NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

At the last critical moment, Anthony started a crazy performance, frequently using his post-up technique to score.

Jia Lan of the Cavaliers was not to be outdone, and counterattacked calmly, and the score became stalemate for a while.

5 seconds before the end of the game.

The Lakers have the ball. At this time, the Lakers are two points behind and serve in the frontcourt.

After a complicated sideline ball movement, the Lakers broke the formation of the Cavaliers. Anthony finally got the ball under the pick-and-roll of his teammates. Pull up the jumper and make a steady mid-range hit!

The goal light is on, the two sides draw!
The game enters overtime!
"Beautiful, well done!"

Seeing that Anthony scored the goal, Vogel quickly cheered in a low voice!
You know, just now Cavaliers head coach Bickerstaff has been letting Jia Lan play, clearly wanting to open the score and win the game!

But now, their hopes were dashed, and the Lakers finally dragged the game into overtime!

After entering overtime, Jialan's physical strength has bottomed out, and even if he plays, his efficiency will plummet!
You know, Jialan is the core guard of the Cavaliers. As long as Jialan is turned off, the Cavaliers' offensive skills will be crippled by more than half.

Sure enough, as Vogel expected, when the overtime started, Jialan was obviously unable to do what he wanted.

On the offensive end, whether it is catching and shooting three-pointers or organizing offenses, it has become inefficient, let alone the defensive end, which is frequently ravaged by Anthony and others!
Just after halfway through overtime, the Cavaliers fell behind by 7 points!
Cavaliers head coach Bickerstaff couldn't hold it any longer, so he called a timeout, replaced Garland, who was exhausted, and then replaced it with his backup point guard, LeVert.

LeVert has plenty of physical strength, but his personal offense and organization and scheduling on the offensive end are more than a little bit worse than Garan!
His playing could not stand up to the edge of the Lakers, just like that, in the end the Lakers accepted the game without bloodshed!
"ohohooh!!!!"

At the end of the game, the Lakers players gathered together like crazy to celebrate wildly!

This game is extremely important for the Lakers. Facing the powerful Cavaliers inside, the Lakers can actually use the lack of James and the thick eyebrow dual-core, Munch, Cousins, and Rondo. Won the Cavaliers!

This game proved to the outside world the strength of the Lakers' bench.

Not only that, this game also showed the resilience of the veterans of the Lakers. Anthony's second spring, Howard's tough performance in the face of the "three highs" of the Cavaliers, etc. have all proved the resilience of these old men of the Lakers. There is still oil in the tank.

More specifically, after this game, the Lakers' predicted probability of winning the championship in various sports media has been raised by 2 places!
That's right, the Lakers' current probability of winning is No.3, No.1 is the Phoenix Suns, and No.2 is the Golden State Warriors!
The top three teams in the probability of winning are all Western teams, which shows how fierce the competition in the Western Conference is.

anyway.

After the Lakers won the game against the Cavaliers, they will go away to challenge the Brooklyn Nets!

Although the Brooklyn Nets have experienced the Harden trade turmoil at this time, their strength has become much weaker, but from the perspective of paper strength, the Nets still cannot be underestimated. The Big Three of Durant, Irving and Simmons , Curry, Brown, Nicholas Clarkston and other high-quality puzzle players, supplemented by league veterans such as rebounding king Zhuangshen and White Warcraft Griffin!

It can be said that in terms of strength on paper, the Nets do not lose to any other team in the league.

However, a basketball game is not determined solely by strength on paper. Although this Nets team looks good on paper, there are serious problems in the team!
Due to complex reasons such as beliefs, Irving does not get vaccinated, celebrates Ramadan, etc. Now Irving cannot play home games, and he has to fast in some months, and his own state will also be affected.

And Simmons is also a difficult master. Back injuries, mental problems, etc. all prevent him from playing and frequently miss games.

As for the last of the Big Three, Durant, his personal strength is indeed no problem, but Durant's regular season attendance this season is not very good!
Not only the Big Three, but other Nets players also have many problems. Curry Jr., Zhuang Shen's defensive problems, Nicholas Claxton's free throws, etc. are all problems.

Even the coach has problems. I have to say that although the "Son of the Wind" Nash is very strong when he plays, he is really a bit weak as a coach, and there are no small problems in dispatching troops.

Therefore, in most cases, the strength of this team is not as strong as it seems on paper!
Because of this, in the eyes of Lin Fei and Vogel, it is not difficult for the Lakers to play this game, because in this game, the Lakers are going to play away games, and Irving of the Nets will not be able to play, and Simmons will not be able to play. Unavailable due to personal reasons.

Under such circumstances, the Lakers won the game without too much pressure.