Reeves scored 41 points, Yang Hansen scored 1 point! The Trail Blazers defeated the Lakers in an upset, but Yang Hansen was in a bad situation

On October 28, the NBA regular season ushered in a focus showdown. The Lakers faced the Trail Blazers at home. The Lakers started with two wins and one loss. In each of the three games, players scored high points. Doncic scored 43 points in the first game, Doncic scored 49 points in the second game, and Reeves scored a career-high 51 points in the third game! However, the Lakers also faced widespread injuries! First of all, James will be out until at least mid-November due to sciatica. The Lakers expect him to rest for another 3 weeks. Secondly, Doncic has a sprained left finger and a contusion on his left calf, and will have to rest for at least a week! Hayes has a left patellar tendon problem, Kleiber has an abdominal strain, Smart has a right quadriceps contusion, and Vincent has a minor tear in his left ankle and will be sidelined for 2-4 weeks!

Before the game, the Lakers team reporter confirmed that the Lakers had only 10 players to play against the Trail Blazers, including three two-way contract players. All the pressure was on Reeves! The Trail Blazers have had one win and two losses since the start of the game. For us Chinese fans, the most concerning thing is definitely Yang Hansen. Yang Hansen has played in all three games, averaging 5.3 minutes per game and scoring 2 points and 1 rebound. The bad news is that Trail Blazers center Lowe is very close to returning and has been sent to the Development League. Reporters accompanying the team also confirmed that Yang Hansen's rotation time may be affected after Lowe returns. Coach Split admitted that Yang Hansen is more comfortable training in the summer, but the intensity of official games is completely different.

Briefly review the game. At the beginning, Reeves trained Klingen, Vanderbilt stole and dunked, and Hachimura made a killing. However, the Trail Blazers were tenacious and continued to exert confrontation. Avdija and Sharp led the team to quickly overtake. In the middle, Reeves responded with a single + Ayton's jump shot. After Yang Hansen came on the court, he tried to shoot a three-pointer and hit the ground running! Reeves faced Yang Hansen and scored with an archery shot and a high throw! In the battle for the ball with Ayton, Yang Hansen went out of bounds. In the second half, Yang Hansen continued to try three-pointers, but still failed. However, Yang Hansen fouled when confronting Ayton and made one of two free throws. After that, Grant teamed up with Klingen and Holiday withdrew a three-pointer at the end of the quarter. In the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Lakers by 4 points. Throughout the second quarter, the points difference between the two sides increased alternately.

Yang Hansen had a layup opportunity in the second quarter, but unfortunately he missed! The Trail Blazers led the Lakers by 6 points at halftime. Back in the second half, Kamara and Sharp led the team to continue scoring. Ayton was also called for a three-second violation and did not leave the three-second zone at all! When the Trail Blazers widened the point difference, Reeves' three-pointer was of no avail, Klingen hit high, Avdija's top-of-the-arc three-pointer + bottom-corner three-pointer, and Grant also continued to gain firepower! It wasn't until the middle of the third quarter that Knecht made a mid-range shot, finally allowing the Lakers to break the scoring drought as a substitute! The Lakers also played very tenaciously, but every time they caught up to single-digit points, they were widened again. This situation lasted until the fourth quarter. After Holiday's two three-pointers, the Trail Blazers had actually killed the suspense of the game.

After that, the Lakers were unable to chase points. In the last 74 seconds, Yang Hansen reappeared without any performance. In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Lakers 122-108. According to Trail Blazers data, Yang Hansen played 8 minutes and 36 seconds, scored 1 point, 1 rebound and 1 turnover on 0 of 3 shots. Grant had 22 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Holiday had 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Sharp had 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals. Klingen had 16 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists. Avdija had 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. The overall configuration of the Trail Blazers is indeed not bad. Holiday is online offensively and defensively, Avdija is improving rapidly, and the combination of Kamara and Klingen, after the All-Star Weekend last season, was one of the top three defenses in the league!

Lakers data, Reaves had 41 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 8 turnovers, Rui Hachimura had 16 points and 6 rebounds, Ayton had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Vanderbilt had 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, and Knecht had 16 points. In fact, everyone on the Lakers played hard in this game, including Ayton and Rui Hachimura, as well as Vanderbilt, who was temporarily named to the starting lineup. But on the one hand, the Lakers made too many mistakes and were counterattacked by the Trail Blazers many times. On the other hand, the bench was really unsightly. Except for Knecht, there was no one left. Bronny played 18 minutes, which was almost transparent. At this stage, the Lakers can only wait patiently for Doncic to return as soon as possible.

For the Trail Blazers, our focus is Yang Hansen. But truth be told, his prospects are less optimistic. On the one hand, Lowe is about to return, and on the other hand, the Trail Blazers' interim coach doesn't seem to like Yang Hansen very much. Playing 5-7 minutes in each game is like dealing with business. If Klingen was given more time, the Blazers might win more points. Yang Hansen needs to concentrate on polishing himself. There is no chance to reach the top in one step. Don't think about being like Jokic, first grabbing rebounds + getting used to NBA confrontation. In the limited time, he can produce some data as much as possible, and he needs to improve some confrontation details. Maybe there isn't much time left for him.