On November 4, Beijing time, the Lakers won 116:103 at home against the Nets, the Lakers can be described as more blossoms in this game, the main bench output is very balanced, including thick eyebrows 25 shooting 15, 37 points, 18 rebounds and 2 assists, Lonnie Walker shot 9 of 15, cut 25 points and 1 rebound. Reeves shot 5-of-8 with 15 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, Wilson 14 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists and 1 block, Troy Brown 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, and Gabriel 9 points and 1 assist. Nets Durant shot 8-of-16 with 31 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks, Claxton had 8 points and 5 rebounds, Sumner had 13 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Joe Harris had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Yuta Watanabe had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and Thomas had 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Lakers finally scored a long-awaited victory, ending a five-game losing streak while avoiding the embarrassment of being tied with the Rockets for the bottom spot in the West. As a former giant, the past two seasons of luck can be described as the extreme, only more than 30 wins last season, this season suffered two consecutive five-game defeats, no matter what the reason for a team with James, Davis, Westbrook is unjustifiable. In the context of the delay in making a big deal, I thought that the Lakers would sink this season, but today's game against the Nets gave fans a faint hope, like a dark light through the dense jungle, finding a way forward. Whether this weak light is a prelude to dawn or a flash in the pan depends on the performance of the Lakers next.
The key to the Lakers' victory in this game is that the offensive end completely activated Davis, strengthening the tandem with Davis on the outside, although Davis performed better than one game before, gradually returning to his peak form, but the Lakers still lost consecutive losses, which inevitably makes people feel desperate. In this game, facing the Nets with weak inside, the team frantically fed the ball inside, and Davis completely dominated the inside. Davis is not floating outside to shoot, but to chisel inside, so that the advantage is that he did not finish the ball in time, Davis can also grab the rebound to continue to kill, complete the second offense, this game alone offensive rebounds grabbed 10. And the reaction brought by the Lakers after opening the situation inside is a chain, the outside line has obtained a large number of open three-point shooting opportunities, Wei Shao has also opened up, the mistakes have been greatly reduced, and even the least good outside three-pointers can be shot recently, and by the way, it can also revitalize the team, the number of assists is easily double-doubled, and the feeling of a triple-double is restored. But it's not enough to rely on two people to win, role players also have to step up in time. White Rivers and Walker took on this task, Walker cut 25 points, like the third giant, White Rivers has a very high ball intelligence, can shoot suddenly, defensively active, with his steady output to gain the trust of the coaching staff, has become a stable rotation player.
Of course, the Lakers' victory in this game is related to the Nets' weakness on the inside, Durant is both a father and a mother, extremely tired back-to-back, and greatly reduced efficiency on the court. Another giant Irving can not play, it is a huge loss for the Nets, and it is difficult for Durant to compete with strong teams alone. The Lakers themselves still have inherent problems, that is, the team at the end of the quarter under the leadership of Wei Shao is prone to unreasonable messing, followed by an increase in mistakes, being countered by opponents to crazy narrow the point difference and seriously affect morale, today with the Nets, last Saturday against the Kings. Fortunately, Davis, as a leader, stepped up in time to score and turn the tide to end the decline and win a difficult victory.
After this battle, the Lakers seem to have found the key to victory, that is, the whole team cooperates with Davis to chisel on the inside, use the height and arm advantage, and strive to open the situation first on the inside, and then connect inside and outside, Wei Shao plays the role of an attacker, reduces shooting, strengthens breakthrough killing, Walker, Rivers and others must also seize the scoring opportunity, shoot the ball, and strive to occupy the initiative in the game. Seeing this, I suddenly feel that the thickness of the Lakers' lineup is not weak, and Beverley, Ryan, Anderson, Sweed, James and others did not play, what would be the situation if they played? If the opponent today is an interior powerhouse, such as the Bucks or the 76ers or the Timberwolves, can Davis still play so smoothly? After James' return, will the team still rely too much on him, causing the offense to stagnate, but will it destroy the chemistry that has been hard-to-generate under the existing offensive system? Will the team that the media is hyping up will have a trade in the near future? Everything is unknown, objectively speaking, Hamm's Lakers are still in the exploration stage, and the real clarity of this year's team trend will have to wait until 30 games have passed!