dream ten

Chapter 260 Christmas Battle
After defeating the Warriors, even in back-to-back games, the Lakers still made great strides. They narrowly defeated the Portland Trail Blazers at home after a fierce battle. Lillard did not perform well in this game. He only made 20 goals from 15 shots. The Blazers' offense is fully propped up by CJ McCollum.But the Lakers players played like a pack of hungry wolves. Now they are not only unprecedentedly united, but they are also full of desire for victory.Although Wade only scored 12 points, he sent out 20 assists.Paul continued his steady performance and scored 12 points and 27 rebounds. Han Ziqi continued his explosive offensive performance. Today, he scored a career-high 6 points. Now Han Ziqi is stepping up one step at a time, and it seems that he will step up soon. Entering a new phase of your career.Thomas Jr., who just joined the team, did not take many shots in this game. He made 4 shots and scored 7 goals, but he also sent 111 assists. The Lakers finally beat the Trail Blazers 108:[-] at home and raised their ranking. To the fifth place in the West.

After the back-to-back games, Coach Wharton gave everyone a day off. During this day, Han Ziqi, Paul and Thomas Jr. went to the nightclub to play together. Paul danced there like Thomas Jr., and he was just drinking by himself over there.

December 12, BJ time, which is Christmas in the United States.Today is the NBA's annual Christmas game. As a traditional strong team, the Lakers rarely miss the Christmas game. For players, although the Christmas arrangement has affected their most important festival and holiday of the year, But this is more of an honor.

Facing the Timberwolves in the Christmas game is not a difficult opponent for the Lakers today, especially the Lakers have just defeated the Warriors and Trail Blazers in back-to-back games. The Lakers are now ranked fifth in the West and are in good shape When it's hot.After the Timberwolves traded Jimmy Butler, the team began to slowly get on the right track. Now they are ranked eighth in the West and are one of the Lakers' competitors for the playoffs. In the game, every game may be related to the final ranking issue.Because when two teams have the same records, they will compare their battle records and rankings in their respective small divisions to finally decide who is ahead of whom, so this kind of game will make both sides even more jealous , not to mention a major game that is shown to fans all over the world at Christmas.

Before the game started, Thomas Jr. put on a Santa hat and distributed gifts to the audience in the auditorium. This move won the favor of many Los Angeles fans. Since joining the Lakers, Thomas Jr. has not only devoted himself to public welfare, but also always gives back Fans, now Thomas Jr. has completely reversed his reputation and has become a friendly and kind gentleman in the NBA.

At the beginning of the game, Towns jumped to the ball first. The Timberwolves' inside strength is not strong. Towns is not known for his toughness. As the No. Did not disappoint the fans. Although his progress is not epic, he is also advancing step by step. Today, it has become commonplace for him to average 25+10 per game. As a player, although he has a tough playing style and a lot of enthusiasm, but due to his height problem, his flaws are still very obvious.The Timberwolves' perimeter strength can be described as luxurious. They have former All-Star player Jeff Teague at the point guard position, and the Cavaliers No. The team was sent to the Timberwolves in the trade of Love, not to mention the small forward, Jimmy Butler, he was a second-round pick a few years ago and had no playing time at all, but he relied on his hard training Impressing the head coach, he got the opportunity and seized the opportunity in one fell swoop. Jimmy Butler directly played himself as the Bulls' star, and then he also became an All-Star player.It seems that the Timberwolves' lineup not only has strong strength, but at the same time their talent is also to beat the young people of the Lakers. After all, the Timberwolves have two champions and a Butler who has already played.But their luxurious lineup did not bring them a surprising record. For some reason, the Timberwolves always collapsed in the third quarter of the game. The fans also gave them the nickname "Three Collapses of Wolves". Just like that, they have been on the same level, but they are still ranked No.8 in the West.

In the first quarter of the game, although the Timberwolves were very aggressive, the Lakers still dominated the game with experience. Wade and Lopez both played well. Wade scored 9 points on four of four shots in the first quarter. He even scored three three-pointers in the first quarter, and the Timberwolves were already behind by double digits, but Jimmy Butler succeeded in consecutive singles, and the score gap between the two sides was narrowed to less than ten.

The second quarter of the game was a duel between the two substitutes. The Timberwolves’ substitute was completely dominated by Crawford. Crawford could be said to be the thigh of the Clippers a few years ago. More than [-] points can be said to be commonplace, and he himself has been ranked in the forefront of the best sixth man award in the NBA season all year round. Although he is quite old now, he can still play in a young team like the Timberwolves. .The Lakers' bench is relatively balanced. The Lakers' bench led by Thomas Jr. and Kuzma focuses on offense. Since the Lakers' bench strength is too weak, Coach Walton's philosophy is to rely on Thomas Jr.'s experience and shooting Coupled with Kuzma's impact, coupled with Pope's outside three-pointers who have just returned from injury, they try to use offense to make up for their deficiencies on the defensive end.

In the second quarter, Kuzma played against Biao Crawford. Kuzma used Thomas Bryant's pick-and-roll to break through and score jumpers, while Crawford didn't use the pick-and-roll at all. He just kept going. Use singles to destroy Pope's self-confidence. Although Pope's defense has worked hard enough, Crawford's skills in singles are superb enough that Pope can't find a way to defend him at all.

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