The Lakers fell to ninth! Thick eyebrows retreated with injuries, Hachimura was 30+6 difficult to savior, and the Timberwolves returned to the top of the list

Easy to say basketball

2024-04-08 12:16Published in Shandong

The NBA regular season continues, and the competition for the Western Standings has come to a critical stage, and the teams in the 5~10th place in the West in 13 games on a big match day have ushered in a matchup, which will also directly affect the ranking and trend of the Western Standings. Earlier, when the Warriors, Pelicans (who pulled the Suns down), the Kings and other teams all won, this game was still crucial for the Lakers, and if they wanted to break into the top six, they had to win their opponents. James' absence due to injury had a great impact on the team, and the injury and retirement of thick eyebrows also seemed to set the trend and result of this game, and in the end the Lakers lost their opponents at home, and the winning streak was terminated, and the impact on the seventh was blocked and the ranking slipped to ninth.

Lakers starters: Thick eyebrows, Russell, Reaves, Hachimura, Dinwiddie. Timberwolves starters: Edwards, Gobert, Lide, Conley, McDaniels.

At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Russell broke through the basket and hit a layup, Hachimura hit the basket and also scored the opening Lakers 4:0, and the Timberwolves responded with a wave of 6:0, and the score on the court began to burn. Dinwiddie hit all three free throws, Reed hit a three-pointer, and Russell broke through the box to force a layup. Hachimura hit the Lakers outside the three-point line to find a rhythm, three consecutive three-pointers quickly stretched the lead, Reed broke through the basket and hit a game for the team to bite the situation, and the score alternated between the Timberwolves and chased the difference to only two points. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers still held a four-point lead, but the thick eyebrows were swept by Berwicker and returned directly to the locker room.

In the absence of James and thick eyebrows, the Lakers once held with the Timberwolves in the first half of the second quarter, but when the game reached the second half of the quarter, the Timberwolves began to exert their strength on the offensive end, Edwards hit the basket, McDaniels scored 2+1 under the basket, Gobert rebounded the ball for the second time, and the Timberwolves quickly extended the lead to double digits. Hayes 2+1 stabilized the situation for the team, but the Timberwolves burst out and shot hot, and quickly extended the lead to nearly 20 points after a wave, and they scored 46 points in the second quarter. At halftime, the Lakers trailed by 15 points.

At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the Timberwolves continued to be in a hot state, Gobert dunked inside, Dinwiddie made two free throws for the team to chase points, Hayes made up for the dunk inside, the Lakers finally eased up, the offense returned to the right track, Rivers hit a three-point shot from the outside, Hayes dunked inside, and the Lakers once closed the gap to 4 points. Walker's three-pointer responded to stop the bleeding, and Edwards' three-pointer also extended the Timberwolves' lead back to double digits with a small surge at the end of the quarter.

In the final quarter of the game, the Timberwolves still occupied the initiative on the court, Bell dunked on the inside and Hachimura hit a key three-pointer to stop the bleeding for the team, and the two sides fell into a see-saw After Conley scored a layup, the Timberwolves' lead has come to 14 points. Hachimura dunked inside, Gobert scored on the second offense, Russell hit a three-point shot but the Lakers fell behind by a large score, which can be said to be too late, and then the Lakers replaced the players, gave up the game early, and suffered a big loss at home.

In this game, the Lakers played relatively tenacious, despite the lack of James and thick eyebrows, they also fell behind by a large score for a while, but in the 3rd quarter, they still launched a strong chase of points, and the game was also tightly bitten in the last quarter, dragging the suspense to the last moment, but in the end, it was a pity that after losing the game at home, their ranking in the standings was also overtaken by the king, for the Lakers, if they want to rush into the top half of the standings again, they must fight to beat the opponent in the follow-up games, leaving the Lakers with few opportunities。 After winning the game, the Timberwolves tied the Nuggets again, and the battle for the top spot in the Western Conference standings was also a big suspense.

Lakers stats: Thick eyebrows 4 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Russell 15 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists, Reaves 14 points, Hachimura 30 points and 6 rebounds, Dinwiddie 18 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Hayes 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Timberwolves stats: Edwards 23 points and 8 assists, Gobert 18 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists, Reed 31 points and 10 rebounds, McDaniels 11 points, Walker 15 points.

View original image 168K

• 

• 

• 

• 

•