On March 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, although there is no Lakers game today, but the Thunder, who competed with the Lakers for play-off qualification, had a game today and challenged the Raptors away. The outcome of this game has a great impact on the Lakers' ranking.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Thunder once took a 7-point lead by Alexander's excellent play, but the Raptors continued to eat away at the point difference by relying on the advantage of the forward in the middle and late part of the first quarter, and the game overtook the score 29-28 in the first quarter; In the second quarter, the two sides still played back and forth, the score was tied and alternately led many times, also in the middle and back section, the Raptors relied on the inside advantage to open the point difference, and at halftime, the Raptors led the Thunder 64-59 by 5 points.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Raptors used an 8-2 wave to stretch the gap to double digits, and then the Thunder narrowed the gap to 4 points at one point, and the third quarter ended, and the Raptors led by 6 points 93-87. As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Raptors stretched the gap to double digits again at 5-0, and then the Raptors continued to stretch the gap to 19 points, and the game lost suspense, and finally the Raptors won 128-111 against the Raptors.
In terms of statistics, Alexander had 29 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Keady had 13 points and 7 rebounds, and Jaylen Williams had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
For the Raptors, 6 scored 15+, Sika 25 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists, Trent 23 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, VanVleet 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals, Barnes 19 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Poeltl 16 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, and Anunoby 17 points and 4 rebounds. The point should be on Trent, who hit the Lakers 0-of-9 and scored 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting against the Thunder today.
After losing this game, the Thunder's record is 34-36 like the Lakers. According to the rules, both teams have the same record, first look at the record of the two teams against each other, then look at the record against the Western team, and then look at the record against the first six playoff teams in the West.
At present, the Thunder and Lakers are tied 1-1 this season, and the record against Western Conference teams is the same, both 20-23, but in the record against the first six playoff teams in the West, the Lakers are 7-12, while the Thunder are 5-12, so the Lakers, who did not play today, rose to ninth place in the West again.