The Lakers beat the heat with 112-109. The significance of the whole season is hard to measure now. It may take a long time for everyone to look back and see the victory before they can realize its important value more deeply.
They beat the heat. Although they were only listed in the eighth place in the east, they entered the East final last season. Two more seasons ago, they were playing the finals.
The Lakers didn’t have James. He got sick after taking two games for 40 +. The Lakers did not have Davis either, which was his 10th missing game. The Lakers don’t have Lonnie Walker yet, or we should call him “Ronny”, because on the outside line of the Lakers with mediocre qualifications, Ronny is somewhat tough and a bit fighting capacity.
Moreover, the forward Troy Brown, who had only played for more than ten minutes, was also injured because of the quadriceps strain on the left thigh.
The Heat also had a long list of wounded soldiers, but the most conspicuous one was Duncan Robinson. Butler is there, Adebayor is there, lorry is there, Croal is there, and Oladipo is on the bench.
The last hot fire, although it was the second back-to-back game, James did not rest, but tried his best to win 27+9+6, but lost 14 points. Therefore, few people believe that the Lakers can win, although they have already won two consecutive victories, with 3 wins and 1 loss in the last four games.
It is difficult for the two leaders, who hold the core of the ball, to distinguish whether Schroder or Wei Shao is the first one.
They were present at the same time most of the time. Ham played double control, trying to maintain the original fast pace, and at any time there were core defenders launching tactics, even killing baskets with the ball.
The Lakers started very well. Although Wei Shao made seven mistakes in the first half, the first quarter played the leader of the quick push attack perfectly, assisting 5 times and only making one mistake, schroeder got 8 points. Wei Shao mainly made 6 mistakes in the second section, but he contributed 10 points in a single section. In the case of two mistakes 12-7, the Lakers still led 4 points to enter the second half.
The problem of Wei Shao was that there were many mistakes and three points were not accurate, but he didn’t make any mistakes in the latter two sections, and 4 out of 10 scored 9 points. And at the last critical moment, Wei Shao passed two wonderful games to Thomas Bryant to ensure that the Lakers maintained the advantage of two rounds. He also lost Oladipo in the last 15.4 seconds, the success of taking Reeves out of the circle laid the basket and laid the victory.
The Lakers played dual-core, Schroeder did not make a mistake in the second half, and contributed 22 points.
This battle Schroeder reversed many people’s impression of him. In the past, he was a point guard with a little sticky ball, fast speed but not accurate shooting. His body was still a little thin and he would be caught by his opponent. After this game, everyone called his nickname “little black” again “. This little black, who refused to end up with his feet, got 12 points in the last 5 minutes 41 seconds.
Little Black hit his head on Adebayor’s large and thick body, fell to the ground in pain and held the front of his right ankle tightly. It turned out that he stepped on Adebayor’s foot. Ham called for a pause and said to him: If I find that you can’t leave quickly, I will take you down. Who would have thought that Xiaohei said, “No, coach, let me stay on the court. I’m fine, coach, nothing.
Coach Ham said: that’s good. Xiao Hei said: I will not only play well, but also play very well.
Xiao Hei fulfilled his promise. He scored 32 points in this game. Before that, his highest score was 30 points, with an average of less than 11 points.
Xiao Hei fined 14 balls. The two free throws he took behind his feet changed the Lakers from 3 points behind to only 1 point behind. His two free throws in the last 43.6 seconds expanded the advantage of the Lakers to 3 points. After the Heat caught up with only 2 points, Xiao Hei and Wei made a stop and split cooperation. Wei Shao stayed on the outside line. Of course, the Heat contracted and blocked Xiao Hei. Who knows that he has never broken his feet, a black lightning flashed across, direct layup goal, expanding the advantage of the Lakers to 4 points, two rounds, leaving only 20.3 seconds for the opponent.
And the man named Bryant.
Since the absence of Davis, the Lakers insider has become the key area for opponents, while Thomas Bryant is not good at defense. He is not tall enough and does not respond so quickly. But he has one advantage, that is, he is clean and tidy in attack, does not drag the mud with water, and has a good basket.
Before the heat, Thomas Bryant had already played four good games in a row, three of which were two pairs, with a season high of 21 points for magic, for Eagles and Wasps, 19+17 and 18+15 respectively. A tough torb in attack can make the Lakers more three-dimensional, but in the face of the heat, he is tested by Adebayor, who is famous for his strong defense.
Tobu handed in 21+9 answers. The rebound was half less than the previous two games, but the score was the highest in the season. Especially at the critical moment of the last 5 minutes, he scored 7 points alone: After a while, he went through Adebayor with the Midea of weishao, and after a while, he took weishao’s pass and buckled. At 2 minutes 1 second, his dunk expanded the advantage of the Lakers to 5 points, and it was another two rounds.
Now the Lakers, if they don’t lead their opponents in two rounds at the critical moment, it really makes people feel bottomless. However, this time in the last 5 minutes, the Lakers changed the advantage of one round into two rounds seven times after the hot pursuit, which meant that every time the Heat scored a goal, the Lakers responded.
This was rare in the past, not to mention the whole axis of the team was injured.
The Lakers seem to have more and more experience in playing fast, and their resistance is getting stronger and stronger. At first, there was no Davis, and they all thought that the Lakers were at the end of the world. Later, James made full efforts to attack, so there were 3 wins and 1 loss around the new year. If James didn’t get sick in this game, he would definitely play, not only because of the great pressure on ranking, but also in order to sum up his experience and take the next game after the last loss. Moreover, this game was originally in ESPN’s national live broadcast plan, and Van Gadi was specially arranged to explain it. It can be seen that James and the Heat paid great attention to the last battle of the season.
After several main forces are injured, how much hope will van Gandy and ESPN have for the effect of this war? However, they did not expect that the Lakers soldiers gave them an excellent victory from the weak.
When the regular season is over, what will the Lakers end? Can’t you enter the play-offs, or can you enter the play-offs?
There is no way to predict now. After all, the Lakers can’t lack Davis and James to do big things, and Davis’s injury is always a mystery. However, this World War I showed the internal force of the Lakers role lineup. When they followed the coach’s command and played according to the same requirements, they could still exert great power. The cohesion of a team comes from this, rather than relying on one or two core players.
Therefore, if the Lakers can climb to the ladder step by step, and finally a salted fish will turn over. Today, it will be of great significance because it is a strong pivot to go up again.
Su Qun column