The Lakers beat the Rockets! Zhan Mei scored 43 points, Jalen Green scored 10 points on 15 shots, and Van Debiao's return had a remarkable effect
On December 3rd, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Lakers ushered in the challenge of the Rockets at home, before this game, the Lakers had just lost to the Thunder, and the Rockets were not going well, they recently suffered two consecutive defeats, both sides wanted to win on each other, the Lakers also welcomed back Vanderbilt, and then we talked about the game first, and then let's talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Prince hit a three-point point for the Lakers to take the lead in opening the situation, Jalen Green and Dillon played an 8-2 counterattack climax, and then Shen Jing and Jabari Smith scored successively to help the Rockets lead the opponent to 9 points, and the Lakers relied on the play of thick eyebrows to catch up with the point difference, but at the end of the quarter, the Rockets and Tate and other substitutes stood up, and they helped the Rockets lead by 5 points to end the first quarter. Brother Thick Eyebrows scored 8 points in a single quarter.
In the second quarter, Van Jordan hit two points to help the Rockets continue to expand their lead, but James led the team to a climax, Reaves and Reddish combined for 6 points to help the team overtake the opponent, and then the Rockets suddenly lost power on the offensive end, and the team couldn't get in when the opportunity came out, and the Lakers also seized the opportunity, and under the leadership of Reaves, their lead also expanded to double digits, and the Lakers led by 13 points at halftime.
Yibian fought again to help the Lakers continue to expand their lead, Jabari Smith responded with an inside kill, Shuila and Prince combined for 4 points, and then Jabari Smith's firepower continued to decrease, and he relied on free throws to help the team continue to narrow the difference, but the Lakers relied on Princes and Reddish and other substitutes to hit frequently, and they also withstood the opponent's offensive, and the Lakers led the opponent by 11 points in the third quarter.
Reddish made free throws in the final quarter to help the team continue to expand the lead, Ethan responded with 4 points in a row, thick eyebrows and Christie scored 4 points, and then Prince hit another three points, although the Rockets did not give up, but the Lakers bloomed more, but also let the Rockets not play a decent counterattack, and finally the Lakers relied on the play of the whole team, and they defeated the opponent 107-97.
It will take time for the rocket to rise
I have to admit that this season's Rockets are indeed stronger than in the past few years, they have good discipline, the team's defense is better, and the arrival of Van Jordan and Dillon also allows them to have more players who can score, but in terms of the strength shown by the Rockets now, it is estimated that it is still difficult for them to impact the playoffs, because the team does not have a stable scoring guarantee on the outside.
Van Jordan's offense has been unstable, he is very inefficient, today is rare and efficient, this game 15 shots 7 of the game, 2 of 5 three-pointers got 22 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Dillon is not a scorer, the team originally pinned its hopes on Jalen Green, but now Green's biggest problem is that he is not unstable is a nerve knife, he shot 4 of 15 in this game, 1 of 6 three-pointers got 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and 6 turnovers.
Now the Rockets' interior twin towers are getting better and better, Shen Jing scored 8 of 25 shots in this game, 3 of 6 three-pointers and scored 21 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Jabari Smith scored 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 4 of 6 shots, but the lack of stable scorers on the outside also limits their diversity and continuity on the offensive end.
Vanderbilt's return has a remarkable effect
James played well because of the role players in this game, he also played very easily, 7 of 17 shots, 0 of 4 three-pointers got 16 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block, Brother Thick Eyebrows continued to play a dominant performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, he shot 10 of 22 in the game, scored 27 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks.
Reeves shot 6 of 11 in this game, 1 of 4 three-pointers got 18 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Shuila didn't get too many shots in this game, but his efficiency was still good, 4 of 10 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers got 9 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Christie is now back on the bench, but his state and self-confidence are obviously better, 4 of 5 shots in this game, and scored 12 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.
Vanderbilt ushered in the return of this game, this is the first game of his comeback this season, Ham did not let him play longer, the whole game played 13 minutes 2 shots 0 points and 1 rebound and 1 assist, Vanderbilt's help to the team is still obvious, he can do excellent single defense and supplemental defense, so that the Lakers' outside defense is better, he and thick eyebrows propped up the Lakers' system, which also made the Rockets score less than 100 points in the whole game, you must know that so far this season they have only 3 games to make the opponent less than 100 in a single game.
Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the Lakers and the Rockets?