Beijing time on April 12, the NBA playoffs officially played, the Lakers and the Timberwolves compete for the 7th throne in the West, the final two sides through overtime to share the victory, the Lakers successfully defeated the Timberwolves, locking the 7th position in the West, and successfully advanced to the playoffs. According to the western ranking distribution, the Lakers will face the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs, and the Grizzlies have a star with superstar potential in the team, I believe that by then it will be a vicious battle!
The Lakers didn’t win this game easily, sitting at home but not playing as dominant as they should, instead they were held in check by the Timberwolves. You should know that Gobert was banned by the Timberwolves, which led to the Timberwolves’ interior defense quality greatly reduced, but the Lakers still did not find a breakthrough, most of the time were led by the Timberwolves by the nose. Until the last moment of the game, Schroder hit a key three-pointer, only to let the Lakers see the hope of winning the game. It’s a pity that Schroder couldn’t do it because the Timberwolves also found a loophole for the Lakers in the final stage, and Conley made a three-point shot to win a foul and get three free throws for the Timberwolves. Conley finally resisted the pressure and scored 3 free throws, and the two sides tied the score again, thus entering overtime.
By the overtime session, the Lakers finally played with an inside advantage, plus Towns and Edwards’ finishing ability was not good enough, and finally the Lakers beat the Timberwolves at home through overtime and got a playoff spot without any risk. From the performance of this game, it is not easy for the Lakers to hit the championship. The Lakers made 31 three-point shots in this game, but only hit 10, a 32.2% three-point shooting rate. The Lakers’ three-point shots were basically concentrated in the second half of the game, especially when the score was gradually pulled apart by the Timberwolves, before the Lakers completely awakened. Three point performance is the Lakers short board this season, if the Lakers can not improve the three point efficiency in the playoff stage, then the Lakers want to eliminate the Grizzlies is not an easy task, not to mention the impact of the season’s NBA championship!
The Lakers had 5 players in double figures in this game, James got 30 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 caps, the Brow got 24 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 caps, Schroeder got 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, Reeves got 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, and Rui Hachimura got 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Among these 5 players, Reeves’ performance is relatively unstable, hitting only 4 out of 13 shots in the whole game, and a few shots look unreasonable, which is also a drawback of young players, and need to summarize the lessons learned before they can hope to grow into a qualified puzzle for the championship.
Now the Lakers advance to the playoff stage, the first round will be against the Grizzlies ranked 2nd in the West, both on the offensive end and the defensive end, the Grizzlies have the strength to play with the Lakers. Although the Lakers have a strong brow inside, but this season the average rebound 46.6, ranking 2nd in the league, strong brow want to suppress the Grizzlies inside, is not an easy task. If the Lakers want to eliminate the Grizzlies to advance to the Western Conference semifinals, then the Lakers need to work more on the offensive end, especially to improve the efficiency of the three points, to open up the situation outside, so that the Lakers have a better chance to take down the Grizzlies in BO7!
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