Beijing time on April 2, the Spurs home 130-111 defeat to the Blazers to avoid losing streak, after this game the Spurs have secured their tenth place in the West, they and the Eleventh Lakers in the West opened a 0.5 win difference, so the Lakers vs Pelicans game for the Lakers is a "play-off life and death battle", the Spurs schedule is better than the Lakers, they have a greater probability of stabilizing the playoffs.
The pre-game game has bad news for the Spurs, that is, the core Dezhangtai Murray is going to be absent due to injury, and he is averaging 21.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game this season, shooting 53.3%. But Popovich said even without Murray's tactics would not change.
The Blazers have long since given up this season and continue to play in the second lineup, Williams, Eubanks, Johnson, Ellerby, Brown, this set of starting points behind 5 points in the first quarter, into the second quarter of the two-team rotation lineup after the Blazers fell into a thousand miles, the spurs 43-20 point difference to 28 points.
In the third quarter, the Spurs went out for eight points, but in the final quarter the Spurs again stretched the point difference to more than 20 points, Kelden Johnson hit a three-pointer in a row, Vassell hit a three-pointer and then hit the basket, and the game went into garbage time early. Vassell had 22 points, four rebounds and three assists in the 27 minutes, Kelden had 6-of-10 and 5-of-8 three-pointers for 21 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, and the Spurs won
After this campaign, the Lakers won 31 and lost 45, the Spurs lost 32 wins and 45 losses, and the Spurs and the Lakers opened up a 0.5 win difference, so that the Lakers vs Pelicans game was a life-and-death battle for them in the playoffs.
James and Anthony Davis were both promoted to a game before the game against the Pelicans, and then the official said that James and Davis would return together, and James, Davis and Westbrook completed the combination.
If Zhan Mei returns together or loses to the Pelicans, then they will have no face, 19 years did not qualify for the playoffs, 20 years to win the championship, 21 years to travel the first round, 22 years to miss the play-off + playoffs, then the Lakers last year's operation will be a total failure.
The Lakers vs Pelicans game is underway, and they will play the Nuggets, Suns, Warriors, and Thunder for the rest. Their schedule is actually very difficult.
Text/Yan Xiaobai