After the start of this season's NBA regular season, two teams from Los Angeles, the Purple And Gold Army Lakers and Clippers, left a completely opposite impression on fans, the former formed a big three luxury core lineup, has proved failure, completely so that fans can not see the hope of impacting the championship, while the latter in the case of a long absence of dual-core Leonard and Paul George, still rely on the excellent play of role players and the tenacity of the field to never accept defeat, staying in the ranks of the Western Conference playoffs for a long time. And in the rankings, it is strong to beat the lakers in the same city! In this regular season, the Clippers and Lakers ushered in another Los Angeles derby, after the game began, the Clippers took the lead in the state, and once extended their lead to 16 points, but in the third quarter, the wind suddenly changed, the Purple and Gold Army offensive and defensive ends completely took over the game, played a 31-15 offensive shockwave in the single quarter, reversed the score in one fell swoop, and the Clippers launched a strong counterattack in the final quarter, and won the Lakers 105-102 as desired!
In the case of relying on role players for a long time, the Clippers were able to squeeze the Lakers in the eighth place in the standings, relying on the best efforts of the whole team's defensive end and the everyone on the offensive end, and they still continued this style, and 25 of the Clippers' 41 sports goals in the whole game came from teammates.
Among the starting five Tigers, only Mann and Reggie Jackson scored in double figures, contributing 19 points and 17 points respectively, Although Morris Jr. performed poorly throughout the game, he hit a key 2-pointer in the final quarter, laying the foundation for the team's victory, the four bench players who came off the bench all had a double-double, and the new season played a good personal performance, Kennard, known as Ken Mamba by fans, cut down 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in 5 of 8 shots from outside the three-point line, and the full play was the key to their narrow victory.
The Lakers can win this game, Warcraft Howard is indispensable, in the 26.1 minutes he appeared, very well completed the task of defending the team's interior line, a person cut 14 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 blocks of the double-double data, of which the third quarter of the war to grab 16 rebounds, refreshing his season high, but the final quarter Battle Vogel only gave Howard 2 minutes of playing time, giving the Clippers a chance.
James' offensive state in this campaign is not very good, 18 shots only hit 6 goals, contributed 21 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, but also made 6 mistakes, Westbrook only 18 points into the account, and only 9 of 21 shots, the final quarter of the showdown Anthony's consecutive points once let the team see the hope of winning, but the last moment shot three points missed, can only watch the opponent take away the victory of the game.
This season the Lakers have not performed well, head coach Vogel's use of Howard is not reasonable to be questioned by the outside world, if in this game, the final battle of the Purple Gold Legion gives Howard more time, the Clippers are difficult to play a high-quality offense, the Lakers or can win the pocket, how to adjust, has become Vogel's next need to consider the next thing, if you can not solve this well, the Purple and Gold Army may even appear to miss the playoffs!