The Lakers lost by 16 points and were blown up! The Rockets twin stars beat Zhan Mei by 65 points, and Whitmore broke out again
The NBA regular season continued, the Lakers were blown up by the 119-135 defeat to the Rockets on the road, and the Lakers were behind most of the time, trailing by 30 points at most, and had no backhand power on the court. James contributed 23 points and 10 assists, Davis 23 points, James Mei combined for 46 points, and Russell also scored 23 points in this game. On the Rockets side, Jalen Green contributed 34 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, Shen Jing got 31 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, the Rockets twin stars combined to score 65 points in this game, and the performance was overwhelming Zhan Mei, Whitmore came off the bench to get 20 points and 6 rebounds, and he only played 18 minutes in this game to usher in another outbreak, Dillon and Smith scored 17 and 18 points respectively.
This is the fourth meeting between the two sides this season, the first three Lakers won two, but in the first meeting between the two teams, the Rockets won the Lakers by 34 points, and the two games lost, the Rockets lost, one of which lost by 1 point, and both away. After the Rockets return to their home court, the team is eager to get a win against the Lakers, and the Lakers will also want to extend their winning streak.
Judging from the performance in the first quarter, the Rockets are obviously the team that is more eager to win the game, they are all soldiers in the first quarter, shooting 18 of 28, and the whole team has 10 assists in a single quarter, and more points are blooming, of which Jalen Green and Shen Jing teamed up to score 21 points, leading the team to a 42-31 offensive attack in the first quarter, leading the Lakers by 11 points.
In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers' defense was still useless, the Rockets took what they wanted on the offensive end, did not encounter too many obstacles, scored 36 points again in a single quarter, and in the entire first half of the game, the Rockets scored 78 points, leading the Lakers by as many as 18 points, and the score was completely pulled away.
Yibian fought again, the Lakers continued to play iron frantically, 9 of 23 in a single quarter, with a shooting rate of less than 40%, while the Rockets maintained a 60% shooting rate and scored 30 points again in a single quarter, and the score gap widened to 24 points.
In the final quarter of the game, the Lakers began to fight back, James led the second team to score consecutive points, Hachimura and Hayes scored 17 points in a row to help the team narrow the score gap to 13 points, and the Lakers saw the hope of a reversal. However, after Jalen Green forced Reaves to easily win and Smith scored in the middle shot, the Rockets regained the lead to 18 points, the Lakers replaced all the main forces, and the game entered practice time, and finally the Rockets beat the Lakers at home and won the game.
The Lakers have been like that this season, when the outside world thinks they are on the rise, the team will suffer a heavy defeat, and the opponents are not very strong, and when the outside world thinks they need to change the roster, the team will win a few tough games to prove their quality and give the fans hope. The inconsistent performance has become the main theme of the Lakers this season, for now, the Lakers lineup is indeed very good, can play a tough game, but the ups and downs are very big, when they are not in good shape, they can lose to any team, this is not the state that a strong team should have, the Lakers want to achieve good results this season, but also improve in many aspects.