On April 1, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Lakers challenged the Jazz away, James continued to be absent, and the Lakers were suppressed in the first half, trailing by 11 points at halftime 55-66.
The Lakers lost to the Lone Ranger in their last game, suffered three consecutive defeats, ranked 10th in the West, and the playoff playoffs were not stable and could not be lost. The Jazz have also been in bad shape recently, having previously suffered five consecutive defeats to rank 6th in the West and still not lock up a playoff spot. In the first two meetings of the season, the Lakers defeated the Jazz.
James continues to be absent, Westbrook single-handedly leads the team, and the Jazz main lineup plays. The Lakers didn't start well and soon fell behind, with Gobert dunking with both hands and the Jazz making a 14-4 start. The Lakers did not panic to bite the score, Howard was in good shape, Westbrook also played very reasonably, the Jazz relied on a more accurate outside line to suppress the Lakers, they hit 5 three-pointers in the first quarter, and the Jazz led by 6 points at 34-28.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Gobert scored first, the Lakers then began to chase points, Gabriel and Tucker played a fast attack in a row, the Lakers chased 33-36 only 3 points, Clarkson hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, Westbrook is in good shape today, the Lakers bite the score, Anthony jumper scored, chased only 1 point. The Jazz were very calm, scoring 6 consecutive points to establish the advantage again, Mitchell made a sharp stop to score on a jump shot, and Bogdanovic scored 3 points with a free throw, and the Jazz led 52-42.
The Lakers stopped the decline in time, Westbrook assisted Howard to play 2+1, the Lakers only trailed by 5 points, Howard hit the bottom corner of the three points, the Lakers chased only 2 points. Conley returned the three-pointer, Howard quickly made up the basket, howard was in excellent shape today. The jazz regained their advantage after the timeout, with Gobert hitting two free throws to give the Jazz a 61-53 lead. The two teams alternated points to give the Jazz a 66-55 lead at halftime.
Howard exploded, scoring 15 points and seven rebounds at halftime, and Westbrook also played efficiently, scoring 12 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds on 5-of-8, and Anthony 6 points. On the Jazz side, Mitchell had 19 points and five assists, Gobert had 12 points and 11 rebounds, Clarkson had 14 points and Bogdanovic had eight points.