The NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Lakers who won 3 consecutive games went to Milwaukee, and the Bucks, who won 2 in a row, sat at home to face the game, Lakers star James was absent due to injury, although the Bucks once led by as many as 19 points, but in the end they suffered a big reversal, the Lakers defeated the Bucks 128-124 away, the Lakers won 4 consecutive victories, and the Bucks' 2 consecutive wins were ended!
In the first quarter of the battle, the Bucks were full of firepower, Brother Alphabet shot all 3 shots without missing shots, Lillard, Beasley and Portis hit three points in a row to add icing on the cake, the Bucks hit a perfect start of 23-6 to establish a double-digit lead early, and the Lakers relied on the play of Hachimura and Brother Thick Mei to barely support, and the Bucks led the Lakers 32-16 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the competition, the Lakers launched a counterattack, Prince hit the Lakers' first three-pointer of the game and blew the horn of counterattack, Russell and Reaves led the team to play a wave of 17-7 counterattack frenzy, the Lakers once narrowed the gap to 6 points, but at the end of the quarter, Brother Alphabet played 2+1, Lillard scored 7 points in a row to help the Bucks reopen the gap, and the Lakers fell behind the Bucks 42-58 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, the Lakers continued to chase points, Russell and Reaves teamed up to score 6 three-pointers, the Lakers rained three points on the road, a wave of 15-7 offensive chased the difference to single digits, Middleton fired outside to stop the bleeding for the Bucks, Da Lopez and Brother Alphabet led the team to play a 9-2 small climax to pull the difference back to double digits, and the Bucks led the Lakers 88-74 in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Bucks' offensive continued unabated, Portis and Crowder's play helped the Bucks once stretch the difference to 19 points, but then the Bucks suddenly fell into a scoring drought, Russell and Reaves scored consecutive points to lead the Lakers to counterattack, and the thick eyebrows hit 2 three-pointers in a row and scored 2+1 in a single quarter to cut 11 points, and the Lakers blasted out a 26-7 offensive frenzy to erase the score difference in one fell swoop, and the two teams fought to 101 draws into overtime.
In the first overtime, the Bucks took the lead, Beasley fired outside, Brother Alphabet received a violent dunk, the Bucks gradually took the initiative, Hachimura scored 4 points in a row at the critical moment, Brother Thick Eyebrows, Dinwiddie scored 2 consecutive three-pointers and equalized the score, and the last attack Lillard broke through the layup and was blocked by Brother Thick Eyebrows, and the Bucks drew 117-117 with the Lakers into the second overtime.
In the second overtime, the Lakers completely took the initiative, Reaves scored 5 points in a row, Russell, Dinwiddie and Brother Thick Mei made 6 free throws to help the Lakers open the difference, Lillard left the court with 6 fouls, and Brother Alphabet lost all 2 key free throws, and the game basically lost suspense, and finally the Lakers narrowly defeated the Bucks with a 4-point advantage on the road, and the Lakers completed the reversal + upset by killing the Bucks twice this season!
In this game, the Lakers started low and went high on both offensive and defensive ends, and completed a big comeback when the team only scored 16 points in the first quarter and trailed by as many as 19 points in the game.
After the whole game, the Lakers scored double-doubles for all 4 players, Hachimura scored 16+14 double-doubles, Brother Thick Mei ushered in an outbreak, Russell and Reaves cut 20+ at the same time.
In this game, Brother Thick Mei was good both offensively and defensively, shooting 12 of 31 from the field, making 3 three-pointers, scoring a game-high 34 points, and 23 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks, standing up in James' absence.
In the face of the Bucks, Russell cut a double-double, shooting 7 of 22 (5 three-pointers) from the field, scoring 29 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, with a team-high plus/minus of +10.
Reaves ushered in an explosion in this game, shooting 10 of 20 from the field, handing over a triple-double performance of 29 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 blocks, which was a big contributor to the Lakers' ability to defeat the Bucks in this game!
More importantly, after defeating the Bucks and winning 4 in a row, the Lakers' current regular season record has reached 40-32, and the Lakers continue to lead the Warriors by 2.5 wins and rank 9th in the West!
In contrast, on the Bucks' side, after losing to the Lakers in this game, the Bucks' regular season record came to 46-26, which is 11 wins behind the Green Army in the first place in the East, so that since the Bucks only have 10 regular season games left, the Green Army took this opportunity to accept the gift and officially lock in the first place in the East!
In this game against the Lakers, the Bucks 3 cut 20+ at the same time, Brother Alphabet scored 29 + 21 + 11 big triple-doubles, Lillard scored 27 points, Beasley contributed 21 points, Portis handed over 18 + 13 double-doubles, and Middleton felt cold in 4 of 15.