Once again in charge of their Western Conference semifinal series, los angeles lakers It depends on whether their advantage can be maintained this time.
this lakers As the scene shifted to Los Angeles, which led the series 2-1 on Saturday, with a 127-97 victory in Game 3. In another home game on Monday, lakers They have a chance to win their first Western Conference finals game since they became the 2020 NBA champions
Anthony Davis scored 25 points and 13 rebounds lakers On Saturday, LeBron James scored 21 points.Neither side played more than two minutes in the fourth quarter, and the results were in sight
“I don’t want to say we dominated them,” James said. “I think we played the game the right way. One of the things we weren’t very good at in Game 2 was, we weren’t very strong at the rim. We let their pressure put us in Game 2. Followed by that. We were very good when we got into the paint. That’s what we were.”
Davis scored just 11 points in Game 2, compared with James’ 23. Davis appeared more confident in Game 3, shooting 7-for-10 from the field and drawing enough fouls to go 11-for-12 from the free-throw line. In Game 2, he made 5 of 11 shots and only made one free throw.
Davis, however, appears to have injured his left rib when he fell on Saturday. warriorsDraymond Green in the first half. He stayed in the game, but often seemed to cling to his side.Even so, he sounds like he’s ready for Game 4
this lakers won the Golden State Warriors in Game 1, warriors Curate a resounding response.Golden State will have to bounce back again to tie the series before returning to San Francisco for Game 5 on Wednesday
“We will respond and we are confident in our ability to do so,” warriorsStephen Curry, who scored 23 points on 9-of-21 shooting Saturday (including 4-of-10 from 3-point range)
this warriors Game 3 looked comfortable at first, leading 30-23 after a quarter.but lakers The second quarter hit a 22-2 climax, leading 59-48 at halftime.Los Angeles never trailed in the second half
Although warriors Called four fouls in the first quarter and nine fouls in the second quarter. lakers 11 of 15 from the free throw line.this warriors is 1 of 1 in the second section
“The game stopped,” Green said. “That’s it, the game is over, it doesn’t matter if I’m satisfied.”
Andrew Wiggins of the Golden State Warriors had 16 points, while Klay Thompson scored 15 points on 3-of-9 shooting from 3-point range.this warriors After going 42-for-95 (44.2 percent) in the first two games of the series, they went 13-for-44 (29.5 percent) from the long distance on Saturday.
“At the end of the day, whether you win by 30 points or lose by 30 points, it’s still 2-1 (in the series),” Thompson said. “We have to remind ourselves that we have a chance to tie the series and go home. As ugly as (Game 3) is, we have a chance to respond on Monday, so there’s no need to be down.”
–Field-level media