129-120! The Lakers beat the Thunder, the second in the West, in an upset, ending a four-game losing streak and ranking ninth in the West! The Lakers mainly won in the second quarter in this game, and the Thunder were blown up at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, winning by 15 points in a single quarter, establishing an advantage, and Zhan Mei played steadily at the critical moment and won the victory. Give a score to the performance of the Lakers in this game, four of them have perfect scores, four have high scores, and coach Ham is passing.
Of the four players with perfect scores, Zhan Mei has no doubt that they guarantee the team's lower limit, and two are Russell and Hachimura, who have raised the Lakers' ceiling in this game. James and Davis are the basic plate of the Lakers, as long as the two are present, the Lakers are very stable, James combs on the offensive end, he can also attack with the ball, and the scoring organization is OK, in addition, James as long as he wants, the defense is also good, this game will give the Thunder's young people a lesson, big hat Dort. Not to mention Davis, the absolute core of the defensive end, as long as he is there, the Thunder will not be able to enter. In addition, Davis has seven assists, and when he is targeted for the pack, he knows how to pass the ball and follow James, which will definitely learn a lot. If Davis' playmaking skills come up as well, it's another Jokic.
Hachimura scored 21 points in 8 of 14 in this game, the third highest on the team, without his output in the first half, the Lakers would not have led so much, and it may have collapsed in the first quarter. Russell broke out in the second quarter, bringing the climax of the Lakers, and there were also a few three-pointers in the second half that were crucial to help the Lakers stabilize the situation, as for the defense, there was really no way, he had tried his best, but it was not his advantage, if he could attack and defend, the Lakers could not afford it.
Four perfect scores, four high scores, they are Rayson, Van der Biao, Prince and Reeves. Although Lei Zi and Fan Debiao have average offense and low shooting efficiency, they are too powerful on the defensive end, with big hat Chet, limiting the opponent's outside projection, and Thunder's three-point shooting is not good, the two of them have made great contributions. Prince's offense and defense are relatively balanced, he can be inside and out, and his defense is not top-level, but it is not bad, but his temper needs to be controlled, and he gets a technical foul off the court, which should not be.
Reeves continued his steady play off the bench, tearing apart the opposing defense on the offensive end and creating space for his teammates, and Reeves did not mess around, knew how to pass the ball to lead the team, and had a team-high 10 assists in this game. Like Russell, there is really no way to defend, just do your best, you can't ask everyone to be Davis, the integration of offense and defense is unrealistic, and the value is there. Hayes didn't play much time, so I won't comment on it.
Finally, let's talk about coach Ham, the change of formation in this game is good, and the pause is also shouted in time, and in the fourth quarter, when I saw that the situation was not right, I immediately changed the formation, so that Hachimura came back, improved the height and defensive intensity, it was still good, and it was no problem to give a passing score.