On March 10, Beijing time, the Lakers challenged the Rockets on the road, the lakers were in the lead in the first quarter, but in the second quarter Christopher played an outbreak, the Lakers reached a counterattack, the third quarter 2 teams pulled each other, the third quarter of the war 98-97, the Lakers led by 1 point, with Russell Westbrook, LeBron James's team, they and the first team in the West record played back and forth, the last 3 seconds or so of the whole game, LeBron James has the opportunity to reverse the basket, but unfortunately he passed the ball, Cameron Anthony did not shoot, the game entered overtime, and in overtime, the Lakers can be said to be hanged by the opponent, the Rockets' three-pointer in overtime is 5 consecutive shots, how can the Lakers win without defending?
Around 40 seconds after overtime, Jaylen Green dribbled from the bottom corner of the half, the false retreat step made Cameron Anthony retreat into the box, Jaylen Green hit a three-point shot, Rivers' defense was more symbolic, in short, the Rockets were 5 points ahead of the Lakers.
In the last 2 minutes and 43 seconds of overtime, Kevin Porter Jr. passed directly to Gordon who followed up in the backcourt, Gordon easily hit a three-point shot in the gap, the Lakers shouted a timeout, but they were 10 points behind, and the game was basically no suspense...
In the final 1:37 of overtime, Kevin Porter Jr. faked a pass to Kenjan Martin Jr. on the three-point line, who hit a three-pointer in the gap.
In the last 1 minute and 5 seconds of overtime, Kevin Porter Jr. singles LeBron James attracted a double defense, Porter passed to Ken Young Martin Jr., Martin passed to Jaylen Green, Cameron Anthony tried to defend, but unfortunately one step too late, Jaylen Green three-point shot in mid-air, in fact, at this time Alperen Shenjing was 100% vacant...
In the last 34 seconds of extra time, Kevin Porter Jr. arced the top of the arc to Shen Jing in the bottom corner, LeBron James tried to defend, he took a small step forward and then hesitated, he seems to have given up the game, this defensive posture is really amazing? Shen Kyung then hit a three-pointer.
Rockets hit 5 three-pointers in overtime, 4 of which were completely neutral, the only one with a little defensive pressure is the one that melon tried to cover, for such a Lakers, you can use "zero defense" to describe, facing the worst team in the West, one of the top swing teams in the league, the fourth quarter failed to kill the opponent, the Lakers' mood seems to be completely scattered by the opponent, and finally the Lakers lost to the Rockets 130-139, which is too terrible, you can hardly believe, This seemingly unmotivated team actually won the championship in the shrinkage season a year ago...
The Rockets deducted John Wall this season, their total salary is about $87.9 million, Westbrook + Zhan Huang's annual salary this season is $85.39 million, and in the last 11 games, the Lakers lost 9 of them, the win rate is only 18.1%, during which the Lakers lost the Spurs, Pelicans, Blazers, Rockets, these league recognized weak brigades, the Lakers can not win, and then look at their defense during overtime, perhaps we have to admit that the Lakers may have given up this season, right?