Original title: The Lakers take the Bulls lightly to break the 4-year invincible spell to prove the strength of the defending champion
The Lakers took the Bulls 101-90 away from home. They have won 9 away games so far this season and regained their top spot in the league. The result of such a game will not be surprising, but the Lakers quietly broke a 4-year invincible curse. The Lakers remained unbeaten in the away game despite a key misfire, which once again proved the super strength of the defending champion.
Anthony Davis, who has been high hopes so far this season, has performed poorly. In 15 regular season games, he can only get 22.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks. This is the first single season for Davis in the past 7 years. He averaged less than 24.0 points per game. His rebounding average this season was the second lowest in his 9-year NBA career and only slightly better than his rookie season. This is also an important reason why some people doubt the Lakers’ prospects for defending.
However, even in the case of Davis’s decline in data, the Lakers still achieved the league’s first regular season record, except for LeBron James, who is 36 years old, who still played dominance in the 18th season of his NBA career. In addition to the class performance, the Lakers played a leading three-pointer performance in the league. Many people should also know that one of the Lakers’ two major weaknesses last season was three-pointers, but so far this season the Lakers have averaged 12.4 three-pointers per game with the league’s fifth-highest 39.3% three-point field goal percentage. These statistics have broken the record of the highest season in the history of the Lakers.
At the end of the first half, leading by 30 points and finally undertaking the Bulls, the well-staffed Lakers had a problem with their three-pointers. The team made 19 three-pointers and only hit 4 three-pointers. This is the first time the Lakers have made fewer than 9 three-pointers in a single game this season. What’s more exciting is that this is the first time the Lakers have made fewer than 5 three-pointers in the regular season since April 7, 2017. Under the win, the Lakers have lost 10 straight in the regular season with less than 5 three-pointers in the past 4 years! In other words, the Lakers quietly broke the curse of invincible team history in the past 4 years against the Bulls!
The Lakers can easily win the night when the Bulls made only half of the three-pointers, which is inseparable from Davis’s personal best game of the season. “Brother Thick Eyebrow” made 14 of 21 field goal attempts with only 28 minutes of playing time, and his field goal percentage reached 66.7%. Among them, he also made 2 of 3 shots from beyond the three-point line and scored 9 free throws. He scored 7 points and scored 37 points, setting a personal record for the highest number of points and field goal attempts in a single game this season. His explosion helped the Lakers lead the Bulls 54-42 in points in the penalty area.
The Lakers were able to easily win with less than 112 points for the first time in the past eight games, and their strong defense also made a lot of contribution. The Lakers only allowed the Bulls to score 90 points with 39.3% of their field goals, setting the Lakers’ lowest record of conceded points in a single game this season. This is also the Lakers’s 7 consecutive games to limit opponents’ three-pointers to below 32.5%.
On the night when the three-pointer was once again a weak underbelly, with James’ offense showing exhaustion, the Lakers relied on strong defense and Davis’s giant planet to easily win, breaking the Lakers curse of invincibility for nearly 4 years, and once again proved The strong dominance of the defending champion. Who can beat such a Laker?Return to Sohu to see more
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