Kungiyar Los Angeles Lakers ta yi nasara mai ban mamaki a kan Portland Trail Blazers, duk da cewa manyan ‘yan wasanta, LeBron James, Luka Doncic, da Austin Reaves, ba su taka leda ba saboda rauni.
Matashin ɗan wasa Nick Smith Jr. ne ya haskaka a wasan, inda ya nuna bajinta da kwarin gwiwa wajen jagorantar Lakers zuwa wannan gagarumar nasara. Ya yi nasu mai kyau ta hanyar zura kwallo da kuma kutsa cikin gaban masu tsaron abokan hamayya ba tare da tsoro ba.
Kocin Lakers, Darvin Ham, ya yabawa matashin, inda ya ce “Smith ya nuna kwarewa da natsuwa kamar tsohon ɗan wasa a babban lokaci.”
A ɓangaren Blazers, an zata za su yi galaba saboda rashin fitattun ‘yan wasa a Lakers, amma suka kasa tsayawa da daidaito a cikin wasan.
Wannan nasara ta zama babban ƙarfafa gwiwa ga Lakers, yayin da suke ci gaba da fafutuka da rauni da kuma matsin lamba daga sauran kungiyoyi a farkon kakar wasa.