Beijing time on March 15, today, the Los Angeles Lakers at home to meet the Toronto Raptors, following yesterday's tragic blow by the sun, the Lakers are eager to win a victory, after all, the strength of the Raptors is not as strong as the Sun. Unfortunately, the Lakers once again disappointed, 3 minutes before the first quarter, the Lakers did not score a point, the Raptors started to play 9-0, and then Munch broke the scoring drought, a flying basket to score 2 points, however, the Lakers' firepower did not score continuation, the Raptors drummed up, took advantage of the chase, and once again played a wave of 10-0 small climax.
In this way, the Raptors started 5 minutes to play a wave of 19-2 attack flow, the first quarter of the battle, the Raptors rebounded, 33-12 ahead of the Lakers 21 points, such a plot is almost the same as the last game against the Suns, the first quarter, the Raptors almost played the game into the garbage time. Entering the second quarter, the Lakers' offense picked up, the team blossomed more, James scored 6 points in this quarter, Wei Shao also continued to make injuries to go to the free throw line, on the bench, Tucker stepped forward and contributed 5 points, but at halftime, the Lakers still lost 40-58 to the opponent by 18 points.
It is worth mentioning that the Lakers set the worst record in NBA history with 0 of 13 three-pointers in the first quarter today, and they became the team in NBA history that shot the most three-pointers in the first quarter of the game without three-point hits. Wei Shao is also very helpless about this, frequently shake his head, this game, Wei Shao looks like the desire to attack is still very strong, but unfortunately it is not good, both can not attack and can not defend, James saw the team behind the big score, the expression on his face is very stiff, 37 years old, the Lakers still want to rely on him to save the team, it is inevitable that some ridiculous.
At halftime, James played 20 minutes, 3 of 8, had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, 3 turnovers, plus or minus -20; Westbrook played 15 minutes, 2 of 6, contributed 9 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Munch 5 of 2, had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Anthony was 6 of 1, had 5 points and 3 rebounds, Tucker had 2 of 3 and scored 5 points, bradley was 1 of 3, contributing 4 points. Looking at the Raptors, Siakam scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-8, Barnes scored 17 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 8-of-11, VanVleet 8+2+3, Boucher 8+5, Trent 7+2+2.
The Lakers' current defense is a mess, James, Westbrook and Anthony's defense is not good, sometimes even the hands are not willing to extend, especially the first two, as the core of the team, the two stars receive high salaries but two hands crossed the waist, others are also infected, Munch, Bradley and Tucker originally defended well, after seeing James and Westbrook like this, several players are lazy, your annual salary is higher than mine but not defending, then why do I defend, this is the current situation of the Lakers, the current Lakers, Even if ten James came, I am afraid it would not solve the problem.