The Lakers double-killed the Clippers to "stop the bleeding", Ham successfully saved himself, who should be thanked the most?

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The first goal of the top ten, and watch LeBron James split Huashan, and Paul George blew the horn of counterattack. ”

Ten years ago, there would have been such a voice in the afternoon Sports News.

When LeBron James tied the score 2+1 with such a breakthrough dunk that could have dominated the top five balls a decade ago, everyone understood how eager the Lakers and himself were to win today.

Facing the Clippers, who have won five in a row, won 14 of the last 16 games, and have climbed to fourth in the West, the Lakers, who are now suffering from internal and external troubles and have just lost to the Heat and Grizzlies at home in a row, are almost looked down upon by the whole world, and even most people do not want them to win, so that the "Cephalosporin coach" Ham can leave early and start a new era.

LeBron James, however, did not agree.

Russell's comeback today, although it is still a substitute, but at least it shows a "partial reconciliation" between the player and Hamm, many media have reported in the past few days that he has broken down with many players due to playing time and rotation order issues, and even the player's agent has communicated with Pelinka.

Although the Lakers are still walking a tightrope on the play-off line, Ham's coaching career with the Lakers is indeed hanging by a thread.

He still hasn't changed his starting line-up, with James paired with Reaves, the second ball-carrying spot, and Ham's two most trusted forwards this season, Prince and Reddish, to face off against the hottest city rivals in the league right now.

As a rival in the same city who does not have a good relationship, the Clippers, who are like a rainbow, are not ready to let the Lakers go, not only do their main forces, but also play an aggressive momentum after the opening as the recent winning streak.

In today's "Los Angeles derby", the two sides played a playoff-level intensity.

After the opening, Thick Eyebrows assisted Prince with a three-point hand, and in recent games, because of Russell's injury, Thick Eyebrows have become more and more involved in the offensive tandem, and as Hamm's favorite player, Prince also needs to repay the head coach's trust with an excellent performance.

On the Clippers' side, Paul George and Harden take turns to drive the offense, and they are currently playing more and more smoothly, and the core competitiveness is the increasingly solid defense, as well as the offensive system of "Harden in control and Ka Pepper in the attack".

But today's Lakers are also the same as the sluggish in the previous two games, and they have regained their playoff-level intensity and stabilized the defense in the face of the Clippers' multi-point piercing.

Especially today's thick eyebrows, changed the usual way of "squatting" under the basket, actively participated in the upline bag, and even resolutely changed the defense when blocking and dismantling, just to clamp down on the assault of the Clippers' three top attackers.

The Lakers' offense has not improved much, and they are still "constipated", but fortunately, the defensive end did not let the Clippers get up.

The Clippers led 16-7 thanks to Leonard's three-point shot, but soon James dominated the game, and he made a three-pointer and assisted Prince on a layup to stabilize the situation.

Then James went off the court, Russell and Reaves dominated the ball with thick eyebrows, and the Lakers' rotation was mostly seen and broken by opponents before this, but today they resisted the Clippers.

Russell came up and assisted on a thick brow layup, followed by Christie's long-range shot.

Although it has encountered too much criticism from fans, the importance of the Lakers losing all four games in Russell's absence this season can be seen.

In the first quarter, the Clippers led 24-19 with Wei Shao's buzzer-beating shot, but the score and pace were the "defensive attrition" type of quagmire games that the Lakers prefer.

In the second quarter, James took Wood and Vanderbilt to the court, and rested with thick eyebrows. Wood, who was put into the rotation by Ham in these two games, was one of the heroes of the Lakers' game.

In the absence of thick eyebrows, the task of interior defense was successfully completed today, and James began to take over in the second quarter like in the middle of the season.

First, he instigated Wood to score, then a breakaway and a mid-range shot to go on a 6-0 run, and the Lakers were again 25-26.

Today's Lakers looked full of energy, Wood and Christie, two previously unused substitutes, scored consecutive points in the second quarter today, while the Clippers relied on Harden's instigation and long-range shooting to maintain a slight lead.

The Lakers Clippers' high-post instigation is very important, so that the Clippers don't get too many effective outside shots, but the air defense Zubac has to eat and drink under the basket today. Today, he scored 10 points alone in the second quarter, with 22 points and 19 rebounds (10 frontcourt rebounds), but Kajiaoha only shot 18 of 48 from the field in total, shooting 37.5% from the field and scoring 52 points.

With Master Wei's "indiscriminate grab and bird" three-pointer, the Clippers led 53-49 at halftime, but the Lakers, who were not favored today, were equal to the Clippers at least in the first half.

And in the second half, James began to enter the "all-out Zhan" mode.

In this game, because of Russell's presence, he can play more off-ball offense, instead of doing it himself as before, exerting physical strength in the first three quarters or even the first half prematurely, and can return to the previous targeted "power mode".

Breaking through the mid-range shot, the flat basket and the dunk made two 2+1s in a row, you can't tell that this is an old man on the court who has passed the age of 39.

And James's strength also drove the Lakers' outside line.

The team's shooters finally responded, with Russell and Reddish hitting two three-pointers each to give the Lakers a 77-73 lead.

At the same time, Wood and Christie continued to contribute from the bench, and today the two of them had a 9-point, 10-rebound and 2-block to share the worries of the thick eyebrows, and a 7-point, 3-rebound and 2-block to provide energy to the perimeter.

With Wood's domineering dunk, the Lakers took an 81-77 lead in the third quarter, and they won by eight points at 32-24.

And at the beginning of the fourth quarter, James continued to be aggressive on the court.

The breakthrough kept the Lakers to stretch the gap to 85-77, while the Clippers relied on Zubac's influence on the interior to grab rebounds frantically, grabbing 6 frontcourt rebounds in this quarter alone.

Leonard and Paul George were quite uncomfortable defending by the Lakers' pressing defense in this quarter, while the Clippers relied more on Harden's individual ability and the connection with Zubac.

Harden hit a three-pointer and then assisted on George, while the Lakers relied on Russell's tandem to maintain the score advantage.

The Clippers' offense soon followed, Leonard hit a mid-range shot, and then completed a steal, Harden assisted Powell on a three-point shot, and then he didn't give up on Reaves to hit again, and the Clippers took advantage of the Lakers' offensive stagnation, and launched a wave of 9-0 in a minute and a half, narrowing the gap to one point (93-94).

Instantly strengthening the defense, coupled with the explosiveness of the three stars + Powell's slashing points, this is the usual move of the Clippers to win consecutive games and repeatedly overcome strong opponents in the critical period in recent times, and this time it came again as promised.

But the Lakers didn't pull their hips like before, and the thick eyebrows quickly pressed Zubac to hook and hit to stabilize the army's heart.

He had 22 points and 10 rebounds today, but scored eight points in the fourth quarter, and the stepping up of his teammates before him allowed him to have plenty of energy to suppress the Clippers in the final quarter.

The two sides entered the final tug-of-war, Paul George continued to single the thick eyebrows missed, and in turn, the thick eyebrows again threw into the middle distance, with the return of the projection touch, the thick eyebrows seem to have returned to the strongest form of the "park eyebrows" this season.

In the final moments, Ham's love made Prince the main star on the court again, and he first fouled Powell from beyond the three-point line and gave Powell three free throws, becoming a sinner. But he soon received a pass from Russell and hit a three-pointer to make up for it, and consumed another precious minute of the Clippers' rebound time between one in and one out.

Then James completed a difficult baseline shot, stretching the margin to 5 points, and then Harden immediately hit a three-pointer to color, and the two sides began a free throw shootout.

In the end, the Lakers withstood the pressure, Reaves and Prince hit three of four free throws, and with Powell hitting from beyond the three-point line, the Lakers ended their four-game losing streak at 106-103 and also cut off the Clippers' five-game winning streak.

God helps the self-helpers, and under the internal and external troubles, the Lakers saved their face and the confidence of the outside world with a high-quality victory.

In a desperate situation, Zhan Mei, Hamm and the players on the field all burst out of their deeper potential, defeating their teammates who are now full of momentum.

It was a playoff-caliber game where both sides saw limiting their opponents as their paramount goal, with both sides scoring less than 110 points.

And high-quality, high-intensity defense is also the basis for the recent victory of the Clippers and the Lakers' midseason championship.

But in today's game, there is no doubt that the Lakers are the side that is more eager to win.

And this game is accompanied by the return of the Lakers' kraft candy defense, as well as Wood, Christie, and Russell, three unlucky people who were not valued by Coach Ham before and went in and out of the rotation lineup.

Today, Wood's basket protection and finishing, Christie's defense and inside cut, and most importantly, Russell (13 points and 6 assists) as the second point of possession, not only can deliver cannonballs to the thick eyebrows, but also keep the team moving offensively while saving physical strength and maintaining a high level of continuity.

And at the last moment, he was on the court with Reaves and Prince against Pepper and Harden, and he also showed good defense.

Defensively, a lot of times will and emotion are more important than size and talent.

A playoff-style victory temporarily stopped the bleeding for the Lakers, but it was far from being a step out of the trough.

It remains to be seen whether Ham will be able to confirm the team's official rotation with such a victory, and it is doubtful that the team will be able to maintain this level of defensive intensity for the long rest of the season.

But in the face of the city's opponents who lost 11 consecutive seasons in the previous three seasons, it is indeed commendable that the Lakers can complete a double this season.

It also allows Ham and related players to take a breath in the whirlpool of public opinion.

On the other hand, the Clippers are a win they don't necessarily have to win.

They are ahead of a tough schedule of five games in eight days, and Tyronn Lue has shown their mentality by taking Leonard off for a break in the closing stages.

However, the problems exposed under this high-intensity confrontation are still worthy of their vigilance.

The safety of the second team, the decline in the quality of the forward line after Leonard went off the court, and the fact that Zubac can form a positive connection with Harden when he is on the court also gives opponents the opportunity to name and blast.

Today, James, thick eyebrows, and Reaves have all completed explosions on Zubac, don't look at his 20 points and 19 rebounds today, it is possible that this is a deliberate attempt by the Lakers to keep him on the court as a "scope".

Such a victory in the same city is a long-term drought for the Lakers, but it is far from being cured.

For the Clippers, the challenge for the championship is still a long way to go.