On January 31, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Hawks sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Lakers, this battle is the Lakers' back-to-back, they lost to the Rockets before this game, and the thick eyebrows of this campaign were absent from the game, facing the Hawks who played with all the players, the Lakers were not favored to win the game, and then we talked about the game process first, and then talked about the players' play.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Reaves and James combined to score 5 points to take the lead for the Lakers, Jalen Johnson and Trae Young combined to score 4 points in response, James relied on free throws to score, Prince and Reaves combined to score 4 points, the Lakers still led in the first half, but in the second half the Hawks felt hot, Hunter and Bey scored one after another, Bojan and Murray combined to score 4 points, and the Hawks instantly extended their advantage to 7 points and ended the first quarter of the game.
In the second quarter, Wood and Van der Biao combined to cut 4 points to narrow the gap for the Lakers, Trae Young scored three points to stop the bleeding, Hachimura and Van der Biao combined to cut 4 points to help the team catch up with the difference, Jalen Johnson and Bogdan combined for 7 points to help the Hawks reextend the lead, Russell and James combined to cut 4 points, Trae Young three points to stop the bleeding, although the Lakers' firepower was good enough, but the Hawks withstood their offensive, and at halftime, the Hawks led the Lakers by 11 points.
E-side rematch Capela and Murray scored 4 points in a row to help the team extend the lead to 15 points, and then the Hawks' firepower was still unabated, as Jalen Johnson scored in a row, the Hawks extended the lead to 20 points, James killed inside to stop the bleeding, Reaves hit a three-pointer, Lao Zhan and Wood combined to cut 4 points, Hunter and Capela combined to cut 5 points in response, and the Lakers did not play a decent counterattack after coming off the bench, and the Lakers trailed by 15 points after the third quarter.
James and Hachimura combined for 5 points in the final quarter, Vanderbilt scored 4 points in a row, relying on excellent offensive firepower, the Lakers narrowed the disadvantage to 10 points, Murray responded with a shot, James scored free throws, Jalen Johnson hit a three-point response, although the Lakers wanted to catch up with the point difference, but they couldn't prevent the opponent's offense, and the point difference was getting bigger and bigger, and in the end they were powerless to recover, and the team lost to the Hawks 122-138.
The Hawks once again showed the advantage of their lineup thickness, Trae Young shot 9 of 20, 6 of 9 three-pointers and scored 26 points, 1 rebound and 13 assists, Trae Young has never been a player known for his efficiency, and the projection efficiency of this game is so good, then it can only be said that the Lakers' backcourt defense is too bad, and Murray's offensive efficiency in this game is also great, with 11 of 18 shots in the game, and scored 24 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.
Jalen Johnson scored 19 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists on 8-of-14 shooting, Sadiq Bey scored 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Capela scored 13 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist, Bogdan scored 18 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and the team scored a total of 6 double-doubles, 5 scored 18+.
Previously, the American media reported that the Lakers' interest in trading Murray gradually became smaller, and they had such an idea on the one hand because Russell was in good shape before, and then the Hawks were not interested in getting Russell, because they had Trae Young, but after this game, it is estimated that the Lakers will have the idea of getting Murray again, their backcourt problems are too many, and the absence of thick eyebrows also exposes a big problem for the Lakers.
There were thick eyebrows before, he supported the team system on the defensive end, although the team's backcourt defense was not good, but relying on the defensive deterrence of thick eyebrows can also help the backcourt to a certain extent, but this campaign is different, thick eyebrows missed the game due to injury, thick eyebrows' absence not only made the team's defense problematic, the team's offense also came to a standstill, James was indeed unable to lead the team forward as the first attack point, and scored 20 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists on 7-of-17 shooting in this campaign.
Before there were thick eyebrows to attract defense, James as the second attack point, Russell can play very easily, but this game he became the second leader, in the face of high-intensity defense, it also collapsed, he scored 9 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists in 3 of 11 shots, although he has won 20+ in a single game in a row in the past period, but in terms of tough battles and comprehensive ability, he is still far from Murray.
The Lakers need a better three-in-command, at least they can stand up and score when any of them are absent from Zhan Mei, Reaves played well in this game, and scored 28 points and 6 assists in 10 of 19 shots in the game. In addition to the three, Hachimura had 16 points and four rebounds, Wood had nine points, eight rebounds and three assists, and Vanderbilt had 12 points, four rebounds and two assists.
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