On March 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Los Angeles derby was staged, and the Lakers once trailed by 17 points in the first half, and only trailed by 3 points with a wave of 14-0 half. The Lakers completely collapsed in the third quarter, losing 22 points in a single quarter and losing suspense in advance of the game.
This is the fourth Los Angeles derby of the season, and the first three meetings with the Clippers have all had the last laugh and are expected to sweep the Lakers. The Lakers have been in poor shape recently, losing 10 of their last 13 games, falling to No. 9 in the West, and the playoff situation has been very unoptim. The Clippers have previously won four straight, firmly in 8th place in the West, and have been in excellent form lately.
In the first quarter, the two teams fought against each other, the shooting rate was very high, and the Lakers' Rivers became a Surprise soldier, trailing by only 5 points in the first quarter. The Clippers exploded in the second quarter, with Reggie scoring consecutive points and the point difference quickly widening, with the Clippers leading by up to 17 points in the quarter. The Lakers played a 14-0 wave at the end of the quarter, chasing only 3 points in the half, leaving the suspense in the second half, and James had 18 points and 5 rebounds in the half.
Yibian fought again, Batum took the lead in shooting three points, Westbrook broke through the score, and then the Lakers' offense was completely muted, and the Clippers blossomed more, playing a wave of crazy 26-2, the point difference came to 27 points, and the Lakers only scored 2 points in more than 6 minutes. Anthony finally broke the scoring drought, the Lakers have no mood, James is also a desperate performance, the Clippers continue to expand the advantage, the point difference once reached 29 points.
The Lakers only scored 18 points in the third quarter, while the Clippers scored 40 points, winning 22 points, and at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers were 25 points behind, the game lost suspense in advance, and James was also desperate.