Los Angeles Lakers ride LeBron and D.J. Augustin’s zones to beat Cavs
By Ronald Agers
The story from the Los Angeles Lakers’ win:
Russell Westbrook is starting to figure it out in this offense, but is it too late for the Los Angeles Lakers?
Russ for the third straight game had a very solid game for the Lakers going over 20 points for the third straight game and 10 assists for the second time in three outings.
Westbrook finished with 20 points (7-14 shooting!) 11 assists and only one turnover.
The only issue is that he has to stop hesitating on open shots and just take them.
The Los Angeles Lakers locked in on defense.
The Lakers shut Cleveland down by being active and playing the passing lanes. They stole the ball time and time again in the fourth quarter and it usually ended up as a timely 3 point shot from the supporting cast of this from LeBron.
LeBron's out here putting on a show! #LakeShow pic.twitter.com/loizmEVjSV
— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) March 22, 2022
The Lakers went into the final quarter behind and charged to a 35-23 performance to put Cleveland away.
With a Pelicans loss in Charlotte, the Lake Show leapfrog back into 9th place in the Western Conference. However, the Lakers need to establish a streak and not rotate wins and losses. They play New Orleans twice in the coming weeks and the purple and gold can’t afford to depend on tiebreakers.
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