regrettable.
Davis played his best half-game since his comeback, with 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 7-of-9 shooting, as well as 1 steal and 2 blocks, but injuries followed, and if the Lakers wanted to win the game, then Howard had to play to protect the Lakers' penalty area. James in the second quarter, single quarter to get 11 points, halftime also 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, personal performance is impeccable, Westbrook only one shot in the second quarter, no points, half-time 5 shots also had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. Whether the Lakers can reverse depends on whether the role players can find a sense of three-pointers in the second half.