The NBA regular season continued with the Lakers ending a two-game losing streak with a 123-120 win over the Grizzlies. In this game, in the face of the Grizzlies, who are almost a development league lineup, the Lakers can be said to be in no state, they are always anxious with their opponents, and even in the third quarter, the Lakers suddenly lost power on offense and defense, and were continuously counterattacked, and they once fell behind with a nearly double-digit lead. But fortunately, the Lakers woke up like a dream, increased their defensive intensity, turned the situation back, and always controlled the initiative in the final quarter, and finally won. After this game, the Lakers' record came to 46-35, and with the Kings and Warriors playing one less game, they temporarily rose to 8th in the West.
James, who shot 13-of-20 from the field, 3-of-7 from three-point range and 8-of-11 from the free-throw line, scored 37 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 8 turnovers, and had a plus/minus of -3. Today's performance of Lao Zhan is difficult to describe, he is in a very strange state, the shooting rhythm is very good, but there are a lot of mistakes, and even several times he dribbled and did not dribble steadily, and sent the ball to the opponent. However, when the Lakers collapsed in the third quarter, it was James who stood up and saved the Lakers with two consecutive three-pointers, and he was also the first to raise his spirit on the defensive end, leading the Lakers to play high-quality defense and stabilize the situation.
Thick eyebrows, 11-of-22 shooting, 1-of-6 three-pointers, 13-of-17 free throws, he chipped 36 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 4 turnovers, with a plus/minus of +2 on the court. There's nothing to say, thick eyebrows are the defensive pillars of the Lakers, unfortunately the Lakers' overall defense is too loose today, thick eyebrows played 12 minutes in the third quarter, and they had to stay on the court at the beginning of the final quarter, it is a good thing for the Lakers to win, but they use thick eyebrows so much, which is enough to show that the overall performance of the Lakers in this game is not good. It's hard to imagine what kind of desperate situation the Lakers would face if Bush didn't come back today, or if the Lakers chose to rest him.
Russell, who shot 2-of-9 from the field and 0-of-5 from three-point range, only had 4 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover, and had a plus/minus of +1 on the court. It seems that Russell's plus/minus is okay, but in fact, his play is a disaster, the offensive end is not aggressive at all, and it feels a little random at first, the momentum is not on the Lakers' side, Russell will shoot some crazy three-pointers, and he has almost no intensity on the defensive end, and Pippen Jr. can play career nights against Russell, which is really embarrassing.
Reaves, who shot 5-of-8 from the field, 3-of-5 from three-point range and 0-of-1 from the free throw line, finished with 13 points, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers and had a plus/minus of -22. If Russell was embarrassed by Pippen Jr., Reaves is the same, he is just more efficient on the offensive end and a little harder on the defensive end, but the actual effect is very poor, basically as soon as Reaves plays, the Lakers are in the stage of losing points, which can be seen from his plus or minus.
Hachimura, who shot 5-of-6 from the field, 2-of-3 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line, contributed 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover, with a plus/minus of -17. After the thick eyebrows returned, Hachimura had more room to attack, which helped him improve in terms of efficiency. However, the Lakers have no overall strength on the defensive end, Hachimura basically can't help in this regard, he doesn't move fast, and the defense itself is his weak link, at this time, I believe all Lakers fans will miss Vanderbilt.
In terms of bench role players, Dinwiddie shot 0 of 1, 0 of 1 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, he got 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 turnover, Prince shot 3 of 8, 3 of 6 three-pointers, he got 9 points, 5 rebounds and 1 turnover, plus/minus +17 on the court, Vincent shot 2 of 5, 1 of 4 three-pointers, he got 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, plus/minus +27 on the court, although the efficiency was not high, but Vincent finally scored three points, Hayes shot 1 of 2, he got 2 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block. The Lakers were able to win today thanks to the depth of their bench lineup, as well as the aggressiveness and intensity of the bench players on the defensive end.