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LThe Lakers do not finish catching the good wave. When it seems that they start to stay on the board they lose their balance and return to the water. After some games in which the ‘Big Three’ gave sensations of understanding, the Angelenos succumbed to a Grizzlies who are now a team even without their star Ja Morant, one of their best defenders, Dillon Brooks, and two important players in their team. rotation like Brandon Clarke and Kyle Anderson. Playing for the second night in a row wasn’t a big problem for Memphis either.
“We have to play as if we were the bottom team. Which, now, at this point in the season, the way we’re playing in a lot of games, we probably are,” assumed Anthony Davis, who believes that rivals are They extramotivate them when they see the squad: “They want to come in and beat the Lakers, beat LeBron, beat AD, beat Melo, beat anyone. They want to be able to say: ‘I hit the Lakers 30 points, 25, what to be”.
The irregularity of the Lakers makes them one of the NBA teams that, at this point in the season, has yet to win four consecutive games. Neither have the Celtics, the Mavericks, the Pistons, the Pacers, the Pelicans and the Knicks. Some, because they are among the worst teams in the League and accumulate tons of defeats. The others, because, like the Angelenos, they cannot put the cruise speed. It gives the feeling that they can lose to anyone, but not win everyone.
The Lakers’ best streak was the three consecutive victories they achieved in games against the Cavaliers and in a double game against the Rockets. Skipped by the calendar, painful defeats against opponents in principle inferior as the Kings without Harrison Barnes and Richaun Holmes, the Clippers without Kawhi Leonard and the Thunder, their next rival. They were ideal games to gain confidence that caused the opposite, a sea of doubts that have put coach Frank Vogel in the trigger. And so on unless the team achieves a certain regularity. For now, between lime and sand, with a balance of 13-13, it circulates through the sixth place in the Western Conference.
Nikola Jokic gave a new basketball recital. The pvot had 22 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in the loss of his Nuggets over the Spurs. For the second time in his career in the NBA they have three consecutive triple-doubles. The previous occasion was from February 2018. Previously, the Serbian had achieved 17 + 12 + 15 against the Bulls in another setback and 39 + 11 + 11 in an overtime win against the Pelicans.
Jokic has five triple-doubles so far this season and 62 since he arrived in the league. After leaving Larry Bird behind, he has now caught up with James Harden in seventh place. “I think we did the best job we could on him. He’s amazing,” Gregg Popovic said after the game. The Spurs manager already compared him with Larry Bird.
The Jazz are more than a quintet. Few teams are more choral in the NBA than Utah, who won their sixth straight victory against the Sixers. If in the previous game they had achieved 25 triples, this time they dominated from the inside even with Joel Embiid in front of them. Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 21 rebounds. It is already the fifth time this course that it has reached twenty captures. Hassan Whiteside finished with 14 + 10.
The Jazz, led by Donovan Mitchell, have plenty of arguments to think of something big. They are the second team that scores the most points (114.9), the sixth that receives the least (104.8), the second in shots from the field (47.9%), the third in triples (37.4%), the who scores the most from the arc (16.0) and the second in rebounds (46.4). These are not new statistics for Utah. This is how they have been for the last five years, in which they have always been above 50% of victories and giving a great image in the regular season … and succumbing in the playoffs. In that time they have not passed the second round. Will the same thing happen to them again?
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