U-Maxi Kleber uphakamisa i-Mavericks ukunqoba i-Lakers ngo-3 ku-buzzer

Kwesinye sezikhathi eziphansi kakhulu zalokhu Lakers ngesizini, ibhola liphumele enkundleni laya endaweni ngemuva komugqa wamaphuzu amathathu ngenhla kwendololwane yesokunxele kwathi u-Andrew Nembhard washaya owinile.

Lokho kwakunguNovemba 28, umdlalo amaLakers ayefuna ukuwukhohlwa.

Bazocabanga ngakho manje.

“Kufana ne-Indiana konke futhi,” ephoxekile UDarvin Ham kusho.

Ngethuba lokuthola indawo eyigugu emjahweni wokuhlungela iNkomfa YaseNtshonalanga, abakwaLakers baphinde babona ukunqotshwa okunikezwe bona ngamathathu esekhondi lokugcina ukusuka kuleyo ndawo – lena UMaxi Kleber ukuletha isibhamu ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku.

“Kuyadabukisa ukusho okuncane,” Austin Reaves kusho.

I 111-110 ukulahlekelwa ULwesihlanu bekungeke kube lusizi ngokwanele lulodwa, kodwa neqembu elisanda kulahlekelwa e-Houston U-Anthony Davis uphume ngezizathu zokuphepha ngenxa yokulimala kwakhe onyaweni ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, abakwaLakers bahamba ngokusemthethweni ngendlela engafanele.

Kungokokuqala ukuthi iLakers ihlulwe imidlalo ilandelana esikhathini esingaphezu kwenyanga.

“Uma ungenandaba nokuhlulwa imidlalo enenjongo ngempela, kusiza ngani ukuyidlala?” Kusho uReaves.

I-Lakers icacile ezinhlelweni zabo ngenyanga edlule, ibeka impilo phambili ngaphambi kokuma. Ngaphandle kwemikhawulo, akukho midlalo yokubuyela emuva yokubamba noma ngubani ngaphandle, ngoLwesihlanu, amaLakers asanda kuthola ithuba.

Ukudlala i-Mavericks, iqembu nje umdlalo ongaphambi kwabo ukuma ingena emdlalweni wangoLwesihlanu, iLakers ibe nethuba lokwenza umnyakazo wangempela. Minnesota, Golden State, New Orleans kanye nePortland zonke zilahlekileokunikeza iqembu ithuba eliyigugu lokuthola indawo.

Abazange bakuthathe.

Ngemuva kokulandela i-14, i-Lakers ilwele ukuhola ngabahlanu kwesine ngaphambi kokuthi ama-Maverick akhuphule ukubuya.

Amagoli amathathu kaKleber (ngemuva kokuthi eshaywe kabi u-Davis) kwenze kwaba nomdlalo wephuzu elilodwa ngomzuzu wokugcina.

U-Davis ube esehlukanisa ukuphonswa kwebhola okubili kwamahhala ukuze anikeze ama-Mavericks ithuba lokuwina noma ukubopha.

Ngeke sibe khona isikhathi esengeziwe, iLakers iphoqa ibhola ngaphandle UKyrie Irvingizandla zika-Kleber, kodwa u-Kleber wangena washaya isibhamu ngesikhathi kukhala uphondo.

U-Davis uqede ngamaphuzu we-26 kanye ne-10 rebounds kanti amanye ama-Lakers amahlanu athole okungenani i-10 ngobusuku lapho iqembu likhishwe kabi ngu-Irving kanye ne-Mavericks kusukela kulayini wamaphuzu amathathu.

U-Dallas wenze oku-11 ngaphezulu kokuthathu kune-Lakers, ephinde yeqiwa okungu-12 kokuphonswa kwamahhala kokune kuma-Mavericks, angazange Luka Doncic.

U-Irving uthole angu-38 ukuhola iDallas.

Ngemuva kokulahlekelwa, okwenze amaLakers angena emithonjeni emincane yokudlala endaweni yokugcina ngaphambi kwe-Utah, abakwaLakers bathi badinga ukudlala njengeqembu elidinga bonke.

Kepha ngemikhawulo yokuthi uDavis angakwazi yini ukudlala i-back-to-backs, lokho kusobala ukuthi kunzima ukukwenza.

Lelo su linezindleko – futhi yiqembu elilodwa eNgqungqutheleni YaseNtshonalanga elibonakala lizimisele ukukhokha.

Ngokugcizelela impilo engase ibe khona ngemva kwesizini esikhundleni sokuwina kwesizini evamile, amaqembu afana neLakers, i-Clippers kanye ne-Mavericks kungenzeka adele imidlalo ebalulekile emjahweni wokuhlungela ogcwele phama.

Ayicishiwe ngokuphelele ku-radar. NgoLwesihlanu ngesikhathi sokudubula, UDennis Schroder utshele izintatheli ukuthi amehlo akhe agxile endaweni ethile – ngaphandle komqhudelwano wokudlala.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi siyiqembu kanjani manje, i-chemistry, ngicabanga, isendaweni ephelele,” kusho uSchroder. “Njengoba ngishilo, kumele sizame nje ukuthola imbewu yesi-6, lokho kuyinhloso yethu nesifiso sethu. Bese usuka lapho.”

Noma kunjalo, imbewu yesi-6 izovula ama-playoffs emgwaqeni.

U-Ham, oneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-25 yesipiliyoni se-NBA njengomdlali nomqeqeshi, ubone ushintsho olubheke ezempilo lube yinto ebaluleke kakhulu emaqenjini njengoba ebheke ku-postseason.

“Angicabangi ukuthi sekushintshe ngokuphelele, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi impilo iza kuqala [seeding],” kusho uHam ngaphambi komdlalo wangoLwesihlanu. “ … Futhi imidlalo yama-playoffs, angifuni ukusho ukuthi iqinisiwe, kodwa kuzodingeka uwine ekuhambeni kwesikhathi ukuze ube ngompetha bomhlaba, ngakho kufanele uqine, uphile kahle, uzethembe futhi udlale. ngesigqi esihle.

“Futhi noma ngabe udlala kuphi, uyazinika ithuba. Kodwa nje ngokuba nenkantolo yasekhaya, ngibone amaqembu kaninginingi, ama-postseason amaningi anenzuzo yenkantolo yasekhaya futhi akunandaba, ngoba bayiyekile leyo midlalo yasekhaya. ”

Nokho umlando uthi amaqembu okumele alwele ukukhuphukela kowamanqamu asesimweni esibi kakhulu.

I-Houston Rockets yango-1995 iyiqembu elinembewu ephansi kunazo zonke ukunqoba isicoco ngemuva kokuqala leyo miqhudelwano isendaweni yesithupha eNtshonalanga.

I-New York Knick yango-1999 yenza ama-Finals njengembewu yesishiyagalombili ngesizini efinyeziwe.

Amathemba okuhluma kwe-Lakers awaboshelwanga ukuthi u-Davis ukhona noma akekho enkundleni emidlalweni yokulandelana (i-Lakers idlala i-Jazz ne-Clippers kowamanqamu wokubuyela emuva konyaka).

U-LeBron James uyaqhubeka nokuthuthuka, no-Schroder ethi ubonile u-James esebenza kaningi nsuku zonke emzamweni wokubuyela.

Ukumbuyisela emuva njengoba isikhathi sisekhona ewashini lesizini kungaba umfutho omkhulu.

Ngaphambi komdlalo, u-Ham uxwayise ngeqembu ngokubheka ukuma noma ukubeka imigomo ethile yokuwina/ukulahlekelwa emidlalweni yabo yokugcina eyishumi nambili.

“Umdlalo ngamunye ungowawo, futhi sidinga ukubhekana nawo ngaleyo ndlela,” kusho uHam. “Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi siyakhula futhi nsuku zonke senza isiqiniseko sokuthi sithuthuka kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka ngenkathi sisazama ukufeza inhloso yethu. Kodwa kufanele nje uthathe eyodwa ngesikhathi.

“Ngeke sithwale kanzima lapho sisale khona abangu-12 futhi kufanele sifinyelele kuleso sibalo [of wins], bese uqala ukunganaki izinto. Okuhamba phambili kwethu kube wukuhlala okwamanje futhi sizithathe ngasikhathi sinye.”

NgoLwesihlanu, nokho, ngabakwaMaverick abayithatha.