The Thunder won three consecutive games before the game, and the Lakers lost four in a row, the former was in higher condition, and his performance this season was better than the Lakers, but Keady couldn't play in this game, which made the team have one less offensive starter, so it was not so easy to beat the menacing Lakers. The Lakers changed formations, and Zhan Mei led the attack, which was bound to end the losing streak and revive the prestige of the midseason champion.
71-59!The Lakers led the Thunder by 12 points in the first half! The Lakers' change of formation was a failure, and they did not defend the Thunder in the first quarter, allowing the latter to score 39 points, and if it wasn't for Hachimura's outburst, at least double digits. In the second quarter, the Lakers' performance was very good, maintaining an efficient offense, and more importantly, the defensive intensity of the midseason returned, allowing the Thunder to score only 20 points, a net win of 15 points in a single quarter, and widening the gap in one fell swoop. James, Davis, Hachimura, Russell, Prince, five scored double-doubles.
The Thunder scored 39 points in the first quarter, and the offense felt very good, but in the second quarter, they were completely dumb, unable to shoot from the outside, unable to enter from the inside, and had many mistakes, and were limited by the opponent. Alexander, Jalen, just two scored double-doubles.
In the second half, Davis came first in the middle range, and then it was gone, Dort made three points, Jalen was in the middle distance, and the difference returned to single digits. James broke through to stop the bleeding with a layup, Chet missed a three-point shot in a row, James chased a three-pointer, and scored five points in a row to stop the Thunder. Chet continued to play iron, Alexander could only come by himself, he could score, but he was tired, he couldn't play the whole game, and two points were not enough.
Then the Thunder lost rebounds in a row, and the defense was not good, and the Lakers counterattacked and continued, with a 16-point gap. Chet finally scored with a two-handed dunk, but no free throws. Hachimura had no problem with three points in the bottom corner, and James continued to fire, receiving Davis's dunk in the air, stopping the Thunder 90-70. The Lakers from the midseason are back, offensive and defensive, full of energy, and too strong.
The strength of the Lakers is very strong, it depends on whether they want to take it seriously or not, as long as they take it seriously, any team can compete, and it is best to have some bonus incentives, it will be perfect. Thunder was stunned, the outside line couldn't be opened, the inside line couldn't get in, it was completely dumb, the young man was still a little tender, and he needed a lot of experience.