LOS ANGELES, California – Indiana Pacers ta doke Los Angeles Lakers da ci 121-114 a ranar Asabar a filin wasa na Crypto.com, duk da rashin LeBron James a Lakers.
Pacers, wadanda ke da tarihin nasara da rashin nasara 29-21 a kakar wasa ta bana, sun nuna karfinsu ne ta hanyar samun nasara a kan Clippers kwanaki biyu da suka gabata. Pascal Siakam ya ci maki 33, ya kuma dauki kwallaye 11, wanda ya taimaka wa Pacers wajen samun nasara a wasanni 5 daga cikin 6 na baya-bayan nan.
Lakers, da ke da tarihin 30-19, sun shiga wasan ne da kwarin gwiwa bayan sun doke Golden State Warriors a ranar Alhamis. Sai dai kuma, rashin James, wanda ya samu rauni a idon sawu, ya yi matukar shafar kungiyar.
“Mun san cewa ba zai kasance da sauki ba idan LeBron ba ya nan,” in ji koci Darvin Ham bayan wasan. “Dole ne sauran ‘yan wasan su kara himma, kuma mun yi kokari sosai, amma bai isa ba.”
Ko da yake Lakers sun yi kokarin ganin sun cike gibin da James ya bari, Pacers sun kasance masu tsayin daka. Indiana ta samu nasarar jefa kwallo a raga da kashi 45.3%, tare da Siakam na taka rawar gani a fagen cin kwallo.
A gefe guda kuma, Lakers sun samu nasarar jefa kwallo a raga da kashi 50%, amma ba su iya yin daidai da karfin da Pacers suka nuna ba. D'Angelo Russell ya jagoranci Lakers da maki 28, amma ba shi da isasshen goyon baya daga sauran ‘yan wasan.
Wannan shi ne karo na farko da kungiyoyin biyu suka hadu a kakar wasa ta bana. A bara, Lakers ta yi nasara a wasanni 2-1 a kan Pacers.
Wasu daga cikin maganganun da aka yi bayan wasan:
Koci Rick Carlisle na Pacers ya ce: “Na yi matukar farin ciki da kokarin da ‘yan wasana suka yi. Mun zo nan da niyyar samun nasara, kuma mun yi aiki tukuru don cimma hakan.”
Pascal Siakam ya ce: “Ina kokarin fita filin wasa ne kawai don in taimaka wa kungiyata ta samu nasara. Na ji dadi sosai a yau, kuma ina farin ciki da samu damar taimakawa.”
D’Angelo Russell ya ce: “Mun yi kokarin ganin mun yi nasara, amma ba mu yi wasa mai kyau ba a yau. Dole ne mu kara himma a wasanmu na gaba.”
Pacers za su kara da Phoenix Suns a ranar Litinin, yayin da Lakers za su kara da Atlanta Hawks.
