On March 15, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Lakers played at home against the Raptors, the Lakers collapsed in the first quarter, only scored 12 points in a single quarter, trailing by 21 points.
The Lakers have been in bad shape recently, having been hoisted by the sun in the last game and lost 29 points. The Lakers are currently ranked 9th in the West, and it is impossible to enter the top 6, only to qualify for the playoffs, and they are currently only 1.5 wins ahead of the 10th Pelicans. The Raptors are ranked No. 7 in the East and are expected to get a direct playoff spot.
James was the starting center, and the Lakers' starting points were: Westbrook, Munch, Reeves, Johnson, james. Raptors starters: VanVleet, Trent, Barnes, Siakam, Achuva. At the beginning of the first quarter, Barnes scored first, the Lakers' offense was in trouble, consecutive shots were missed, the Raptors quickly opened the score, VanVleet hit a three-pointer, the Raptors started 9-0, James finally broke the scoring drought, Achuva dunked, and the Raptors stopped the Lakers 13-2.
Timeout back, Barnes scored on the layup, Siakam hit a strong attack, the score came to 17-2, the Lakers still could not score, the first 11 shots were only 1, Barnes forced Rivers to score, the Raptors led 19-2, the Lakers can only call a timeout. After the timeout, the Raptors continued to expand their advantage, Bradley finally broke the scoring drought, the Raptors' defense made it difficult for the Lakers to score, Barnes scored 15 points in the first quarter, and the Raptors once led 30-6.
The Lakers scored just 12 points in the first quarter and trailed by 21 points 12-33. James scored 2 points, and when he came down, he was helpless, 3 people did not score in the starting lineup, and the Lakers only shot 3 of 25 shots in the first quarter. The Raptors' Barnes scored 15 points on 8-of-8 first quarter.