Finally, the Lakers made the playoffs,
Finally, Zhan Mei fulfilled their previous promise,
Finally, the Lakers had the last laugh in a tug-of-war.
But the home 108-102 overtime nearly victory over the Timberwolves, who have only half a life left, is a game that the Lakers can't let go.
If Edwards, the Timberwolves' boss and season-averaging 24.6 points per game, could score one more goal instead of 3-of-17 from the bottom of his career,
If it weren't for the fact that the Lakers and the referees grasped Downs to kill in the second half, Mr. Tang, who almost crushed the Lakers' defense in the first two quarters, had to sit on the bench,
If the Timberwolves still have McDaniels, the forward gatekeeper, to match LeBron, who won 30+10 today, instead of letting "sledgehammer" Lee Kyle be a father and a mother, maybe his last attack will not be on his feet.
Numerous headwinds didn't bring down the Timberwolves, who pushed the Lakers into overtime without almost half of their core rotation.
If they carve out some details better, then today's Lakers will once again be humiliating on the hot search in China and the United States:
Thick Brow has forgotten how he was teased by Kleiber three weeks ago, and today he gave three more free throws in the last 1 second.
Although LeBron scored 30 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, today's Timberwolves did use him as a breakthrough, and again and again empty three-pointers and open layups made him a "cash machine".
Vanderbilt couldn't stop Downs today, Beasley couldn't shoot a three-pointer, and Russell almost copied the "Polish miracle" before the end. Together, the trio played only 56 minutes, scoring seven points, six rebounds and three assists.
Standing on the court in the final key stage are the four old ministers of Jammei + Rivers + Schroeder, and the Hachimura base that was previously exchanged for Nunn.
Today's Lakers, even if they win, have nothing to boast about, they are rotten enough, arrogant enough, slack enough today,
But it's also lucky enough, otherwise it's the same as being killed by the Lone Ranger, beaten by the Clippers, and upset by rockets, another day of shame and shame.
We originally thought that the last two games of the season against the all-backup Suns and the soon-to-be-holiday Jazz, that kind of sluggishness and sluggishness were targeted by the Lakers to prepare for the playoffs in advance, and now it seems that this is really the arrogance brought out of the bones of the Lakers team.
Analysing the main problems exposed in the game, almost every single one of them will make them blue nose and face again in the next playoff game against the Grizzlies:
(1) The Lakers' high-post defense is a huge hole.
The first line of defense formed by Russell-Schroeder-Rivers has huge hidden dangers, whether it is a single defense or a bypass cover.
Today's Timberwolves don't have top ball carriers, and Edwards is in poor form, but he almost crippled the Lakers with just one move of Downs' high ball holding.
(2) LeBron James will be the main target of opponents in the playoffs this year and even in the future
Since about 2014, the whole league has known that LeBron is gradually paddling on the defensive end, and both Tyronn Lue and Vogel will hide and protect him as much as possible in the defensive system.
But no opponent dares to be so daring to use him as a breakthrough in the playoffs, after all, the tiger is still there. The seriously committed LeBron is still at the defensive level.
But in today's game, the Timberwolves began to consciously target LeBron from the beginning, whether it was Anderson's high jump shot or Prince's bottom corner three-pointer, in fact, it revolved around LeBron's slow foot movement on the defensive end and untimely supplementation.
(3) The state of thick eyebrows In the face of talent of the same level, the advantage is not obvious enough.
We never doubted Mr. Tang's talent, just as we never placed him among the top interior linemen in the league today.
In the 2015-17 years, he and Thick Eyebrows were the most favored cornerstones of the league. He is also another talented interior lineman after thick eyebrows.
But his weakness and expansion of his playing style never allowed him to establish his own dominance in the NBA.
But in today's game, Downs did not lose or even suppress the Lakers' real thighs in the first half and the first half of the third quarter.
With 17 points and 6 boards in the half, he not only played a smooth two-man spin with Anderson and Conley in the high post, but also bravely held the ball and singled when the team was stuck in attack. Before the end of the first half, the Lakers had rebounded the score to 45-44, but then Towns made consecutive free throws and did the shaft, and returned the Lakers to a 16-4.
If it weren't for the "focus" of the referees and the Lakers team in the third quarter, which allowed him to quickly accumulate to the fourth and fifth fouls, it would be difficult for the Lakers to set off a wave of rally and narrow the point gap.
After he left the court, his thick eyebrows became fierce again whether it was strategy or singles, and in the end, although he looked like he was not inferior to Towns (24 points, 11 boards, 5 assists) in 24 points, 15 boards, 3 blocks.
But judging by this game alone, Towns is the better big man.
And next thick eyebrows will also meet this season's best defensive player favorite Jalen Jackson, the league's third center Sabonis Jr. or Dream & Looney, the second player, and in the West it may be Ayton or Jos.
Downs is more like a teacher in a "novice village", and he has already crushed today's thick eyebrows.
As the real thigh of the Lakers, he can't be in such a state!
As a Lakers fan, I said so much how heavy the "flavor" of the Lakers' game is,
But, after all, he is still a chocolate.
After all, there is a fundamental difference between chocolate-flavored Xiang and Xiang-flavored chocolate.
(1) At least the Lakers won, this season we have seen too many games that played quite well and ended up losing due to their own mistakes and the referee,
(2) LeBron James' final attack and two three-pointers in the game still show his strong personal strength and court judgment is still online, and he still has the ability and courage to "give me the ball, Lao Tzu will take you to win" at key moments.
(3) The Lakers' current roster still has strong error correction ability, not just relying on the play of one or two people.
Thick eyebrows are not in good shape today, but there is still LeBron,
Russell was visibly moisture-evident today, but Schroeder stepped forward again,
Van Debiao was pressed off the field today because Hachimura is more balanced in attack and defense,
Rivers doesn't have as many free throws, but can still act as a lubricant for the whole team 12+6+3.
I only hope that today's embarrassing victory can remind the Lakers that they do not yet have the crushing strength to play at will, and every opponent in the following game has the power to punish them and make them regret.
Hats off to today's Timberwolves, who taught the Lakers another vivid lesson before the playoffs began.