The Lakers played against the Celtics at home, won the last game, and they were in good shape. However, the Lakers are not as strong as the Celtics, but the presence of Zhan Mei gives the Lakers hope of defeating any opponent. The Celtics' three-point shot played normally, and winning was a high probability event.
In the first quarter, the Lakers made a lot of mistakes, inaccurate three-point shots, couldn't get in the inside, and were taught by Bozin, once trailing by 18 points. After Pozin went down, after the three-point shooting percentage dropped, the Celtics' offense and defense fell sharply, and the Lakers played a wave of 9-0, and the advantage was narrowed to only 9 points.
In the second quarter, when Davis and Pozin were away, both sides attacked each other and projected well. The Lakers mainly play inside, the Celtics still look at three-pointers, Pritchard explodes, and the point difference has been fluctuating around 10 points. James made a walking error, and then a three-pointer returned to the court, and Tatum responded strongly from the outside.
After Davis and Pozin returned, the Celtics' three-point shot was inaccurate, and the Lakers countered and narrowed it down to six points. Pozin continued to hit an open three-pointer, and Davis hit a three-pointer to stop the Celtics at 44-47.
The Celtics came back still without a score, and James continued to fight back, with a 1-point gap. Tatum didn't attack, Reaves Hachimura didn't score under the basket, and missed the opportunity to overtake. Pozin's three-pointer finally came, and Holiday made a pull-up jumper to bring the deficit back to six points. Reeves hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, and Prince chased after him to tie the game 6-0.
The two sides returned to the same running line, White threw first, Tatum counterattacked and broke fast, Pozin hit small, and the Celtics went on a 6-0 run. Prince made a three-pointer in the bottom corner, Davis forced a strong attack, and responded with a wave of 5-0, and the Lakers trailed by one point at 57-58 and played a good game each.
The second half was adjusted, the two sides went back and forth, the Lakers looked at Pulis, the three-point shot was really accurate, the Celtics changed their strategy, mainly impacted the interior, and shot fewer three-pointers, of course, they would still shoot resolutely when they had the opportunity. Holiday hit an empty three-point shot, James was hatted by Pozin, and Jalen dunked with one hand to stop the Lakers 71-66.
The Lakers still look at Davis and Pulis, the two of them carry the team's scoring banner inside and out, but the team's defense is not good, and there are too many fouls. The Celtics don't shoot three points indiscriminately, play smarter, and the advantage is still not small.
Pozin made a three-pointer, Brown scored consecutive baskets, Davis attacked, Reaves counterattacked with three points, you wave, I wave, it was about the same as the long half. Then the two sides entered the iron mode, Tatum and Hachimura, these two people are really iron. Then Russell and Reaves gave them a chance, but the defense was really bad, and Horford White hit a three-pointer to bring the margin to double digits.
James came back to lead the team to chase points, the effect was not good, the projection was too poor, there was no breakthrough, and the rebounds were lost, but the Celtics' baskets were still more accurate. Davis came back to put out the fire, and the offense was solved, but the defense still couldn't prevent it. The Celtics have a lot of points and are consistent.
Tatum finally scored with a difficult shot, Davis made a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, Tatum turned and made a layup, Reaves didn't return the three-point shot, and Holiday scored with ease, a 14-point gap. Pozin made a one-handed dunk, James was blocked, and Brown stealed.
With 2 and a half minutes left, James went off the court, and Davis continued to lead the team without giving up. Hachimura's three-point shot finally hit, but it was too late, so why did he go early. The Celtics didn't give a chance, beating the Lakers 126-115, the strength is really strong, as long as the three-point shot is not thrown randomly, play a reasonable point, a little invincible.
The Lakers tried their best, but they really couldn't beat it. Davis scored 40 points and 13 rebounds, doing everything, but James didn't play well in this game, 5 of 14, and 3 turnovers, couldn't get in the inside, and was very uncomfortable defending.