Lakers ended up losing to the Suns 121-110 and are officially out of the fight for a playoff spot in the 2021/2022 NBA season.
It’s official! O Los Angeles Lakers is eliminated from the 2021/2022 NBA season. On the night of this Tuesday, 5, (dawn of Wednesday, 6, by Brasília time), the team entered the court in Arizona and ended up being defeated by Phoenix Suns by 121 to 110. The team could not count on its star Lebron James in action, who saw it all from the outside.
With this loss, the Lakers have no more chance of reaching the West play-in, even though they still have three games to play. like the San Antonio Spurs won the Denver Nuggetsthe Californian team needed to beat the Conference leader anyway to still have some mathematical possibility of playing for a spot in the playoffs.
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The victory at home was the number 63 in the NBA, and confirmed the superiority of the Suns in the season, which is even the owner of the best campaign among the 30 participants in the competition. Absolute highlight of the match, Devin Booker scored 32 points and was the highest scorer of the match.
Besides him, two other very important pieces in the home team were Deandre Aytonwho scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and also the teacher Chris Paul, who despite having scored only eight points in the game, managed to give 12 assists to teammates with the usual category.
Banned from the match due to an injury to his left ankle, LeBron was on the bench the entire time and saw the loss that represented the seventh consecutive fall and the elimination of the Lakers. With the mission to lead the companions, Russell Westbrook did as much as he could and ended the game with 28 points scored, seven more than Anthony Davis.
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He still managed to grab 13 rebounds and scored his double-double. Coming straight from the bench, the young Austin Reaves arrived with the objective of trying to push the team to victory and showed that he was able to do at least his part in the service by leaving a beautiful 18 points.
Source: sportbuzz
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