The Lakers won by 24 points! James hit 28+5, thick eyebrows punched in the third quarter, and Russell, who got the ball, was too fierce
On January 22, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Lakers sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Trail Blazers, before this game, the Lakers lost to the Nets in an upset, and they urgently needed a victory to stop the decline, although the Trail Blazers are a weak team, but they have excellent resilience, and they beat the Pacers before, and the Lakers can not be careless, so let's talk about the game process first, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, James and Hachimura led the team to a 6-0 start, Grant broke through to help the Trail Blazers open the situation, but after that, the Lakers were still firepower, and under the leadership of thick eyebrows, they once extended their lead to 11 points, but in the second half of the quarter, relying on the play of the bench, the Trail Blazers once chased down to only 1 point, and at the end of the quarter, Christie and Reddish scored successively to help the Lakers lead by 5 points to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Walker scored two points to narrow the gap for the Trail Blazers, Russell and Wood played a 7-0 climax to help the team extend the lead back to double digits, and then Russell scored four more points in a row, the Lakers extended the lead to more than 15 points, Ayton and Kamara combined for four points, Reaves responded with three points, and Brogdon and Anfernee Simmons combined for five points to help the Trail Blazers narrow the gap to 13 points at halftime.
Yibian replayed Hachimura and relied on free throws to help the team expand the lead, Ayton killed inside, Reeves and Russell combined for 5 points, Anfernee Simmons hit a three-pointer, James and Russell combined for 5 points, and as Lao Zhan broke through to the score, the Lakers extended the lead to 20 points, Grant scored 5 points in a row to stop the bleeding, and then the Trail Blazers failed to play a decent counterattack, and the Trail Blazers trailed the Lakers by 16 points after the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the showdown, James broke through to help the team expand the lead, Anfernee Simmons responded with 5 points in a row, Russell hit two three-pointers in a row, Lao Zhan hit a free throw, the Lakers reextended the lead to more than 20 points, Brogdon hit a basket, although the Trail Blazers still didn't want to give up, but the difference was too big, and they were powerless to return to the sky, and the Lakers finally beat the Trail Blazers 134-110.
Henderson loses possession
Henderson got the starting position some time ago, and his performance was still very good, but recently Billups made him a substitute, and Henderson was lost again, scoring 4 points and 2 assists on 1-of-6 shooting in this game. The reason why the team reduced him to the bench again, I think the Trail Blazers still want Brogdon to get more balls to play worth, and then make a good trade, Brogdon scored 23 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 block on 8-of-16 shooting from the field.
Grant faced the Lakers' key defense, he did not have the fury of the last game, in the last game against the Pacers, Grant scored 37 points in the whole game, it is worth mentioning that Grant has hit 30+ in two consecutive games, but he played sluggishly in this campaign, scoring 17 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 6-of-15 shooting, Grant's defense is still very good, he is suitable for being a three-in-command, and the Trail Blazers may also send him away at the trade deadline.
Anfernee Simmons shot 8-of-14 from the field, 3-of-7 from three-point range and got 19 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, the biggest problem for the Trail Blazers team is that their talent is hoarded in the backcourt, in addition to Anfernee Simmons and Henderson, Sharpe is also the backcourt, because of the overlapping positions, so their talent can not be fully displayed. In addition to the above-mentioned men, Walker had 12 points and 7 rebounds, and Reece had 16 points and 4 assists.
Zhan Mei played steadily
Because the Lakers have been leading for a long time, Zhan Mei played very easily, Brother Thick Mei got 14 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists on 4 of 7 shots, James shot 8 of 16 and 3 of 8 three-pointers got 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Reaves scored 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
Russell shot 14 of 21 in this game, 6 of 11 three-pointers got 34 points, 8 assists and 2 blocks, after getting the ball recently, Russell is also willing to contribute on the defensive end, the last game against the Nets scored 20 points, 7 assists and 1 steal, and then the previous game against the Mavericks scored 29 points, 3 assists and 1 steal, after Russell got the ball, he also proved that he can help the team, but he is afraid that the Lakers gave him the ball in order to trade him.
Previously, it was rumored in the American media that Russell has almost no trade market, but in terms of Russell's performance in the past period, there will definitely be teams interested in him. Reddish's comeback performance was also very good, scoring 10 points and 2 rebounds, Hachimura got 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, to be honest, I think the Lakers can continue to let Reddish return to the start, let Reaves come to the bench, which will make the team's bench more competitive.
Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current Lakers and Trail Blazers?