The Lakers nation has been waiting for this match for over a week. It's done, Luka Donic The first time put on the Californian golden jersey. The Slovenian, who had not walked a parquet floor since last Christmas, did not need to chain the minutes to satisfy local attention. The physiognomy of this one-way meeting did not impose it, as if jazz was only the simple storage of this “historic” evening.
Visitors have never been able to cool local enthusiasm. The Lakers relied on it to show some of their offensive potential. With their promising triplet LeBron James – Luka Doncic – Austin Reaves at work. The three men varied the sequences to creation, sometimes forcing destiny in the case of “King” (7 lost balloons).
This did not prevent him from finishing best marker in his training and failing a little for a new triple-double. James, after the introduction of the Californian five, marked by a hot ovation for Dononic, had asked his new game partner to be himself and not to try to blend the mass.
25 points apart at the break
The Slovenian lent himself well to the game by finding Jaxson Hayes at the “Alley-oop” before succeeding his first shot under his new jersey behind the arc (from where he will be generally clumsy). As he did in Dallas, he asked for the screens at the top of the racket to fix the game, but also delegated the management of the ball due to the presence of other creators.
Rui Hachimura or Gabe Vincent took advantage of all this attention generated to sanction and Los Angeles finished the first quarter with 12 points ahead (37-25), then the first half with more than double (72-47) . Lauri Markkanen, Jordan Clarkson and the jazz then made the gap stabilized in the following “balanced” quarter. It will still climb up to 34 units in a fourth quarter of which Luka Donteic will be deprived.
The Lakers are smiling and thus chained a 6th victory in a row.
What to remember
– Dirk Nowitzki in the stands. He had announced his arrival on the networks An hour before the meeting : ” I will always be a MAV for life, but I had to come and support my guy in the first match of his new chapter! Dirk Nowitzki was very present among the first ranks of the crypto.com Arena alongside Luka Doncic's father, Sasha. A symbolic presence of the ancient legend of MAVs which says a lot about the scope of the transfer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuadtg8y0cu
– Jaxson Hayes' smile. From the first minute of play, we saw the pivot holder of the Lakers display a big smile. No doubt because he had just finished two “Alley-oop” on a first lobed pass from LeBron, then a second from Luka Doncic. He spent his evening on this theme and did not miss a shot. Pending the arrival of a new pivot, the former Pelicans player has something to feast on contact with these two genius creators.
– Lakers can chain. With all the turmoil generated by the arrival of Slovenian, we would almost forget that the Lakers (32V-19D) are one of the west's most form teams. After this 6th victory in a row, the Californians can continue on the prosecution of the same jazz on Wednesday, before receiving the Hornets a week later (after the All-Star Weekend), then traveling to Portland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-b-io6koa
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How to read the stats? Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; O = offensive rebound; D = defensive rebound; T = total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; +/- = Differential points when the player is on the field; Pts = points; EVAL: evaluation of the player calculated from positive actions – negative actions.
