On April 7th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season was hot, the Los Angeles Lakers sat at home to face the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Lakers were in hot form recently, and they had won three consecutive wins before the game, this game was very important for the Lakers, if they won, they would smoothly enter the top eight, and finally with the efforts of the Lakers, the Lakers defeated the Cavaliers 116-97, and won four consecutive victories while ranking eighth in the West.
Both sides start
Lakers: Eight-inch, James, Davis, Rivers, Russell
Knights: Strus, Mobley, Allen, Mitchell, Garland
Player stats
Lakers: Hachimura 7 points and 5 boards, James 24 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists, Davis 22 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 6 blocks, Reaves 7 points and 6 assists, Russell 28 points and 5 boards, Dinwiddie 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, Prince 18 points and 4 boards, Hayes 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks
Cavaliers: Strus 5 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Mobley Jr. 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Allen 12 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists, Mitchell 10 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, Garland 26 points and 5 steals, LeVert 21 points and 7 boards, Niang 12 points, Mobley Jr. 3 points
Tournament recap
In the first quarter of the game, Russell took the lead in attacking, throwing and shooting, the Lakers started the game 2-0, and then Mobley hit a three-point shot, Garland counterattacked, and the Cavaliers responded with a 5-0 climax, and then James stood up in time to play 2+1, and the score of the two sides came to 5-6, and the Lakers took the lead. Then the two sides played back and forth, with James slam dunk, the Lakers led the Cavaliers 22-18, and then Niang hit a three-point shot, LeVert made a layup, the Cavaliers overtook the score, and after the timeout came back, Davis stood up in time to score, Russell hit a three-point shot, and the Lakers beat the Cavaliers 36-33 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Prince made a layup, the Lakers 38-33 Cavaliers, and then Russell hit a three-point shot, James scored two points, and the Lakers played a wave of 7-0 climax, but fortunately, Mobley scored in time to stop the Cavaliers, and the Lakers led by 16 points at 51-35 as Prince made consecutive three-pointers. Then the Cavaliers adjusted in time and played a wave of 10-3 climax, chasing the score to 45-54 and trailing by 9 points, and then the two sides played back and forth, and finally the Lakers finished 65-56 Cavaliers at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game, Davis took the lead in attacking and succeeded, and then the Cavaliers hit a wave of 11-0 after Garland's three-point shot, chasing the score to 67-67, the two sides were tied, and after the pause came back, Hachimura dunked and won the dunk for the Lakers in time, after Mitchell hit a three-point shot, the Cavaliers suddenly lost their accuracy, and they did not score for 5 minutes, and were hit by the Lakers with a wave of 19-0 attacks, and finally the Lakers ended the third quarter 90-78 Cavaliers, leading by 12 points.
In the fourth quarter, Hayes took the lead in dunking, LeVert hit two free throws, and Mobley also scored free throws, and the two sides tied 82-92, and the Lakers led. Then Hayes dunked again, LeVert countered for a layup, James scored two points, the Lakers 103-90 Cavaliers, at the end of the fourth quarter, with Davis' hook shot, James hit a free throw, Dinwiddie hit a three-point shot, the Lakers 116-97 Cavaliers.
Three indisputable facts
First, since February, the Lakers' record is 21-8, the best in the West in the same period, and the last 10 games have a 9-1 record.
Second, as the playoffs approached, Russell's condition was getting better and better, and in this wave of winning streaks, he perfectly played the role of the team's three leaders, especially the projection outside the three-point line, which opened up space for James and Davis to impact the basket. In this game, he shot 11 of 17 and 6 of 12 from beyond the three-point line, scoring a team-high 28 points.
Third, James gradually strengthened the possession rate during the four-game winning streak, incarnated as a defensive guard, and provided more than 9 assists in three consecutive games, and once again sent 12 assists in this game, scoring 24 points and 12 assists on 10-of-18 shooting from the field, and revitalizing the team's offense while attacking himself.
Fourth, with the Lakers achieving a 9-1 record in the last 10 games, the ranking has finally improved in the past two months, which shows that the competition between the 6-10 places in the West is very cruel, and the Lakers are gradually in the lead in the competition.
Summary: First of all, congratulations to the Lakers for successfully entering the top eight in the West after two months of continuous efforts, which puts the Lakers in a good position in the play-off competition, and now the Lakers' Big Three are getting more and more compatible, which will be the key to the Lakers' victory in the playoffs.
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