The Lakers ushered in a sweet schedule, after the last reversal to defeat the Cavaliers, the team continued to play at home, this time the opponent is the West's weak rocket, and the two teams to play 2 games in 3 days, this is a good opportunity for the Lakers to improve the ranking, this game Vogel took the lead in changing the lineup, he removed Jordan Jr., put Bradley on the starting line, thick eyebrow brother changed to the No. 5 position, and achieved good results, Anthony hit 3 consecutive points, the Lakers established a double-digit advantage in the first quarter.
After the game, the point difference between the two teams has become wider and wider, at the most, the Lakers once led by 28 points in the 4th quarter, after which they played a little lax, the Rockets continued to impact the basket to score, Vogel called 3 consecutive timeouts to help the team stop the decline, James also re-emerged, and finally the Lakers had a thrilling 95-85 victory, got 2 consecutive wins, and their ranking also rose to the 6th position in the West. Also winning was the Lone Ranger, who led the team to find a feel in the home match against the Dark Horse Kings of the West, and the Lone Ranger suppressed the opponent almost all the time.
Although the Kings narrowed the point difference to within five points in the last quarter, Doncic helped the team win 105-99 in this game, and won the fourth victory of the season, and Doncic got a quasi-triple-double of 23+8+10 in the whole game, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's victory. And in another strong dialogue, the Jazz challenged the defending champion Bucks on the road to the missing major general, this game presented a one-sided situation, after the opening of the Jazz 3 points on the throw, Mitchell and Conley scored consecutively, the Bucks side lacked 3 starters, they played very passive, the alphabet brothers joined forces to start, but the effect was not ideal, the inside line against Gobert did not seem to have much, the outside line of 3 points could not be thrown, the score was getting bigger and bigger.
At the most, the Jazz once led by 17 points, but in the final quarter under the leadership of Alphabet Brother, the Bucks once chased the point difference to only 5 points, and at the critical moment, Mitchell once again stood up to help the team stop the bleeding, and finally they won 107-95 on the road, and also surpassed the Warriors in the West and regained the first place. The Blazers were not so lucky, in the away game against the Hornets, although CJ performed well and scored 25 points, but their other core Lillard continued to slump, this game he only scored 14 points on 5-of-20 shooting, and finally the team was reversed by the opponent in the second half, losing to the opponent 113-125, eating the third defeat of the season.
Now the Western Jazz and Warriors are 5 wins and 1 loss, in the top 2 positions in the West, the Nuggets and Lone Rangers are 4 wins and 2 losses, and the subsequent teams are timberwolves, Lakers, Kings and Trail Blazers, this season's competition in the West, it seems to start from the beginning of the season, no one wants to play the playoffs, may have to wait until the last round, to decide the final ranking, this situation is too exciting!