Today's NBA regular season, the Lakers lost to the Clippers 118-125, the difference in this game seems small, but in fact there is basically no suspense, the Clippers led by 6 points in the first quarter, the second quarter the difference came to double digits, the third quarter The Lakers began to fight back, the last quarter James burst out to score, the Lakers chased single digits, but it was too late, and finally the Clippers won. In terms of statistics, James 33 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 turnovers, thick eyebrows 18 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Reeves 20 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. On the Clippers side, Leonard had 25 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Powell had 27 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and Wilson had 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 turnovers.
First of all, let's talk about the Lakers, James did his best this game, if you only look at the first half, then James's performance can be described as bad, only 3 points and 3 assists, and also sent 4 turnovers, no state at all, even many Lakers fans can't stand it. However, Old Jen is a player with strong ability to adjust, he found an offensive rhythm in the third quarter, and scored 16 points in a single quarter, whether it is a breakthrough layup, consecutive three points, or a variety of singles can seize the opportunity, but unfortunately, James alone is definitely not enough, thick eyebrows This game is sluggish, can not provide James with much help.
Including the last quarter, the Lakers also mainly rely on James, this quarter Old James scored 14 points, when the Clippers opened the point difference, it was James who made consecutive layups to stop the bleeding, and in the subsequent round, Reeves finally stood up, he and James have been scoring, but the thick eyebrows are still not in good shape, the Lakers once chased only 8 points, but time does not wait. Just imagine, if the thick eyebrows play normally, Russell and Hachimura can also stand up, the Lakers may not have no hope of winning, as a result, we have all seen that the thick eyebrows have basically been defended by Leonard all the time, and the defensive ability of the small card is really not blown out, making the thick eyebrows brother play very uncomfortable.
Let's talk about the Clippers, they have two major heroes for winning, the first is naturally Leonard, the defensive end As mentioned earlier, the Clippers' strategy for the thick-eyed brother is to let Leonard go to a single defense, Zubac is against Vanderbilt, Tyronn Lue's defensive strategy has worked, and the thick-eyed brother was locked up by Leonard. Then on the offensive end, Leonard is 9 of 17, quite efficient, like the first quarter of the game, Leonard bloomed inside and out, the Lakers can't take him, and then in the second quarter, Leonard shot consecutive three-pointers for a while. The second biggest contributor to the Clippers is Powell, and the Lakers have problems with the outside defense, and there is no way to take Powell.
But the Clippers won, one person may be very depressed, he is Wei Shao, in terms of statistics, Wei Shao 6 of 12, 2 of 4 three-pointers scored 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 turnovers, but note that Wei Shao only played 21 minutes, the first half was 16 minutes, the second half only played 5 minutes, and even did not appear in the final quarter, was hidden by Tyronn Lue, such an operation undoubtedly makes us incomprehensible. In fact, in terms of the first two quarters of play, Wei Shao's performance is remarkable, facing his old club Lakers, he played very excitedly, big hat Reeves, feeding cake Zubac dunk, chasing three points to bomb, Wei Shao played an obvious role on the court.
With Wei Shao, Leonard also played more easily, only focusing on scoring, and the same is true for subsequent rounds, Wei Shao will definitely not be soft in the face of the Lakers, dry three-pointers, blocking and dismantling jumper hits, chasing and shooting, giving us the feeling that Wei Shao is playing with anger, he is too eager to beat the Lakers, in this case, it stands to reason that Tyronn Lu should give Wei Shao more opportunities, unfortunately, Wei Shao only played 5 minutes in the second half and basically lost the scene. And throughout the fourth quarter, Wei Shao was directly hidden by the snow, and even the commentator could not understand why Tyronn Lu did not let Wei Shao appear.
The reason why Tyronn Lu wants to abandon Wei Shao may be related to Powell's too good state, and Tyronn Lu does not want to disrupt the rhythm of the Clippers, so he simply abandons Wei Shao in the end. Fortunately, this situation has happened many times this season, Wei Shao did not play at the end of the quarter not once or twice, moreover, Wei Shao's current mentality has changed, in the Lakers period he played bench, the Clippers period is often abandoned at the end, Wei Shao is used to his role changes, so he has no complaints, can only say that Wei Shao began to serve the old. After this game, the Clippers have faced the Lakers with 11 consecutive wins and rose to 5th in the West, while the Lakers are still ranked 7th in the West.