On October 28, Beijing time, the NBA new season regular season, the Lakers went to the away game to challenge the Thunder, in this game James continued to be absent, while Westbrook and Davis started the game. In previous games, the Lakers' form is picking up, they currently have a 2-game winning streak, and the team has gradually found a sense of winning after losing the first two games of the season. On the Thunder side, they have suffered four consecutive defeats so far in the new season, and they are also one of the few teams in the league that has not yet won. In terms of strength, the Lakers should have an advantage.
In the first quarter of this game, the Lakers also showed their advantage in the game, the team with the west and Davis play, they scored 41 points in a single quarter, while only letting the Thunder get 19 points on the defensive end. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers held a 22-point lead, and the advantage was very obvious.
Entering the second quarter, the Lakers' defense had a big problem, and when the Thunder were behind in the big score, they played a counterattack attack continuously, and the team was all soldiers and played a smooth team offense. In the second quarter, the Thunder scored 37 points and recovered 6 points in a single quarter. At the end of the half, the Thunder closed the gap to 16 points.
In the third quarter of the game, the Thunder's offensive attack did not decrease, the team played an efficient offensive performance, of which Alexander got a comprehensive data of 17 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter, and the Lakers still did not think of a good solution on the defensive end, and the Lakers let the Thunder get 41 points in the single quarter game, while the team only had 23 points in the account. At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder successfully surpassed the Lakers by 2 points.
In the final quarter, the Thunder took the initiative in the game, and the team played an 11-5 offensive wave, widening the score gap to 8 points. Then the Lakers made adjustments and completed the scoring on the offensive end, but the team's performance on the defensive end was still very sluggish, allowing the Thunder to get a lot of opportunities to easily score, and finally the Thunder also maintained the lead to the end, they successfully defeated the Lakers at home 123-115 to achieve the first win of the new season, in this game, the Thunder successfully reversed the Lakers by 26 points.
The main player data of the two teams in this game: Westbrook had 20 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists, which was the first triple-double of his Lakers career, and he also had 10 turnovers, which also refreshed the single-game turnover of his Lakers career. Davis had 30 points and eight rebounds, Bazemore 11 points, Munch 9 points and Anthony 13 points. On the Thunder side, Alexander had 27 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Kiddy 18 points and 10 assists, Dort 17 points and Favors 15 points.
The Lakers started the game perfectly, and the team led the Thunder by 26 points at the top of the first half, and the advantage was very obvious. However, in the second half, the team as a whole did not play well, and there were a series of unnecessary mistakes, allowing the Thunder to find the feeling of the game, and they played a very efficient offensive cooperation in the game under the leadership of Alexander, and the Lakers did not make adjustments when they were behind. In the end, the Lakers lost to the Thunder on the road, missed 3 consecutive wins, and in the case of leading by 26 points, they were completed by the Thunder, which was not ideal.
Although Wei Shao got a triple-double in this campaign, he made 10 turnovers, setting a new single-game turnover in his Lakers career, which was previously 9. For Wei Shao, he also needs to be better integrated into the team's tactical system, if there continues to be a high-turnover game, then the Lakers want to win is not small.