On March 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Suns sat at home to meet the Lakers! The game was broadcast live in the United States because the two teams were playoff rivals last season, and people hoped that their encounter would spark something different. However, the game was spent early, and in the end, the fourth quarter of the battle ended, and the Suns beat the Lakers 140-111.
The current record and situation of the two teams are very different, and they are no longer a level team! The Lakers are currently in the 9th place in the West, they can't go up and down, they just want to end the regular season early, and the next month is a kind of ordeal for the Purple and Gold Army. It looks like no matter how hard the Lakers try or not, they will finish the regular season as 9th or 10th in the West, and will need to win two consecutive playoff games to win a playoff ticket.
The Suns, on the other hand, have been like a precision-run instrument this season, very stable, almost never make mistakes, the team's record is high in the league, 7.5 wins ahead of the second Grizzlies, has occupied the first position in the strength list for several consecutive weeks, and is the first team in the league to lock a playoff spot.
It is reasonable to say that the Suns have almost locked the first record in the league, and in the case of Paul's injury, the most important thing at present is to ensure the health of the team, there is no need to fight to the death, and kill the Lakers. However, the words before the game completely ignited the anger of Phoenix. Asked if last year's playoff injury was the main reason the Lakers were eliminated by the Lakers in the first round, Thick Brow said: "They know very well, we are also very clear, they know that they got away with it." ”
At the beginning of the game, the Lakers were loose and did not make special preparations for this game, even if the Suns had a serious center Ayton sitting, Vogel still lined up the starting lineup of James to play the No. 5 position. The result can be imagined, the Suns opened up in the first quarter, continuously played into a conversion offense, played the Lakers on an unstable footing, the defense was not timely, quickly opened the score, Vogel even called 3 timeouts, did not awaken the team's fighting spirit.
In the first quarter of the game, the Suns frantically bombed down 48 points, 26 points ahead of the Lakers, the fast attack scored 19-4 Lakers, the offensive end was given, the outside line chased the three-point shot non-stop, and the position battle Ayton flipped the river on the inside line. The big score ahead of the Suns did not relax, it was the mentality of playing to the death, the game entered garbage time early, James scored 31 points, and the milestone became a tragic mile (unlocking 10,000 assists).
After watching the Lakers' disaster-level performance today, Perkins tweeted: "The Lakers have been blown up, and there is no point in the thick eyebrows coming back, it is better to let James compete for a scoring king!" ”
This Lakers feel rotten to the bone, they have given up this season, knowing that the team's current situation is very bad, but no one is trying to change, every game is like going through the field, the concentration and effort are not at the same level as the opponent, not worthy of playoffs, and the return of thick eyebrows can not solve all the problems.
It is better to let James brush a scoring king, and James is currently averaging 29.7 points per game, 0.1 points behind Embiid! If the Lakers give up this season and let James let go, James has a good chance of winning the scoring at the age of 37.