In their fourth preparation game, the Los Angeles Lakers have finally managed to add their first victory of the preseason. Darvin Ham’s team won the Chase Center in San Francisco, beating the Warriors 121-124, who had won both games played so far.
The Angelenos rested LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley, leaving Anthony Davis to take full control of the team. And the power forward, called to be one of the most important pieces of the team if not the most important this year, he replied. With 28 points in just 21 minutes, La Ceja was the main dominator of the match and gave evidence that he is ready at the start of the season, punishing the local defense both in the paint and thanks to his medium and long distance shot.
Davis thus led a team in which Ham took the opportunity to test many men, of which two also attracted attention. The first of them was Kendrick Nunn, who continues to gain momentum after his very long period on the sidelines and again reached 21 goals, the same as in the last friendly, this time adding 7 assists. The other was Matt Ryan, who, with a 6/9 in triples, showed his enormous abilities to open the court and cried out that the Lakers guarantee his contract, to the point that LeBron celebrated his last triple with a gesture of a signature from the bench.
On the part of the locals, Jordan Poole and Stephen Curry assumed the bulk of the scoring with 25 and 24 points respectively, both also with a success rate of at least 50%. The shooting guard once again took advantage of Klay Thompson’s loss to occupy a place in the starting lineup, and this time he did take advantage of it to claim stripes after two somewhat gray games. In fact, Poole led the team in both scoring and assists (6) despite playing only 23 minutes, making it clear that he intends to take another step in his growth as a player.
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