Beijing time, March 15, today, the Los Angeles Lakers at home to meet the Raptors, this is a dialogue between the ninth in the West and the seventh in the East, but the game shows a one-sided trend. In the first quarter, the Lakers trailed their opponents by 21 points 12-33, and in the second quarter, the Lakers trailed their opponents by 18 points 40-58. Yi bian fought again, Siakam played 2+1, the Raptors drummed up, quickly pulled the point difference to 27 points, Anthony arced left three-pointers to stop the bleeding, but Trent first hit the middle range, and then caused a three-point foul.
However, the Lakers did not plan to give up, Tucker hit a cold-blooded three-pointer again, Trent did not hesitate to let go, threw 2 points and then hit, back, Johnson quickly attacked the foul and walked to the free throw line, the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, Ellington rained three points, and the three quarters ended, and the Lakers trailed their opponents by 20 points 71-91. Entering the final quarter, Tucker scored 2 points under the basket, VanVleet three-pointers were still colored, however, Ellington also hit the bottom corner of the three points, followed by Tucker raiding the basket again, the point difference narrowed to 16 points.
Soon Siakam hit a layup, James three-point 100 steps through The Young, after which James threw another 2 points, and the game was suspended. Back from the suspension, VanVleet was like a divine help, three points, Trent also had a strong break, James broke 2 points to stop the bleeding, but soon Siakam played 2+1, and the point difference came to 17 points again. In the last 3 minutes, the Lakers trailed by 12 points, Vogel still did not plan to give up, James hit three points again, and the point difference came to single digits. In the decisive moment, the Lakers missed three points in two empty positions, and in the end, the Raptors defeated the Lakers 114-103.
After this game, the Lakers suffered two consecutive losses, with a record of 29 wins and 39 losses, ranking ninth in the West, and the Raptors won four consecutive games with a record of 38 wins and 30 losses, ranking seventh in the East. In this game, James played crazy for 40 minutes, tried his best, 11 of 19, 7 of three points, 30 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, 5 turnovers, plus or minus -21, James also left the game early in anger, did not shake hands with the opponent; Wei Shao played 35 minutes, 4 of 10, only had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, only one turnover, plus or minus +4; Anthony was 3 of 10, with 14 points and 3 rebounds; Tucker was 8 of 13, contributing 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Be a fig leaf for the team.
For the Raptors, Trent had 28 points, five rebounds and three assists, Siakam 27 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, Barnes 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists, Achuva 10 points and 11 rebounds, VanVleet 11 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Boucher 13 points and 8 rebounds, Teddy Young 2 points and 9 rebounds, birch 3 rebounds. In this game, the Lakers once again exposed their two major shortcomings, the first is the lack of internal personnel, the whole team does not have a regular traditional center, but Vogel is dead or alive is not to use Howard.
The second is that the defense is not good, the Lakers' defense in this field is useless, which is also a problem they have been problems this season. The Lakers can only pin their hopes on the thick eyebrows now, praying that he will return soon, James is difficult to support, and the Lakers are getting farther and farther away from the playoffs.