On October 7th, Beijing time, the NBA preseason continued, and today the Lakers sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Suns, the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves in the first game of the preseason. Next, let's talk about the game process first, and then talk about the players' performance.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, thick eyebrows and Reaves combined to cut 4 points to help the Lakers take the lead, Booker hit three points, thick eyebrows immediately responded with three points, Plumlee killed inside, Hachimura and Shui Lahe cut 4 points in response, Beal and Booker combined to cut 6 points to help the Suns catch up with the difference, and then the game entered the time of Lao Zhan, James continued to kill the inside, and then assisted Hayes to eat cakes, and the Lakers led by 9 points in the first quarter under his leadership.
In the second quarter, Beal made 4 consecutive fouls and made 4 free throws to help the team narrow the difference, James responded with three points, Ryan Dunn and Jones hit three points one after another to stop the Lakers, James 2+1 to stop the bleeding, thick eyebrows scored 4 points in a row, and then Hachimura and Knecht combined to score 4 points, and the Lakers' offensive climax directly established a double-digit lead, and then the game entered James's rhythm again, he continued to kill inside, scored 15 points in a single quarter, and helped the Lakers lead by 12 points at halftime.
Reaves hit two free throws to help the Lakers extend the lead, Grayson Allen and O'Neal combined for 4 points, Hachimura killed inside, Jones responded with three points, Reaves and Hayes combined for 4 points to help the Lakers extend the lead to 15 points, Dunn and Iguodalo responded with 5 points, Hachimura and Reddish combined for 5 points, and at the end of the quarter, Damian Lee and Monte Morris led the Suns to play an offensive climax, and the Suns chased down by 7 points to end the third quarter.
Kaminsky became a surprise player in the final quarter, he scored consecutive points to help the Suns catch up with the difference, Iguodalo and Okogie combined for 4 points to help the Suns overtake, Christie and Sifino combined for 5 points to respond, Okogie and Iguodaro combined for 7 points The Suns overtook again, and Knecht missed the final moment, and finally the Suns defeated the Lakers 118-114.
Beal should be on the bench
After chatting about the game process, let's talk about the players' performance, the performance of the Suns tricore in this game is not good, they still like singles, but the state of the three is not good, which also leads to the team falling behind the Lakers in the core matchup. Durant shot 3 of 10 from the field, 0 of 3 from three-point range, got 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and didn't score any mid-to-long shots, which is not the level that Durant should have, it can only be said that he was not serious in the preseason.
Booker didn't play well, 4 of 12 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers got 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, through this game, Booker got more tactical position for Bu Shuai, which is also understandable, after all, the Suns were originally Booker's team, and now Durant has entered the end of his peak, Booker's physical fitness is better, and he should indeed have more tactical positions on the offensive end, but the problem of the conflict of the three-core play is still there.
The three of them who hold the ball are singles, the other players are watching, the team is still playing like a loose sand, and there are Booker and Durant in the starters, there is no need for Beal's offense, they should let Beal play as a substitute, and Bill can also play better on the offensive end by playing the sixth man, and he got 11 points and 2 assists on 2-of-7 shooting in this game. Another problem with Beal's starting is that the defense is not good, and now that the team is starting with a three-guard Booker, Beal and Jones, it is time to put Royce O'Neale in the starting lineup.
Zhan Meila was on fire
The core lineup of the Lakers has been working together for many years, and it has been proved that they are still very strong as long as they stay healthy, and the team's three cores have played a very good performance, James played 16 minutes and shot 8 of 12, and 2 of 3 three-pointers got 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, and the performance was complete with Durant. Russell also played well, shooting 5-of-9 from the field and 2-of-4 from three-point range to get 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Thick eyebrows shot 7 of 10 in this game, 1 of 3 three-pointers got 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, through this game, Redick did give thick eyebrows more roles, this campaign thick eyebrows have served as the role of organizing the forward line for a period of time, he mentioned the line, James handed the ball to him, and then went to the bottom line, let thick eyebrows deal with the team's offense, as a result, thick eyebrows did a good job, the ability to respond to expectations, and the defensive threat is still very strong.
Bronny played with James in the second quarter, but because of his poor performance, he didn't get much playing time when the two sides played against the core, and he made 3 turnovers in a total of 4 minutes in the first half (4 turnovers in the whole game), I don't know if he was nervous or really couldn't play a high-level game, if it continued like this, he would be getting closer and closer to the development league. In addition, Reaves scored 5 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in this game.
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