Beijing time on April 1, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Los Angeles Lakers away challenge to the Utah Jazz, which is a contest between the tenth and sixth in the West. In the first quarter, Mitchell played the board first, Westbrook assisted Howard to return 2 points, soon, Mitchell connected Gobert also scored 2 points, Conley quickly attacked the empty three points, Howard basket throw also in color, Jazz side, Mitchell is bold, three-point knife fall, Bojan strong kill basket also has, the Lakers began to be hit by the opponent a wave of 14-4.
After that, Howard's free throw stopped bleeding, Wei Shaoqiang burst into the basket, Ariza finally broke the personal scoring drought, Mitchell suddenly applied a cold arrow, 2 points into the account, the Lakers side, Munch's outside line three points and a hundred steps through Yang, but Clarkson immediately rained three points, followed by the two teams to take points from each other. Soon, Wei Shao transformed into a god turtle, killed the basket to lose balance and then scored 2 points, Clarkson broke through consecutively to score 4 points, Wei Shao assisted Anthony to return 2 points, Gobert dunked easily under the basket, Wei Shao extreme back to take 2 points, the first quarter ended, the Lakers 28-34 trailed the opponent by 6 points.
Entering the second quarter, Gobert played 2+1, Gary Buel played the plate to stop the bleeding, Tucker also had a layup, Clarkson was bold, three points and one arrow through the heart, Wei Shao felt hot, the golden rooster was independent, and then took 2 points on the back, Clarkson did not hesitate to let go, and returned a goal in three steps slowly. After that, Mitchell scored four more points in a row, Bojan also scored 2 points, Howard immediately responded with a 2+1, and the Lakers narrowed the score to 3 points. However, Mitchell quickly won the three-pointer, Wei Shaogan pulled the middle distance to bite the score, Conley fake fax suddenly threw 2 points, half-time behind, the Lakers 55-66 behind the opponent 11 points.
Half-time data, the Lakers, Howard's performance is the most eye-catching, he played 14 minutes, creating a big surprise, 9 of 6, cut 15 points and 7 rebounds; Westbrook this campaign is not bad, 8 of 5 in the half, contributed 12 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, in addition to the bad free throws, Westbrook's performance in the first half is remarkable; Anthony is 2 of 6, with 6 points and 3 rebounds; Tucker 4 points; Munch has 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist; Reeves and Augustine each have 3 points; Gary Buel has 5 points and 3 rebounds. On the Jazz side, Mitchell was in a state of explosion, 7 of 11, scoring 19 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.
Gobert delivered 12 points and 11 rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting; Clarkson had 14 points and 1 rebound on 6-of-10; Conley had 8 points and 2 assists, Bojan had 8 points and 3 assists, and Nan Gomez had 5 points. Judging from the performance in the first half, the Lakers' problem still appears in defense, and if they want to win the Jazz, they can't rely on Westbrook and Howard alone, and everyone else has to stand up.