In an NBA game that ended today, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Wizards 134-131, the two sides played very fiercely, the Lakers fell behind by 3 points in the first quarter, successfully overtook in the second quarter, the Lakers occupied a slight lead in the third quarter, the two sides started a tug-of-war in the final quarter, Reaves hit the board at the critical moment, and Poole failed, the game came to overtime, with James after the three-point shot, Reaves blocked Poole's three-point shot, and the Lakers won thrillingly. In terms of statistics, James scored 31 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, Brother Thick Mei 40 points, 15 rebounds, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks, Russell 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and Reaves 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
Maybe it's the back-to-back reason, in fact, the Lakers today as a whole give us the feeling that they are very tired and can't play their real strength, especially when the game is still in overtime, and James is even more tired after the game, maybe from a certain point of view, James should really take turns to rest this game, you might as well prepare for the Nuggets, because in the game with the Nuggets, James will definitely be able to score 40,000 points, but if the Lakers lose at that time, it will be embarrassing, which is equivalent to encountering a milestone, and if James is absent from today's game, Then 40,000 points can be dragged back one game, and the Lakers' opponent will be the Thunder, compared to the Nuggets, the Lakers are not afraid of the Thunder. After this game, the Lakers regained the Warriors' ranking and rose to 9th in the West, and the competition between the two teams has entered a white-hot stage.
With the Jazz and the Rockets dropping the chain, it is basically certain that the Lakers and Warriors will play each other in the play-offs, and there is only one chance in the 9th and 10th play-offs, and as long as they lose, they will be completely out, so the 9th is very important, because of the home-court advantage, James refuses to rotate and rest, probably because of this reason, Lao Zhan does not want to lose. Looking at the whole game, the Lakers mainly have four major winning heroes, the first is naturally James, in the first quarter, after James missed three points in a row, and then began to hit the inside line to help the Lakers bite the point difference. In the second quarter, James continued to exert his strength, made a single layup, scored 6 points in a row with free throws, and continued to shoot in the low post, James really did his best, with 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half.
From the beginning of the third quarter, it can be clearly seen that James is really tired, especially on the defensive end, which is a little unable to keep up with the rhythm, but James is still very hard, fighting for layups, breaking through the frame, and the same is true in the last quarter, James and Brother Thick Eyebrows continue to score, during a certain timeout, James even sat directly on the bench of Ham, tired enough, in overtime, James is even more big heart to pull out three points, I have to say, the 39-year-old James is really not easy, you must know that he played 39 minutes. According to statistics after the game, in the last 5 games, James can get an average of 296 points 50 rebounds 9With 2 assists, a whopping 58 percent shooting percentage and a 53 percent three-point shooting percentage, it's hard to believe that's what a 39-year-old should be.
The second biggest winner is Brother Thick Eyebrows, the interior offense is quite tough, the Wizards have no way to defend, or they can only take foul measures, and the same is true on the defensive end, Brother Thick Eyebrows covers the sky, except for a butter hand error in overtime, the rest of the time is no problem. In addition to Zhan Mei, Russell was also an important contributor to the Lakers' victory, hitting a total of 4 three-pointers in the game, and in the third quarter, the Lakers could play inseparably with the Wizards, and Russell's performance was quite crucial. The final winner was Reaves, although his performance was not very good for most of the time, but he hit a difficult shot in the final stage of the final quarter, and then in overtime, Poole wanted to shoot a three-pointer, but was blocked by Reaves, and Reaves also grabbed the rebound in this round.
James was interviewed after the game, and the elder Zhan first praised the Wizards' performance, James said: "After last night's victory, we faced a young and tenacious opponent, they basically had no goal, just worked hard, they were fast, they were young, we took 53 minutes to complete the task, we have to give them praise, they played well," it can be seen that James is still very humble, and he does not forget to praise the opponent when he wins. Then the focus is on, when talking about how he might score 40,000 points against the Nuggets, James said: "We have to try to play our style of play, maintain a high level of defense, continue to shoot on the offensive end, try to keep shooting high, we all know very well what kind of opponent the Nuggets are, and of course we want to beat them, especially on our home court." ”
James's meaning is very easy to understand, he must beat the Nuggets, which is not only related to the question of whether he can get revenge, but also James definitely doesn't want to suffer from his own mileage tragedy, so the Nuggets have to win it anyway, just imagine, that is, revenge on the opponent and get 40,000 points, this is the best of both worlds. At the same time, James also talked about the key to beating the Nuggets, defending well and hitting the basketball. In an interview after the game, Brother Thick Eyebrows also talked about how to beat the Nuggets, he said: "I think the key is to limit the two giants (Jokic and Murray) and let the rest of the people shoot against us, but at the same time we need to score, we have to play with energy, and we can't accept a slow start," Yes, Thick Eyebrows have a domineering showdown, he thinks that to guard against Jokic and Murray, whether the Lakers can take revenge on the Nuggets, let's wait and see."