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For the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA playoffs are over after the first round. In game five, the Lakers are dominated by a player who is otherwise not known for his scoring qualities. LeBron James runs out again.
Bitter shame for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers! Despite third place after the regular season, the group around Luka Doncic already failed in the first playoff round of the NBA-and that clearly. After only five games, this has already been determined from the Lakers in the best-of-Seven series.
In game five, the Lakers lost to 96: 103 and were shown by the Rudy Gobert, which was so far hardly appeared in the series.
Lakers superstar Luka Doncic cried out after a fall
NBA playoffs: Gobert punishes Lakers tactics
The Frenchman, who came up with 14 points and 25 rebounds in the first four games, could not be stopped in this game. With 27 points and 24 rebounds, Gobert even set up two new personal career best values in the playoffs.
The Lakers tried to get the Wolves with small ball, i.e. without real center, what Gobert punished badly, who got nine (!) Offensive rebounds.
“It feels great, we had a season with up and down. We have a lot of boys who want to win and love each other,” said Gobert after the game at TNT .
For the first time in their franchise history, the Wolves won at least one playoff round in two consecutive years.
Doncic defies fall – LeBron James disappointed
The most successful scorer at the Lakers was Doncic with 28 points. In addition, the players who came from the Dallas Mavericks contributed nine assists and seven rebounds, even if he tortured back problems after a painful fall in the first half.
LeBron James had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists, but also had the worst plus minus record of all players with minus 14 and disappointed in the last quarter when the 40-year-old seemed to go out again.
For the Lakers, a black series continues with the playoff-out. Since her championship in the NBA Bubble 2020, La has only come beyond the first round once.
Kleber gives Lakers debut after injury
For the German Maximilian Kleber, the playoffs ended after a game.
After a long injury break (foot), the glue, which was only transferred to the Lakers in February, made his debut for his new team on a big stage.
In five minutes of play, the Würzburg scored two points, but made a ball loss in the crucial phase.
Warriors around Curry have to continue to fear
The Golden State of Warriors have to put an extra layer around Stephen Curry.
The team from San Francisco clearly lost the fifth game against the Houston Rockets with 116: 131 and now only leads 3-2 in the series.
Curry and his co-star Jimmy Butler both got a weak evening. Curry only reaches 13 points, butler only eight.
But soon you can do better and make the ticket for the second playoff round in your own arena.
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