洛杉磯-安東尼·戴維斯（Anthony Davis）表示，有一個簡單的解決方案可以將洛杉磯湖人隊保持在聯盟榜首：鎖定防守。
戴維斯週日在斯臺普斯中心以108-95擊敗達拉斯小牛隊之後說：“我們只需要重新找到自己。” “我們能夠回到防守方面。當我們做到這一點時，我們就能擊敗任何一支球隊，並對自己感到滿意。”
他們也不僅僅只是任何一支球隊。
在效率方面，小牛擁有NBA的第一進攻，而洛杉磯能夠將他們保持在賽季最低的95分，投籃命中率達到36％（3分命中率，為30.2％），而達拉斯則貢獻了19次失誤。
“對我們來說真是一個糟糕的夜晚，”小牛明星盧卡·唐西奇（Luka Doncic）說。 “真是糟糕的夜晚。”
湖人隊騷擾了被認為是最有價值球員前五名的唐奇奇，以六次失誤打入14投5中。根據ESPN Stats＆Information的研究，Doncic的14次嘗試都受到了質疑。在艾弗裡·布拉德利（Avery Bradley）的防守下，他僅投6球，他的嘗試均未通過。
前三屆年度最佳防守球員德懷特·霍華德（Dwight Howard）說：“每天晚上，我們都想在防守端拆除球隊。” “我認為我們有足夠的才幹和意志力做到這一點。每天晚上，我們在防守端拆除球隊。”
湖人隊進入2020年，已經連續兩場獲勝，從而將他們整個賽季的四連敗都甩在身後。在26-7時，他們在Western Conference中擁有最佳戰績。
週日他們取得防守成功的部分原因是洛杉磯教練弗蘭克·沃格爾（Frank Vogel）決定整個賽季首次進行區域覆蓋率試驗。
沃格爾說：“面對聯盟中排名第一的進攻球隊，有時候你需要對比賽進行一些破爛，把他們換個樣子。” “團隊為我們做這件事，通常我們最終會佔上風，但是它可以稍微改變遊戲規則。我向我們的團隊提出了一個選擇，'你們對此感覺如何？'大家都喜歡這個主意，我認為今晚它非常有效。”
與金州背靠背的第一個晚上的週六相比，小牛隊的得分少了46分。
戴維斯說：“我認為這有點把他們弄亂了；他們與[克里斯塔普斯]波爾津吉斯和盧卡一起嘗試了不同的比賽，這有點打亂了他們，使他們擺脫了進攻。”
這場勝利是勒布朗·詹姆斯的生日禮物（13分，13次助攻），成為聯盟歷史上第一位獲得9,000次助攻，9,000個籃板和30,000分的球員。
詹姆斯將在球隊休賽日週一35歲。洛杉磯下週三將主場迎戰鳳凰城太陽隊。
“它的里程碑是，當您在內城區長大時，遇到了許多您不希望孩子看到的事情，從而能夠達到這一年齡點，統計數據對您不利，原因，這是一種祝福，”詹姆斯說。 “能夠做自己喜歡做的每一天，並讓我的家人從中受益，這對我來說是一種更大的祝福，它們使我成為他們的靈感。這真的很酷。”
詹姆斯說，不那麼酷的是，他正在為自己的生日願望掏腰包。
他說：“我不想開派對，因為我必須為此付費。”他靠在椅子上，微笑著向後傾斜。 “ S ---，我必須為自己的生日聚會買單。”
LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Davis said there's a simple solution to keeping the Los Angeles Lakers atop the league standings: lockdown defense.
"We just had to find ourselves again," Davis said after the Lakers' 108-95 winover the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday at Staples Center. "We were able to get back to what we do defensively. And when we do that, we're able to beat any team and feel good about ourselves."
It wasn't just any team they were putting the clamps on, either.
The Mavs own the NBA's No. 1 offense in terms of efficiency, and L.A. was able to hold them to a season-low 95 points on 36% shooting (30.2% from 3) while causing Dallas to commit 19 turnovers.
"Just a bad night for us," Mavs star Luka Doncic said. "Really bad night."
The Lakers harassed Doncic, considered a top-five MVP candidate, into a 5-for-14 shooting night with six turnovers. According to research by ESPN Stats & Information, all of Doncic's 14 attempts were contested. He shot just 1-for-6 with Avery Bradley guarding him, none of his attempts came off a pass and only one of his shots were attempted in transition.
"Every night, we want to dismantle teams defensively," former three-time Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard said. "I think we have the talent, the willpower to do that. Every night, we dismantle teams on the defensive end."
The Lakers head into 2020 having won two games straight to put their season-long, four-game losing streak behind them. At 26-7, they have the best record in the Western Conference.
Part of their defensive success Sunday was the result of L.A. coach Frank Vogel's decision to experiment with zone coverage for the first time all season.
"Facing the No. 1 offensive team in the league by a large margin, sometimes you got to junk the game a little bit, throw them just a different look," Vogel said. "Teams do it to us, and usually we end up prevailing, but it can just change the game up a little bit. I presented it to our team as an option, 'How do you guys feel about it?' And guys liked the idea, and I think it was pretty effective tonight."
The Mavs scored 46 fewer points Sunday than they did Saturday on the first night of their back-to-back in Golden State.
"I think it kind of messed them up a little bit; they tried different sets with [Kristaps] Porzingis and Luka, and it kind of disrupted them a little bit and taken them out of their offense," Davis said.
The win was an early birthday present for LeBron James (13 points, 13 assists), who became the first player in league history to register 9,000 assists, 9,000 rebounds and 30,000 points.
James will turn 35 Monday on the team's off day. L.A. next plays Wednesday at home against the Phoenix Suns.
"The milestone of it is when you grow up in the inner city around a lot of things that you don't want your kids to see, to be able to get to this point in age where the statistics is stacked up against you for obvious reasons, that's a blessing," James said. "It's more of a blessing for me to be able to do what I love to do every day and be able to let my family reap the benefits of that, and they allow me to be an inspiration to them. That is really cool."
What wasn't as cool, James said, was that he was going into his own pockets for his birthday wish.
"I don't wish to have a party because I got to pay for it," he said, leaning back in his chair with a smile on his face. "S---, I got to pay for my own damn birthday party."
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