After the All-Star Weekend passed, the Los Angeles Lakers ushered in their first opponent - the Los Angeles Clippers, originally lacking the strength of the Kawhi Leonard and Paul George Clippers did not look like the Lakers, but who ever thought, the Lakers' performance this season is too crotch, they have no strength to compete for the championship, and now the Lakers, even need to fight for a playoff seat to get a blue face, and the Clippers game, once the Lakers lose, The win gap between them and the Clippers will be widened to 2.5 games, and what is more embarrassing is that the Lakers have lost in the first two meetings of the season, and if they lose again, they are only one game away from being swept by the Clippers.
Swept away, James set an embarrassing record! Vogel is too wronged, and the three tough guys will carry the giants forward.
In the first quarter, the two sides set the tone of the game, which was a tear-off defensive battle, no one could easily get a shot, the Clippers only hit 2 three-pointers in the first quarter, their shooting percentage from outside the three-point line was only a pitiful 33.3%, and the team only scored 24 points in a single quarter.
However, the State of the Lakers side is even more bleak, they did not receive anything outside the three-point line in the first quarter, compared to the Clippers' 6-of-2 outside the three-point line, the Lakers 10 shots outside the three-point line were all deflected, the Lakers only gave a pitiful 2 assists in the single quarter, Dwight Howard scored 8 points and 9 rebounds in a single quarter, and Wei Shao scored 6 points in a single quarter, in addition, other players were very depressed.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers fell behind by 2 points, and in the second quarter, the Lakers' situation still did not improve much, and the team's forward LeBron James found some offensive feelings, he hit 3 goals in 6 shots in a single quarter, including two three-pointers, and scored 10 points in a single quarter. The Lakers began to hit three-pointers in this quarter, and their entire team hit three-point shots in six shots outside the three-point line, but the team made too many mistakes, and the Clippers played a sharp counterattack.
In this quarter, Clippers forward Terrance Mann counterattacked three times to win the layup, Luke Kennard alone shot three three-pointers, a single quarter to score 11 points, the Clippers this quarter played a 33-25 attack wave, at the end of the half, they built a 10-point lead.
After the midfield tactical adjustment, the Lakers made a comeback in the third quarter, they relied on defense to play the score back little by little, throughout the third quarter, the Lakers limited the Clippers' shooting rate to 26.1, and let the Clippers only hit 1 goal in 8 shots outside the three-point line, half a quarter once let the Clippers only get 4 points, the whole quarter only let the Clippers get 15 points, Austin Rivers gave Reggie Jackson the big hat at the defensive end directly changed the game trend, the Lakers completely got the initiative.
Although the Lakers only hit two goals in the third quarter, they frequently played counter-attacks, scoring 31 points in the single quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers not only caught up with the score, but also got the advantage.
In the last quarter of the game, the Lakers got the momentum of the game, suddenly muted, among them, James could not escape the blame, the Lakers' leader in the fourth quarter of the 3 shots did not hit a single shot, frequent mistakes, the whole quarter only relied on free throws to get 2 points, but Anthony hit two three-pointers in a single quarter, Horton Tarkerry suddenly shot 8 points in a single quarter, supporting the Lakers' offense.
However, if you want to win, relying on the play of this group of role players is far from enough, the Clippers bench threatened, Amir Kofi stood up in this quarter, 5 shots hit 4 goals, cut 12 points in a single quarter, the Clippers all got 33 points in this quarter, completely reversed the game, and finally they won the Lakers three times this season to 105-102, facing the Lakers, the Clippers did not lose.
This game gives people the feeling that James is not energetic, he played 36 minutes, 18 shots only hit 6 goals, and while sending 3 assists, there were the most 6 mistakes in the whole game, the Lakers made 12 mistakes, James accounted for half of it, and from the second quarter of the game, James gave people the feeling that he was physically weak, he could not take a step, and there was a feeling that he was likely to be injured if he fought again.
James had an incredible All-Star Weekend, from Los Angeles to Cleveland and back to Los Angeles, boat labor and various activities, and James was completely out of form for the game. He scored no assists in the half and no assists in his second half of the season, setting an embarrassing record.
In addition, lakers coach Frank Vogel's game strategy in this game is actually not a big problem, he gave Dwight Howard 27 minutes of playing time, the latter cut the double-double data of 14 + 16, the last section should have been the time for the small lineup to harvest the game, but James obviously did not play the level it should be, can only say that it is a pity howard, Rivers, Anthony these three role players played.