On February 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Lakers hosted the Pistons. The Lakers previously had a record of 28 wins and 26 losses, ranking ninth in the West, and the Pistons had a record of 8 wins and 44 losses, ranking at the bottom of the East and the worst record in the league. Although the Lakers did nothing at the trade deadline, they quickly signed Dinwiddie in the buyout market, and Dinwiddie rejected the $5.3 million contract offered by the Mavericks and chose the Lakers' $1.5 million contract. However, Ham also expressed his tactical ideas early: three defenders + Zhan Mei combination! But to tell the truth, if Dinwiddie + Reeves + Russell were on the court at the same time, the thick eyebrows on the defensive end would be very tired, and there would be no helpers at all.
In addition, the Warriors have won 7 of their last 8 games and have caught up with the Lakers; The Mavericks in front of the Lakers have won 5 consecutive victories and have slowly widened the gap, and the Lakers have indeed reached the point where they can't afford to lose. In addition, more and more American media reports that if a team selects Bronny this summer, James is likely to choose to leave the Lakers, so the Lakers management is very passive, which is also the fundamental reason why they are reluctant to participate in the 29 first-round pick. The opponent Pistons look weak, but in the past three games, they beat the Kings and defeated the Trail Blazers, and the last game forced the Clippers to the last minute. Pistons starters: Cunningham + Ivey + Osar Thompson + Fontecchio + Duren. Lakers starters: Russell + Reaves + Hachimura + James + thick eyebrows.
At the beginning of the game, Hachimura continued to hit the basket, the Pistons relied on Duren and Thompson to eat cakes, Russell scored three points, Hachimura quickly dunked + cut to the basket, and then Lao Zhan made a layup to stop the Pistons. Thick eyebrows at the top of the arc dealt a good tactic, in the middle of the Thompson and Reaves three-pointers, Lao Zhan's counterattack split ignited the home fans, and then James reciprocated, assisted Reaves easy layup, the Lakers opened a double-digit difference. In the second half, the thick eyebrows were shot + dunked, James and Wood also scored in a row, and the Lakers once opened a 16-point difference. But in the last 2 minutes, as soon as the starters played, the Pistons immediately hit a small climax, and only Prince hit a three-point shot on the Lakers' side. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Pistons 34-24. Except for Hachimura, everyone else is dominating the ball in tandem, and the transmission is very smooth.
came back in the second quarter, Russell hit a three-pointer + broke through the high throw, and then Lao Zhan fed Prince, the Pistons relied on Milton and Wiseman to bite the difference, and Ivey's windmill slam dunk was also very handsome! When the Pistons were constantly approaching the point difference, the Lakers suddenly made a force in the middle: Hachimura made a strong attack, thick eyebrows assisted James to dunk quickly, and after thick eyebrows made up for 2+1, he hit three points in the front and then hit! After that, the Zhan Mei combination continued to make kills, and with Reeves' three points, the difference instantly reached 22 points! In the second half, Duren and Cunningham singled to stop the bleeding, Dinwiddie continued to feed Russell to hit a three-pointer, and at the end of the quarter, thick eyebrows and Russell scored consecutive layups, and at halftime, the Lakers led the Pistons 71-48. The Lakers' starting five, Russell scored 15 points, Reaves 10 points and 5 assists, thick eyebrows 18 points, 12 rebounds and 4 hats, Lao Zhan 12 points and 6 assists, and Hachimura 9 points.
The starters were too strong, and Dinwiddie repeatedly fed his teammates with shells. At the beginning of the second half, Fontecchio took the lead in hitting three points, and thick eyebrows also scored an own goal. However, Hachimura made a tough layup, and Russell's open three-pointers, including thick eyebrows, made a kill, and the Lakers maintained a lead of more than 20 points. In the middle of the period, Thompson continued to dunk, Cunningham and Fontecchio blossomed inside and out, and with Ivey's three-pointer, the Pistons once chased down to only 12 points. At the critical moment, Lao Zhan made a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, and then Hachimura made up for the dunk, and Dinwiddie broke through the high-difficulty throw to complete 2+1, and the Lakers stabilized the rhythm. At the end of the quarter, the Pistons came off the bench to play singles, and after Dinwiddie hit a three-pointer, he made a steal and counterattacked to feed Wood a layup, and after the third quarter, the Lakers led the Pistons 99-79.
Entering the fourth quarter, Milton and Wiseman made consecutive baskets, Prince and Fournier hit three-pointers, and then James hit two three-pointers in a row to reopen the difference, but Wiseman and Thompson led the team back to suspense. In the middle of the section, Ivey threw + Thompson dunked + Wiseman made a basket, and the Pistons once chased only 12 points. Fortunately, Wood scored four points in a row to stop the bleeding. After that, the Pistons did not resist, and in the end, the Lakers easily defeated the Pistons 125-111!
Lakers statistics, James 25 points and 8 assists, thick eyebrows 20 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 blocks, Russell 21 points and 3 assists, Reaves 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Dinwiddie 6 points, 7 assists, 2 steals and 4 turnovers, Wood 11 points and 4 rebounds. Prince had eight points and five rebounds, and Hachimura had 15 points and five rebounds. Pistons statistics, Osar Thompson 19 points, Cunningham 12 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Ivey 15 points and 5 assists, Fournier 13 points and 4 rebounds, Wiseman 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.
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