The Lakers have been playing very well recently, winning the mid-season tournament and winning a wave of three consecutive wins, and the ranking has risen to 6th place in the West, and the team has shown momentum to rise and has a good chance of breaking into the top 3 in the West.
The Lakers are playing better and better, but this game they have encountered a strong opponent, the Mavericks, who are fourth in the West! The Mavericks have shown strong competitiveness this season under the leadership of Irving and Doncic, and they have a record of 14-8 and rank 4th in the West, and the team has become a strong team in the West, but the absence of Irving, the team's big man, has given the Lakers a chance to win.
As soon as the game came up, the 2 teams were a little slow to heat up, constantly playing iron on the court, and the score rose very slowly, but then the Mavericks found their senses, hit 3 3-pointers in a row from the outside, and quickly took the lead in the score! The situation was not good, Prince and Hachimura stood up, scored points inside and out, and stopped the decline for the Lakers, but Hardaway Jr. felt hot, scored 10+ points in a single quarter, and led the Mavericks to an 8-point lead.
James and thick eyebrows continued to impact the inside line to score points and lead the Lakers to chase, but before the Lakers could catch up with the score, Doncic began to break out, using his personal ability to score points one after another, and the Mavericks then also found the outside touch, hitting 3 points in a row, and the team played a 10:0 offensive and opened a double-digit lead in one fell swoop! Thick eyebrows continued to score points with free throws, but Hardaway Jr. immediately responded, and the 2 teams came and went, and the Mavericks still led by 10 points at halftime.
After coming back from the break, James and Prince took turns outside**, but the Mavericks were not to be outdone, Doncic and Lowe returned the favor again and again, and the difference between the two teams was always maintained at about 10 points! Seeing that the situation was not good, James began to break out, and continued to score points in and out, under his strength, the Lakers finally approached the score, and with the thick eyebrows pressing the whistle 3-point shot, the Lakers ended the 3rd quarter, and they achieved a 2-point lead.
With a 2-point difference, both the Lakers and the Mavericks have a chance to win! James led the Lakers to attack, Reaves scored points one after another, Hardaway Jr. was still hot, leading the Mavericks to pay tribute, and the two teams started a tug-of-war on the court, and the score took the lead alternately! James and Doncic went on to compete with each other, but then Exum became a surprise player, scoring 8 points in a row to help the Mavericks regain the lead! James and thick eyebrows did not give up and led the Lakers to continue to catch up, and once chased the difference to only 2 points, but Axum hit a key 3-point, directly killing the game, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Lakers 127-125, ending the opponent's 3-game winning streak.
2 points narrowly won, the battle between the Mavericks and the Lakers was really exciting, both teams played at a high level, but relying on the better performance of the whole team, the Mavericks still won the game!
The Lone Ranger's performance in this game is really good! Doncic still played well, in 43 minutes of playing time, cut 33 points, 6 rebounds and 17 assists, although the score was targeted by the Lakers, but the passing was really good, 17 assists, completely drove the team's offensive rhythm!
Of course, the Mavericks role players also performed well! In the absence of Irving, Hardaway Jr. broke out, scoring 32 points to support the team's bench firepower, Lowe scored 19 points, and Exum became a hero, scoring 26 points, especially in the final moments, he scored 11 points alone, killing the game in one fell swoop and leading the Mavericks to victory.
James's thick eyebrows also performed very well in this game, scoring 70 points together! James played 40 minutes in this game, got 33 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists with a quasi-triple-double data, thick eyebrows also contributed 37 points and 11 rebounds, and shot 15 of 21, completely dominating the basket, but the other Lakers players did not give it a try, especially Russell, who was completely lost!
As the third person on the team, the Lakers have high expectations for Russell, but Russell was completely invisible in this game, scoring only 7 points in 3 of 9, and was completely crushed by Doncic and Hardaway Jr. on the court, and his performance was disappointing.
Russell really can't be of great use, the Lakers want to compete for the championship, they must have a strong backcourt player, trading Russell is a must, and the team also needs to make changes to impact the championship.