On December 7, Beijing time, Lakers lost to Cleveland Cavaliers 102-116 away. After leaving the game in the first quarter of , the Lakers played a good goal of 3 and a half quarters, and did not allow Cavaliers to widen the gap. Until the fourth quarter, the two sides were still in a tug-of-war and once had a draw. However, the Lakers made frequent mistakes in offense. The defensive end Mitchell beat Rivers again. The Cavaliers gradually widened the gap. In the last 3 minutes of the game, Lakers coach Ham let the main players go out, and he also saw that there was no hope of chasing points. Protect the main players and don’t cause injuries because of garbage time!
Looking at the whole game, the Lakers' outside three-pointers were never opened. Ronnie Walker made 0 of 5 shots, James made 2 of 26 shots, Beverly made 1 of 25 shots, Schroder made 1 of 26 shots, Westbrook made 0 of 21 shots, Troy Brown made 1 of 3 shots, Rivers made 0 of 4 shots, Thomas Bryant made 1 of 2 shots, Nunn made 0 of 2 shots, and the team's three-pointers totaled 6 of 36 shots! In the first few games of the Lakers, James could score 6 three-pointers alone!
The Lakers "takeout brother" found the next home, Matt Lane signed a two-way contract, Timberwolves to play five outside?
After this game, Lakers fans miss Matt Lane, who once tied with the Pelicans, very much! The Lakers failed to make the shot from the outside today. In the inside, because Cavaliers has two big men, Mobley and Allen, it is not easy to score in the inside!
Earlier today, US media Shams updated on social media that Matt Ryan will sign a two-way contract with the Timberwolves. Matt Ryan played for 12 regular season games with the Lakers, scoring 13 three-pointers, including the tied three-pointer that can play for half a season! Subsequently, the Timberwolves' team reporter Jon Krawczynski also reported that in order to free up a roster for Matt Ryan, the team will cut back AJ Lawson!
Could it be that the Timberwolves will have five-in-one lineups in some rounds next? After the Timberwolves traded for Gobert , the team's regular lineup has always been an inside double tower lineup, but recently due to the injury of Towns , the team played Thunder last time, they put up the Russell , Wendell, Anthony Edwards , McDaniels, Gobert's first and fourth small lineups. If Matt Lane signs, at some stage in the subsequent lineup, will the team send out five foreign lineups in the rotation lineup? We can wait and see!
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