Anthony Davis shines in the Los Angeles Lakers' crucial win over the Thunder
In the NBA basketball fan community there is a concept called "back to the ground." This is a phrase that refers to a team with a 50% win rate, winning as many games as losing.
For the Los Angeles Lakers, "getting back to the ground" is a goal the team has been pursuing for a long time, trying to recover from a very bad start to the season (2-10 in the season). the first 12 matches).
It took more than 5 months, teachers and coaches Darvin Ham finally returned to the 50% win rate this morning on March 25, thanks to a 116-111 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The purple-yellow shirt team is still without LeBron James, plus D'Angelo Russell was suddenly withdrawn from the list of players right before the match because of a hip injury.
Davis alone scored 15 points in the first half to help the Lakers lead the Thunder by 17 points. Thanks to this safety advantage, the Lakers players were able to keep the opponent and successfully prevent the Oklahoma City Thunder's comeback.
If AD played well in the early game, in the end, the hero of the Los Angeles Lakers is Dennis Schroder. The German defender alone scored 13 points in the fourth half, including a 7-0 personal streak in the first 3 minutes and 2 cool free throws at the end.
In the remaining group of players, the most notable person today is Lonnie Walker IV. He was given many opportunities to play and played excellently with 20 points (7-12 FG, 4-8 3PT) along with 4 rebounds and 3 steals.
Austin Reaves today cooled down after an explosive 3-game streak, scoring 11 points with only 3-12 FG and 1-5 3PT. However, the defender contributed 6 rebounds and 9 assists.
On the side of Oklahoma City Thunder, the young players of coach Mark Daigneault played with determination, not giving up despite being led by over 10 points from the middle of the first half to the third half.
Their efforts paid off when twice equalized, one at the end of the third half and the second in the second half of the fourth. Vietnamese-born Jaylin Williams was the one to hit the three-pointer to bring the two teams into balance. equals 105-105.
Unfortunately, soon after, Thunder's "gunners" cooled down in attack and did not play well in defense, leaving the Los Angeles Lakers with a series of 8-2 points to progress to the final victory.
Josh Giddey and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the OKC team, each scoring 27 points. Giddey alone added 7 assists and especially 17 rebounds. Lu Dort and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl are behind with 15 and 14 points, respectively.
Vietnamese-born Bigman Jaylin Williams had 5 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block in 27 minutes of play. His throwing feeling was not good in this match, reaching 2-7 FG and only 1-5 3PT.
The result of today's match had a big influence on the rankings of both teams. The Los Angeles Lakers with a record of 37-37 climbed to 8th place in the rankings, sharing the same record with the top team (Minnesota Timberwolves) and 1.5 games away from 6th place of Golden State.
The Oklahoma City Thunder fell to the last place in the play-in group, 10th in the West with a record of 36-38. The Thunder's number of losses is equal to that of the two bottom teams, the Dallas Mavericks (11th) and the Utah Jazz (12th), putting them in jeopardy.
