The authoritarian victory of the Lakers against the Jazz confirms that the Californians approached the NBA tournament in the right way. Los Angeles has won its four matches by a total of 74 points. Darvin Ham’s troops will therefore play a quarter-final on December 4 or 5.
“It’s a good thing to have achieved this”slides LeBron James to ESPN. “It’s a good step forward, not only moving forward in this tournament, but also in our desire to be better and play well”continues the Lakers coach.
The icing on the cake: the match will be in Los Angeles. “Being at home, being able to sleep in our beds, not having to travel, it’s always positive”insists Anthony Davis. “We struggled a bit away from home so it helps to have our fans behind us. It’s one step closer to the title. »
and for a few more dollars
The title of this tournament will then be played in Las Vegas. And if the Lakers are happy to have their ticket to a quarter-final, it is not only for the prestige of becoming the first franchise to register its name on the “NBA Cup” list.
Money is a big motivator. As a reminder, it will be $500,000 for each player on the champion team and 200,000 for each of the finalists. Just qualifying for the Final Four in Las Vegas allows you to receive 100,000 green tickets.
“It’s not a regular season game like any other. The players are aware of this,” says Darvin Ham. “The reward is rather tempting. Guys like money. No, they love it. This motivation is enormous. »
Christian Wood confirms this. “I’ve been in the NBA for a while and I try to save as much as possible. Who wouldn’t want to put that much money aside? It’s important for young people. We will try to do it for them,” announces the interior.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| LeBron James | 13 | 34.4 | 58.6 | 39.7 | 69.1 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 26.4 |
| Anthony Davis | 13 | 35.7 | 53.0 | 30.0 | 86.3 | 3.1 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 22.0 |
| Angelo Russell | 14 | 32.1 | 46.7 | 37.8 | 78.9 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 17.4 |
| Austin Reaves | 14 | 30.4 | 45.1 | 35.7 | 81.3 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 13.4 |
| Rui Hachimura | 10 | 22.5 | 55.7 | 42.9 | 76.9 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| Taurean Prince | 12 | 29.7 | 40.2 | 28.3 | 76.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 8.6 |
| Cam Reddish | 14 | 25.3 | 42.2 | 34.1 | 80.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| Christian Wood | 14 | 20.6 | 42.7 | 30.6 | 61.5 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 6.5 |
| Gabe Vincent | 4 | 28.4 | 39.3 | 7.1 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| Max Christie | 9 | 12.6 | 30.0 | 18.2 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 12 | 9.5 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| Colin Castleton | 2 | 9.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| From me Hodge | 3 | 5.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Alex Fudge | 1 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Maxwell Lewis | 6 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
