At 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 4, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, with the Los Angeles Lakers sitting at home and facing the Miami Heat. Before this game, the Lakers were ranked 10th in the West with a record of 17 wins and 17 losses, and the ranking situation is not optimistic. Since winning the midseason championship, the Lakers have only a 3-8 record in 11 games since then, and they are in terrible form. There are several reasons, first of all, the Lakers role players, who have been affected by injuries recently, and when it comes to injuries within the team, James also said: "That's discouraging, but we have no excuses, because everybody goes through injuries, everybody goes through travel and stuff like that, and that's what this league is based on." We just need to solve the problem. "Secondly, the Lakers' three-point shooting is really poor, and the team lacks a stable three-point shooting point, and if you can't shoot others, it's very difficult to win.
The Lakers rank third in the league in the number of three-point shots per game and three-point shots per game. Finally, Lakers head coach Ham, his coaching ability was questioned, his on-the-spot adjustments, tactical arrangements, is indeed a bit confusing, NBA famous commentator Perkins said: "Ham needs to take some responsibility for the Lakers' current record." He's going to improve his coaching as well, his rotation, his tactics, everything, he needs to improve. "On the other side of the Heat, before this game, with a record of 19 wins and 14 losses, ranked 4th in the East, as last season's Eastern champions, the strength of the Heat team should not be underestimated, although their star is still paddling, Butler is really not contributing to the regular season, consecutive rotations, and the game is also paddling.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Lakers sent James, Davis, Reaves, Prince and Reddish, and the Heat sent Lowry, Herro, Harkes, Jovic and Adebayo. Butler continues to miss the game. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the thick eyebrows jumped to win, James ran to the basket and made a strong layup, scoring the first goal of the game, Lowry strode the meteor to hit the inside line to cause kills, standing on the free throw line also opened for the Heat, Reeves broke through the paint area, fell and threw a difficult shot, Jovic arc top large three-point shot into the net, Reeves then cleverly made a three-point foul, all three free throws, Adebayo mid-range dry pull jumper into the center of the net, Lowry chased the three-point shot and suddenly made a cold arrow.
After a period of time, the two teams turned on the iron mode, the Lakers' offensive efficiency was lower, James except for the opening layup, there was no mid-to-long-distance after that, and the thick eyebrows also shot 0 in the first quarter, and there were no sports goals. At the end of the first quarter, the Heat led the Lakers by seven points at 25-18. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Harkes took advantage of the speed advantage, and the lightning flew to the layup to help the Heat take the lead, Christie fired back with three shots in the bottom corner, Richardson made a big open three-point shot and soared steadily, James got up and broke through, hit the basket and wiped the board, Adebayo raised the penalty area high to make a kill, and stood on the free throw line to make two free throws. Entering the middle of the second quarter, thick eyebrows strengthened their offensive aggression and took what they needed in the restricted area, scoring 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter.
Helplessly, LeBron is still dumb, hitting more iron in the middle and long distance, and the Lakers are still in a passive situation, and at halftime, the Heat lead the Lakers by 8 points at 53-45. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Herro's wing three-way fire hole through the basket, opening the third quarter of the game, James rushed into the basket and finally scored Herro, Herro was not relentless, and immediately responded with a large three-pointer, Lowry lightning layup continued to score, Reaves scored 4 points in a small throw in the paint area, thick eyebrows really tried his best, dominating the basket and scoring again and again, but the Lakers' overall offensive efficiency was surprisingly low, and the three-point shooting rate was only about 10%. In the second half of the third quarter, the Heat also showed their feet and relaxed their vigilance a little, and the Lakers took the opportunity to chase the margin to single digits. At the end of the third quarter, the Heat led the Lakers by five points, 72-67.
Only 60 or 70 points were scored in the third quarter, which shows that the efficiency of both teams is not high, and the game looks quite ugly. In the final quarter, the Lakers took the lead, relying on James and Wood's continuous layups, chasing the difference to only 2 points, and it looked like they were about to overtake, and in the next time, the Lakers also collapsed again, and the Heat team was all soldiers, and all of them scored doubles, and in the end, the Lakers 96-110 upset defeat without Butler's Heat, the game was really ugly.
In terms of statistics, the Heat 8 rotation scored double-doubles, Herro 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Adebayo 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Harkes 16 points and 8 rebounds, Lowry 10 points and 6 assists, Jovic 15 points and 8 rebounds, Robinson 13 points, Love 10 points and 14 rebounds, Richardson 10 points. On the Lakers' side, thick eyebrows scored 29 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 5 blocks, James was 6 of 18 and dragged his feet, with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, Reaves 24 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, and Wood 13 points and 8 rebounds.