At 9:00 a.m. Beijing time this morning, the 2021-22 NBA Professional League regular season Houston Rockets sat at home against the Los Angeles Lakers as promised. In this game, Rockets coach Stephen Silas sent Porter Jr., Jaylen Green, Eric Gordon, Martin Jr., and Shenkin's starting lineup, and Lakers coach Frank Vogel sent Westbrook, Munch, Reeves, LeBron James, and Stanley Johnson to start.
After the game began, Westbrook's consecutive shots and passes were good, James made a layup into the basket, and Gordon, Martin Jr., and Green responded with more flowers. Bradley made a surprise outside shot, and Munch and Green scored three points against each other. Green jumped in again, and Augustine and Stanley Johnson fired from the outside. Schroeder made consecutive fouls to walk up the free throw line, and Matthews shot hollow into the net from a distance. Augustine and Anthony scored consecutively on the outside, Westbrook made two fouls, and at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Rockets 38-32.
Entering the second quarter, Christopher and Matthews fired from the outside, and Westbrook pulled out three points straight into the net. Anthony's offensive and defensive ends were brilliant, Christopher scored three more points, Shin Kyung's brilliant pass behind his head, Schroeder made a layup into the net, and the Rockets rebounded the score! Seeing that the situation was not good, Augustine shot into the net from a distance, and the Rockets attacked the inside line with full power. Westbrook and Reeves scored consecutive points, Shen Jing, Schroeder blossomed inside and outside, and at the end of the first half, the Rockets led the Lakers 68-63.
Easy side fought again, into the third quarter of the game, Porter Jr. made a basket, Reeves, Munch fired on the outside. Green broke through to the layup and James played a second offense. Porter Jr. and Martin scored three consecutive points, Reeves made a foul and walked to the free throw line, and Munch scored on a layup. Shin Kyung performed well on the inside with consecutive free throws, Anthony soared into three points, and James forced a layup. Westbrook killed the inside line, Augustine jumped a whistle hit, and the third quarter ended, and the Lakers led the Rockets 98-97.
Entering the final quarter, Christopher shot three points, and Anthony and Augustine scored consecutive long-range shots. Gordon made two foul shots, and Munch walked through Yang on the outside. Green shots were accurately guided from a distance, and James attacked the inside line to play. Martin Jr. soared into three points, and James, Munch and Westbrook took turns to storm the interior. At key moments, Green hit consecutive jumper shots, James blocked opponents, and assisted Westbrook's jumper scores. With Anthony out of the deadly, the two sides drew 120 to enter extra time!
In overtime, the Lakers attacked the power outage, Green's sudden outside shots were unstoppable, Gordon's long-range shot broke through the long sky, and the Rockets opened a 10-point lead! Although Westbrook scored a layup, Martin Jr. scored another three points to ignite the game! James hit a three-pointer, Green shot a sword to seal the throat, and the suspense of the game's victory and defeat completely disappeared! In the end, the seven-man double-double Rockets defeated the Lakers 139-130 and won a valuable victory!
To view the personal data of the main players of both sides:
For the Rockets (15th in the West), Jaylen Green had 32 points, three rebounds, and three assists; Eric Gordon had 15 points and two rebounds; Martin Jr. had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and three assists; Alpenren Schenkine had 21 points, 14 rebounds, two assists, and two steals; Porter Jr. had 10 points, eight rebounds, 10 assists, 10 assists, and two steals; Schroder had 12 points and six assists; Christopher had 21 points and six rebounds; matthews had 7 points and four rebounds.
For the Lakers (No. 9 in the West), LeBron James had 23 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists, and four blocks; Munch had 20 points, six rebounds, and two steals; Westbrook had 30 points, eight rebounds, and six assists; Reeves had 17 points, four rebounds, and two assists; Stanley Johnson had 5 points, 2 rebounds, and three steals; Anthony had 13 points, six rebounds, and two assists; Augustine had 16 points; Bradley had 5 points and three rebounds.
In an interview with reporters after the game, Jaylen Green, the rockets' winning hero, said about the key to winning: "We try to start with defense, we know that LeBron James will try to take over the game, we also know that Westbrook will storm the basket, so we have to take good shape to defend." On the offensive end, the Lakers lack the ability to protect the basket, and our plan is to find misplaced opportunities, storm the basket, and launch an attack against Anthony. My teammates kept passing the ball to me, I knew how to shoot and the result was great. We played very holistically, and in the end the strategy worked, I hit some shots and we got the game! ”
Looking at the Lakers, who suffered two consecutive losses, the core of the team, LeBron James, showed a sense of self-blame, and he helplessly said: "Today I lost a lot of shots that I have been able to hit - that is the shot I have hit all season." My three-point shots were either short or on the right, but the shots felt good, they just didn't make it. I also missed one or two layups, and some of them I grabbed offensive rebounds and put the ball in again. I'm not as efficient as I used to be, and I don't like that. The pursuit of efficient performance is part of my game that I have always been proud of and I have to perform better off the field. ”
According to the schedule, at 9:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 12, the Rockets will play with the Lone Rangers at home, and at 11:30 noon on March 12, the Lakers will compete with the Wizards at home, hoping that in the case of being away from injuries, the players can play the ideal competitive state!
(Source: Weibo)
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