Boston – The Celtics victory over the Lakers on Saturday night was largely due to a massive excursion that came out of the intermission. The hosts exploded for a start of 19-2 in the period, turning what had been a very tight first half in a relative account in six minutes. The Lakers finally struggled in the fourth quarter, but could not erase this 22 -point deficit once Lebron James went down with an injury to the groin.
Finally, Boston kept the Lakers at 13 points in the third quarter to 21.7 percent firing from the field during the period. The Lakers were still worse from the 3 -point range, passing by 1 of 10 from the deep while turning the ball in six times. The Celtics doubled the visitors of the frame with a margin of 29-13, showing a championship caliber.
When asked about these third quarter struggles after the loss, JJ Redick pointed to an unexpected factor that interrupted his team at the start of a long road trip.
“We missed three designs, lost all our catches and shooting threads,” said Rydic. “I think we were one for everything we were in that quarter. We only did not generate enough strength to put pressure on the edge and to get better aspects.
“ I think sometimes in these games you never know what to do these things, but I think starting a journey on the east coast is a brain fog execution for us.It was a bit out of character for us, and I think this also contributed to that third quarter where we would only call a play and, in fact, we would not make the play.We would not have the right defender. stagnant.
The Lakers bounced off with 34 points in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough to dig from the deep hole created by their third quarter of brain fog.
On the other side, Joe Mazzulla accredited his team’s work on the margins to favor the lakers in the second half.
“You have to play a good offense to keep them out of transition,” said Mazzulla. “They had a couple of leaks, but we were able to take it out.
The victory stopped the winning streak of eight Lakers games, but did not dissuade the team’s belief that they are a threat to the champions defending June.
“We can compete against anyone in this league,” James said. “So we’ll be fine. We must continue to build our habits. We are not where they are, the defense champion. And they have been playing basketball together for some time. And they had a great chemistry and know what they want to do.
“We made an acquisition at the end of the season and we are still trying to build. And we want to be full. This is the number one goal for us, how we can achieve all our boys and see exactly as we think. So we feel we can compete against anyone.”
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