Without Kevin Durant, no Kyrie Irving, no Anthony Davis, the Lakers' Christmas war with the Nets seems to lack a lot of attention, but this game is still full of stars and a lot of points to watch, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony and James Hadon and other people are quite related, and the showdown between them is also very interesting. Of course, the Christmas war is still an ordinary regular season game after all, relatively speaking, the Lakers prefer to get the final victory, because before the Christmas war, they have lost four consecutive games.
The Nets once took a 23-point lead, but in the fourth quarter, James led the Lakers to launch a counterattack, they once tied the score, helplessly the Lakers were a breath, Nicholas Clarkston dunked James to help the Nets lock up the win, the Lakers lost to the Nets 115-122, lost the Christmas war, and also got a bad five-game losing streak. James was in good shape, shooting 14 of 25 from the field, including 9 three-pointers, 3 shots, 9 free throws, 8 of 39 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, Anderson was in poor shape, and he scored 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists out of 4 of 20 shooting, including 3 three-pointers, 0 three-pointers, plus 6 free throws, and 5 of 5.
On the Nets side, Harden and Patty Mills were the heroes of the team's victory, Harden shot 10 of 25 three-pointers, including 8 three-pointers, plus 17 free throws, 13 of 36 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks, Mills 17 shots 11 of 13 three-pointers, including 8 three-pointers, plus 4 free throws, 4 of 4 for 34 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists. To say that Harden is not in too good shape this season, but when facing the Lakers, his overall performance is not bad, and the Lakers seem to have become a professional sparring partner, before Damian Lillard and others have found the state in the Lakers, Harden is no exception.
Harden shot 0 of 5 in the last quarter, the feel is very general, but harden in the first three quarters is really impeccable, which is also the Biggest problem of the Lakers at present, that is, the defense is average, even if they can play a good offense, but the defensive end is not oppressive at all. This is good news for Harden, and judging from the performance of the whole game, James and Horton Tucker have become James' cash machines. Throughout the game, Harden directly confronted Tucker on the offensive end for 2 minutes and 20 seconds, and he shot 3 of 6 during that time; directly against James, he shot 4 of 5 during this time.
However, there are also two players who make Harden frustrated, the first is Anthony, Harden shot 0 of 3 in 1 minute 02 seconds directly with Anthony on the offensive end, and the other is Malik Munch, Harden shot 4 of 0 in 1 minute 19 seconds of direct confrontation with Munch on the offensive end. The two players with the base salary actually kept a clean sheet on the defensive end, which is indeed a bit unexpected, especially Munch, who also made 13 shots on the offensive end, including 8 three-pointers, including 7 three-pointers, 1 free throw, 1, 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, which can be said to have a very good performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
Five consecutive losses made the Lakers' record become 16 wins and 18 losses, and 50% of the winning rate has a two-game gap, although the next will face a weak team like the Rockets, but the Lakers' overall schedule is not easy, in the case of Davis can not return for a short time, how to improve the team's defense is the Lakers' primary task. I hope that the Lakers will not lose again in the next game, if they lose to the Rockets again, it is estimated that there will be huge problems in the Lakers' locker room.
Text/Duncan's laugh