The NBA regular season continues with the Lakers taking on the Spurs on the road. The Lakers previously had a 14-10 record, sitting sixth in the West, and only two wins away from the second-place Thunder. After the team's injuries returned one after another + thick eyebrows found their form on the offensive end, James led the Lakers on the right track, in the past midseason championship, the Lakers won 7 consecutive wins to win the championship, and in the past 16 games, the Lakers won 11 of them, and the Lakers' defense has risen to the league's first level during the same period! The Lakers made a decision before the game, and James missed one game today due to a calf injury just after back-to-back games.
The 39-year-old Lao Zhan really needs a load management break. The Spurs have a record of 3 wins and 19 losses since the beginning of the game, the bottom of the West, and the latest wave of 17 consecutive defeats has set a new record for the longest losing streak in the history of the Spurs! Throughout 2023 so far, the Spurs' overall record is only a pitiful 13-55, with a winning rate of less than 20%! As the most talented champion in NBA history, Wembanyama has averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds per game in the past 10 games, which is good, but the season-to-season shooting rate is only 43.1%+25%, and the effective shooting rate is 47% Wembanyama lacks real offensive finishing means, he can point to everything, he is not proficient in anything, the key is that he is not good at confrontation, and his ability to break bags is limited!
Lakers starters: Russell + Prince + Reddish + Hachimura + Davis, Spurs starters: Sochan + Branham + Vassell + Johnson + Wembanyama. In the first round of the Lakers' opening, thick eyebrows fell to the ground injured, clutching their ankles in pain, but after a short adjustment, thick eyebrows chose to continue to insist! Wembanyama assisted Sohan to dunk + hit three points himself, Hachimura scored 4 points in a row to decorate and then chased three points! After that, thick eyebrows began to eat Wembanyama alone, making kills + strong layups, and stopping the Spurs in waves. After Sochan stopped the bleeding with three points, thick eyebrows continued to score under the basket, Vanderbilt made a steal layup in the middle, Reaves jumper + thick eyebrows ate cakes and hit three points, the Lakers showed a trend of multi-point flowering, and the Spurs relied on Jones and Collins to bite the score inside and outside.
In the second half, Wood + thick eyebrows + Hachimura took turns to score, Reaves scored a difficult step-back jumper, and the Lakers led the Spurs 34-26 in the first quarter, and the thick eyebrows scored 15 points in a single quarter! The Lakers made a lot of mistakes, but the Spurs really couldn't take their chances. In the second half, the thick eyebrows hit another three-pointer, and then against Wembanyama, take off and dunk with one arm! Prince's three-pointer helped the Lakers open up an 18-point difference, and in the second half, Johnson burst inside and outside, and combined Wembanyama to play a small climax, and at halftime, the Lakers led the Spurs 63-50. Thick eyebrows scored 24 points alone, and Wembanyama also had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks.
At the beginning of the second half, Wembanyama relied on a rebound and an empty cut to chase consecutive points, Russell and Reddish responded with 7 points, and Hachimura's layup stopped the Spurs again. In the middle of the period, Prince made a strong layup against Vassell, and then received a pass from Russell and hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner, Johnson started a continuous singles mode, leading the team to bite the gap of about 15 points. The Lakers have been stealing and counterattacking, and the Spurs can't catch up. In the second half, Reaves hit consecutive three-pointers, thick eyebrows threw in, and Christie also hit a three-pointer at the end of the quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led the Spurs 92-74. Reaves' ultra-long three-pointer in the backcourt is unfortunately 0.1 seconds overtime, otherwise he will definitely be selected as one of the top 10 three-pointers of the season!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Hayes ate cakes, Wembanyama made up for the dunk, and Osman's three-point shot stopped the Lakers, and the Lakers were never able to open up the point difference to end the suspense. Prince's three-point shot was hot, but Johnson blossomed inside and out, stopping the Lakers again. Wood stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer in the middle period, Reaves broke through for a layup, the Spurs didn't give up, and Vassell and Johnson hit back-to-back three-pointers. At the decisive moment, Wembanyama continued to make kills after completing 2+1, and Johnson and Vassell also chased points in a row. In the last 90 seconds, Wembanyama hit two three-pointers in a row, and the Spurs chased it to only 2 points! In the last 20 seconds, Wembanyama hit one of two free throws, and the thick eyebrows hit both free throws, Wembanyama attacked and fouled, and finally the Lakers narrowly defeated the Spurs 122-119, and the Spurs broke the team history record with 18 consecutive defeats!
Spurs statistics, Wembanyama 30 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks, Johnson 28 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Branham 19 points, Vassell 13 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Collins 10 points. Lakers statistics, thick eyebrows 37 points, 10 rebounds and 4 steals, Prince 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Reaves 15 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Hachimura 13 points and 7 rebounds, Reddish 10 points, Russell 12 points and 10 assists. James is not there, the Lakers' lower limit is indeed too low, and no one can stabilize the rhythm at critical moments, fortunately, the point difference opened before is large enough, otherwise the Lakers will really become a stepping stone for the Spurs to end their losing streak!