On February 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Lakers at home to meet the Jazz, the Lakers played an 11-0 start, but the Jazz quickly overtook the score, the first quarter of the two teams to 27 draws.
The Lakers have been in poor shape recently, having just suffered three straight losses and falling to 9th in the West, with playoff spotlights becoming a big problem. Before the trading deadline, the Lakers did not make any moves. The Jazz have previously won a six-game winning streak to rank 4th in the West and are in good shape. In the first meeting between the two teams this season, the Lakers defeated the Jazz.
The Lakers' starting lineups are: Westbrook, Munch, James, S-Johnson, thick eyebrows. The Jazz's starters were: Conley, Mitchell, Bogda, O'Neill, Gobert. In the first quarter of the game, Westbrook scored first, the Jazz's offense was very bad, the first 3 shots were all deflected, the thick eyebrows opened with full firepower, the first 3 shots were all 6 points, and the Lakers started 8-0 to stop the Jazz. Back from the timeout, Westbrook hit another three-pointer, and Mitchell hit a three-pointer to finally break the deadlock for the Jazz.
The Jazz's offense picked up quickly, narrowing the point gap, with Bogdanovic and Mitchell hitting three consecutive three-pointers and the Jazz trailing 11-15. The two teams alternated points to rise, the Jazz continued to chase points, and Bogdanovic hit another three points to chase only one point away from the Lakers. After the timeout, thick eyebrows scored to stabilize the situation, and Mitchell hit all three free throws to chase 21 draws.
Mitchell was unstoppable, scoring on a layup to help the Jazz come back. Thick Eyebrow also hit three points, scoring 15 points in a single quarter. The two teams tied 27 in the first quarter. Thick eyebrows exploded in the first quarter, 6-of-7 for 15 points, Westbrook for 7 points and James for 2 points. On the Jazz side, Mitchell scored 15 points against a thick brow and Bogdanovic had eight points.