Boiled, Austin Reaves allows the Lakers to topple the Sixers

The Sixers continued their “journey” to the West with a new stop in Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers, a few days later beating the Clippers. A game Philadelphia took the right way, taking advantage of the Lakers’ early fumbles to take a quick ten-point lead.

At the end of the first act in which they lost seven balls, Los Angeles is six points behind (27-21). LeBron James (17 points, 10 assists) brings his team back within one possession, but VJ Edgecombe (19 points, 10 rebounds) immediately responds with a long shot. At the end of this first half, Luka Dončić was shot in the left leg after contact with Adem Bona and will not return to the field.

without him Austin Reaves (35 points, shooting 12/17, from distance 5/8) is trying to get the Lakers back into the match. If the outside team scores a few baskets, they also lose possessions, allowing the Sixers to score on the counterattack and take a 59-51 lead into the locker room.

The Sixers are firing

After continuing, Joel Embiid (35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists) continues the work started in the first half. Effective at medium distance, the pivot scores 2+1 after a foul Jake LaRavia. On the next possession, he pushes a Los Angeles winger to set up a fadeaway.

Far from giving up, the Lakers took advantage of Joel Embiid’s bench time to pull back to within two points thanks to a run punctuated by a basket from Rui Hachimura (83-81).

In the fourth quarter, the first lead for Los Angeles was brought by Austin Reeves with a shot from behind the arc. The leader/guard succeeds in another complicated match against VJ Edgecombe (91-87). If the Lakers play, the Sixers offense is gone. You have to wait almost six minutes to see the first guest basket with a float from Tyrese McKay (26 points, 13 rebounds), but Marcus Smart immediately responds with an arrow from a distance (103-93).

A symbol of an attack in difficulty, this “air ball” of Joel Embiid at the head of the racket, in the sector in which he was so effective from the beginning of the match. Despite a last-minute surge to get back within one possession, the Sixers couldn’t avoid the loss and lost 119-115.

WHAT TO REMEMBER

– Fatal last quarter for the Sixers. Trailing by two points entering the final act, the Lakers turned the Sixers on its head in the fourth quarter. In addition to Austin Reeves’ long shots to put Los Angeles ahead, LeBron James shined. He scores 10 of his 17 points in the final act, and the king is also in the cast. He finds his outside 3-pointer open to shut down any attempt to improve Philly’s scoring.

– Austin Reeves takes over from Luka Doncic. In the second quarter, Luka Dončić comes out, shot in the left leg. Without him, Austin Reaves had to carry the Lakers offense. Despite limited minutes due to his recent return from injury, he contributed 35 points on 12/17 shooting. In the first half, the leader allowed the Lakers to stay in the game, while his 3-point shooting overwhelmed the defense of Philadelphia in the fourth quarter.

– End of streak for the Sixers. Philadelphia approached this meeting against the Lakers with full confidence thanks to a five-game winning streak before this match. Confidence that was seen in the first minutes of the very strong Joel Embiid. Despite 35 points inside, Nick Nurse’s men’s attack was less and less effective as the minutes ticked by. In the fourth quarter there is this six minute gap when they can’t score after this 10-0 which allows the Lakers to fly away. In the last minute, VJ Edgecombe and Tirese Mackey tried to win, but the delay was already too great.

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