After losing consecutively and suffering two consecutive defeats, the San Antonio Spurs took a short break in this campaign and continued to sit at home, and ushered in the challenge of the Lakers, whose strength should not be underestimated.
In terms of the Spurs, head coach Popovich has not moved and continued to use the previous starting lineup, while the young players led by Murray can withstand the pressure and defend the home game to end the losing streak, which has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, on the Lakers side, James was absent due to injury, Munch was favored by head coach Vogel, promoted to the starting partner Wei Shao + thick eyebrow brother, the Lakers are also ready to go, trying to take the victory on the road!
Finally, after 4 quarters of play + 1 overtime almost white-hot battle, although the Lakers in the first half, with the excellent play of Wei Shao + thick eyebrows, quickly entered the state of the game, and achieved a good score advantage.
But after returning from the second half, the Spurs blossomed more in the third quarter, Murray sent assists in succession, and Lonnie Walker scored 11 points in a single quarter to usher in a small outbreak, leading the Spurs to reverse the situation on the court.
Fortunately, in the final final battle, the thick eyebrow brother + Wei Shao once again exerted force, and Munch turned the tide at a critical moment, hitting a key three-pointer to drag the game into overtime.
Coupled with the overtime link, the Lakers with the superstar led by the team, under the leadership of Wei Shao + thick eyebrow brother, a wave of flow took away the game, and finally the Lakers also narrowly won the Spurs 125-121 on the road, which was worth the trip to win 2 consecutive wins at the same time, but also gave the opponent Spurs 3 consecutive losses!
This game rushed to the away, although the team was once in the dilemma of falling behind by as many as 12 points, but fortunately, the Lakers did not mess up, but all the staff were soldiers, playing a team performance of 4 people scoring doubles.
In the absence of James, the performance of Wei Shao + thick eyebrow brother as the other two cores, as well as the play of the team's new signing Munch, are particularly critical!
In this game, the thick eyebrow brother swept away the previous downturn, debuted 40 minutes, shot nearly 50% of the 31 shots, shot a game-high 35 points, plus 17 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks of the all-around performance.
One thing to say, in the face of the Spurs Pelter + Ubanks + Thaddeus Young such an internal combination, this game completely let go of the thick eyebrow brother, or make the Spurs a little overwhelmed!
Of course, the Biggest contributor to the Lakers' ability to reverse the Spurs and win the game is obviously the core defender of the team.
After all, this game has the ball in hand's performance of Wei Shao, we have seen it for all to see, the whole game contributed 33 points + 10 rebounds + 8 assists + 3 steals of quasi-triple-double performance, once became an opponent difficult to solve the existence.
And his key performance in the last quarter + overtime game not only officially announced the return of Westbrook basketball, but also made a great contribution to the Lakers to win the game!
In addition, the performance of Malik Munch, the demon guard who replaced James in the starting lineup, was also indispensable.
In this campaign, Munch started for 37 minutes, 15 shots and 6 hit 4 three-pointers in the middle of the line, and cut down 17 points + 1 rebound + 3 assists + 1 steal offensive and defensive performance, providing the Lakers with strong firepower and vitality, and successfully disrupting the Spurs' defensive deployment and rhythm.
And to be honest, the Lakers can win 2 consecutive wins in this battle, and Vogel, as the head coach, should really thank Munch for his excellent performance!
On the other hand, on the Spurs side, although the team eventually lost this game and suffered 3 consecutive defeats, the Spurs were not completely without gains in this battle.
After all, although there is no superstar to lead the team, under the coaching of head coach Popovich, the big triple-double performance of the youngster Dezhangtai Murray in the whole game of 21+12+15+2+2 is indeed not lacking in highlights.
Coupled with the activation of Peltel, the team's highest 27 points were bombed, and the important firepower points on the bench of Lonnie Vogue + Vassell were also released to varying degrees, which once made the Lakers feel a lot of pressure.
And rationally speaking, such a young and tenacious Spurs team, what kind of surprises will be brought to us in the new season, and may indeed be a thing worth looking forward to!