NBA regular season Lakers away to challenge the Timberwolves, the first in the West, James played ill on his birthday night, Reddish also ushered in a comeback in this game, the starters are still that tall lineup, James, Reddish, Prince, Vanderbilt and Davis, the Timberwolves are still regular starters Conley, Edwards, McDaniels, Towns and Gobert.
In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers' tactics were very clear, always attacking the Timberwolves' interior, Davis showed aggression in the first quarter, scoring under the basket one after another, and James also hit a layup to help the Lakers take the lead at the beginning. The defensive end also saw the Lakers' focus, seeing the defensive intensity of the midseason tournament, forcing the Timberwolves to start hard.
Reddish led Edwards all over the court, limited his catch, and finally had a chance to single James, and was defended by James and Davis under the basket, and after James made a three-point shot and Davis scored a layup, the Lakers led the Timberwolves 17-6 in a wave.
After the Timberwolves took a timeout, with the Lakers' substitution adjustment, Hachimura did not defend as close as Reddish, allowing him to break through and score 4 points in a row, and then Reed and Conley also hit three points, Hachimura complained that the referee was also whistled for a technical foul, and the Timberwolves played a wave of 11-2.
In the subsequent game, it had to be Davis, who scored consecutive points at the end of the first quarter and overtook the Timberwolves 31-29.
In the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves made mistakes one after another, and the Lakers scored a steal, but then Wood missed two shots, which was a pity, but fortunately, Hachimura had a good grasp and played two plus one against the defense, and the Lakers went on a wave of 7-0 in 2 minutes. After the Timberwolves made personnel adjustments, the defensive intensity increased, and the Lakers fell into a scoring drought on the court, giving the Lakers a wave of 8-0.
Ham traded back to Davis after a timeout, and Russell and Davis drew back-to-back fouls to score on free throws, with Prince also hitting a three-pointer. After Edwards returned to the court, he increased his impact on the basket, scoring nine points in a row to help the Timberwolves overtake, but then twisted his foot during a counter-attack layup and went straight back to the locker room, but returned to the court in less than a minute
Fortunately, Reaves, Russell and Davis were able to score consecutive points on the court to help the Lakers maintain the score, and the Lakers trailed the Timberwolves 57-61 at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game, Downs received his fourth foul in just 1 minute, but he didn't get off the court, and converted the offense to shoot three points!The Lakers score still depends on Davis, a whistle shot scored, James wanted to return a three-point shot from Towns, missed the shot, James did not shoot well in this game, and then completed the dunk score through two counterattacks.
The Lakers' positional offense was a little stagnant, and only the counterattack scored a little easier. On the contrary, it was Edwards, and the Lakers changed several defensive players in a row, and it was difficult to cope with the footwork.
After that, the Timberwolves' offense stalled, and the Lakers counterattacked one after another, once leveling the score, but then Vanderbilt, Prince and Reaves continued to play iron with three points, and the Lakers trailed the Timberwolves 77-82 at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers recovered on the offensive end, Vanderbilt scored a basket, Prince also made a three-point shot, Reaves caused a shooting foul, scored through free throws, and a wave of 7-1 Lakers overtook the score. After the Timberwolves adjusted their state, Conley, Towns and others began to score, and once again overtook the score, and the two sides drew and alternated many times in this game, which shows the intensity of the game.
Edwards then singled Davis, used his footwork to change direction continuously, stepped back to score from mid-range, and then made a three-pointer!Laker Wood made a three-pointer, James broke through with the ball to complete the dunk, played two and one, and continued to help the Lakers bite the score.
The Lakers used a two-tower lineup to deal with the Timberwolves' twin towers, Davis and Wood were on the court at the same time, but they lost rebounds one after another, and also let Edwards empty, allowing the opponent to shoot another three-pointer, and then Edwards forced the basket to cause a foul, and after the free throw, the Timberwolves led the Lakers by 7 points, with 2 minutes and 18 seconds left in the game.
At the moment of the decisive battle, James singled Downs with the ball and dunked!Downs returned in the next round, singled James to cause a foul on Lao Zhan, and hit two free throws. Davis hit a three-pointer from the buzzer, the two sides fought, Conley broke the deadlock with a three-pointer, James made a layup to make it two and one, McDaniels complained that the referee also received a technical foul, Reaves scored a free throw, and the Lakers chased four points in one round, and the Lakers trailed by three points in the final 31 seconds. Gobert's offensive foul was not blown by the referee, James stepped back and scored a three-point shot, was blown and stepped on the line, and after looking back, the referee determined that it was touched, causing dissatisfaction among the Lakers players！The Lakers had to foul Edwards and hit one of two free throws, and the Lakers had 1In the last attack of 4 seconds, James missed a layup, and finally the Timberwolves beat the Lakers 108-106.
Player statistics for both sides in this match.
Lakers: Davis 33 points, 17 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, James 26 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, Prince 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals, Reddish 4 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Reaves 9 points and 2 rebounds, Wood 7 points and 5 rebounds, Russell 5 points, Hachimura 5 points.
Timberwolves: Edwards 31 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Conley 15 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, Gobert 13 points, 13 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block, Towns 9 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Reed 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Walker 6 points, 4 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.