The Clippers take another Los Angeles derby against the Lakers

The lakers They were beaten again by the rival from the city in the derby this Tuesday. Defeat without the possibility of fighting the game, with Ham ruling out the fight five minutes from the end, against some Clippers who have taken their measure. The Crypto Arena was once again, for the Clippers, a golden stage.

LeBron James only had one team left in the entire NBA to which he had not scored 40 more points. With what is required of him in the Lakers, what a rival like the Clippers supposes, and all of this, in the middle of the fight against time to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the list of top scorers, this was the right game. . And so it was: 46. With 9/14 in shots from three and 7/15 in shots from two, adding five free shots without a miss. superb performance. What was it used for? Just for that. George (27), Leonard (25), Powell (19), Jackson (19), Mann (17) and others showed that the group does more than the individual. They do have a wardrobe. For the Angelenos, the good thing, if there is something positive, is that the appearance of this back to back can leave the best taste at the end: Anthony Davis will return against the Spurs and Rui Hachimura could debut. Those reinforcements are needed to not leave LeBron hanging from the hoop, and there is no better basketball argument, after a good job in recent games. This derby simply looked difficult to win -that’s how it ended 115-133- and the efforts will focus on the next game, although the image affects everything that touches the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Clippers They are starting to have their full force available more regularly and that is a serious problem for their rivals. It is a team that has been swimming in those waters for four years, without knowing what its true potential is, and sometimes it can be the good one. Lue turned to mush the illusions of his ex.

At the disposal of the Lakers was to break a streak of nine consecutive victories of the neighbor. He left at ten. During the first part it was all Clippers. 77 points thanks to 15 triples. They would end up putting 19/38, 50%. Meaningful ball movement despite the lack of Wall, who handles, and Kennard, who executes. That is the measure of these boys, what they can give. In four away games they have won three to finally wake up. On the opposite side, if we stick to the overall, the outsiders named Westbrook, Beverley and Schröder put together 8/30 in field goals, which made it really difficult to compete with the one in front. Those of Lue did not lower the piston much in the second half after reaching +23. In the last quarter there was a feint by the locals. A loss of the German point guard of the Lakers that also led to a 2+1 was the final signal for the local coaching staff: that was the end of everything and everyone had to be reserved, including the magnificent LeBron, for the next battle.