Los Angeles Lakers Ascend to Eighth Place in Western Conference with Fourth Victory

The good moment that the Los Angeles Lakers are going through allowed them to achieve their fourth victory by defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers to move up to eighth place in the Western Conference that belonged to the Sacramento Kings.

The good time they are going through Los Angeles Lakers It allowed them to achieve their fourth victory by defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-97 and thereby ascend to eighth place in the Western Conference, which until before Saturday’s game belonged to the Sacramento Kings.

Hand in hand with his ‘Big three’, LeBron James, Anthony Davis y D’Angelo Russellthe yellow and purple controlled their rival from start to finish at the Crypto.com Arena to extend their streak in which they have defeated the Brooklyn Nets, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards and now the Cavs.

Coach Darvin Ham’s quintet knew how to take advantage of the setback of the Kings, who on Friday fell to the Boston Celtics (100-101) to add a second loss in a row.

D’Angelo Russell celebrates with Anthony Davis during the game between Lakers and Cavaliers. Photo: Getty

During Saturday’s game, Lakers They controlled the pace of the game and were accurate, both in field goals and from the goal, something they have suffered from throughout the 2023-24 season.

As usually happens, LeBron James He had a slow start and was reserved for the closing of the game, which ended with a double-double of 24 points and 12 assists; his squire, Anthony Davis He did not fail and had 22 points and 13 rebounds, nine of them defensive, while Russell contributed 28 points.

Leaving the bench, Taurean Prince He had a contribution from the arc with 18 points as a result of 4-5 in triples during the 20 minutes in which he saw action.

From the beginning of the game, the Angelenos were correct and this allowed them to dominate the fourth quarters thanks to their 56.3% from the field and 42.2% from triples; Of the 37 attempts ‘from Saturn’ they scored 16 with Russell and Prince being the most effective.

Cavaliers missed the units Donovan Mitchellwho only added 10 while distributing 7 assists. Darius Garland y Jarrett Allen They led Cleveland’s scoring with 26 and 12 points, respectively, but the rest of the starting cast failed to score 13 points together.

Caris LeVertwho came off the bench, contributed 21 points, being the most outstanding of the 9 players in coach Bickerstaff’s rotation.

Now the Lakers are hunting the New Orleans Pelicans for the seventh seed of the ‘Wild West’. For now they are only half a game away.

The interesting thing is that the Lakers’ schedule has among its rivals and for the last game of the regular season precisely New Orleans. The rest of their rivals are: Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies and Pelicans, in that order.

2024-04-06 22:09:01
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