NBA regular season focus game, Lakers draws into overtime with Matt Ryan's high difficulty and finally defeats the Pelicans.
According to ESPN statistics, in the last 7.8 seconds of the fourth quarter of the game, the Pelicans led by 3 points, and their probability of winning was as high as 87.2%. In the last 1.6 seconds of the game, after Pelicans young player Daniels was fouled, the probability of the Pelicans winning was as high as 99%, but then he missed two free throws, and the Lakers seized the last chance to finish the tie.
I believe there are many Lakers fans who have 1.6 seconds left in the game. After the Lakers fouled against Daniels, they turned off the live broadcast, including me. Who believed that the Lakers could still win at that time? Daniels scored a penalty and the game would end. Even if Daniels fails to make two free throws, they cannot make a shot with the Lakers' bad three-pointer this season. Who would have thought that Daniels really failed to make two free throws, and the Lakers could also make that magical three-pointer!
James After Daniels missed the second free throw, he protected his defensive rebound. In a small detail, James pointed at the referee in the air and shouted a timeout. Only 0.3 seconds passed since Daniels failed to make a free throw to James grabbed the rebound and shouted a timeout. In this way, the Lakers have 1.3 seconds to process the last shot. Fisher can beat Spurs in 20.4 seconds, and the Lakers still have 1.3 seconds to serve in the frontcourt. Their situation has improved a lot. But until Ryan scored a tied three-pointer, many fans probably didn't believe that the Lakers could really do it.
In an interview after the game, Ryan talked about this ball: "What can increase the difficulty of shooting is that the defender is closer to the shot or the pass is destroyed, but the passing route of this ball is very clear, the defender is far enough from me, and I can have enough space to take action. As mentioned before, as a shooter, as long as you stand firm and have no interference in the shooting, and you can clearly see the basket, then everything is simple."
James talked about his high difficulty tied three-pointers. James said that it was an excellent tactic formulated by Hamm, which allows a sniper like Ryan to hit that ball. He was ready to take action. Although the touch was not very good before, he did not lose his concentration. The team hoped that he would take action every time he got the opportunity because he had the ability to shoot. Reeves, who sent a key pass, said in an interview with the media that when Ham drew this tactic, he was thinking, "I can't pass it." He has seen a million times such a ball, and he may have succeeded once. As a result, Reeves succeeded and Ryan did not disappoint.
In this game, Ryan made 4 of 11 shots, 3 of 9 three-pointers, scored 11 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist; Reeves made 2 of 6 shots, scored 7 points, 2 assists and 2 interruptions; James made 9 of 23 shots, 0 of 7 three-pointers, scored 20 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists; Davis made 8 of 8 17, scored 20 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists.
Also worth mentioning is Westbrook . In this game, Westbrook played for 25 minutes, made 6 of 10 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, scored 13 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 block. According to statistics, Westbrook started three games this season, averaging 10.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 28.9%, and the team won 0 wins and 3 losses; Westbrook played in three games on the bench, averaging 16.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 46%, and the team won 2 wins and 1 loss. Let Westbrook play as a substitute, the Lakers' whole situation suddenly improved a lot! Do you feel like the Lakers are doing it again?
