Beijing time on January 3, the NBA regular season Lakers home again played the Timberwolves, 37-year-old James played in 39 minutes, 15 shots, 7 got 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, played 12 minutes in the last quarter, tired and bent over the knees to breathe heavily, 37 years old to play like this, it is indeed too tired, 7 consecutive games 30+ miracles were ended.
In the first quarter, James scored three points at the beginning, then toughly passed Beverley's layup score, and made two foul shots, scoring seven points on 2-of-3 shooting in the single quarter, leading the Timberwolves by 7 points at 31-24 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Timberwolves frantically counterattacked, James organized the attack to stabilize the situation, playing, the old Zhan again made two free throws, after the break, the Lakers collectively cut off the power, was played by the Timberwolves 9-0 attack; then Bradley three points to stop the bleeding, the last 2 minutes of the half, James came back on the court, unreasonable 2 + 1 (unfortunately the free throw did not score), the outside three points again, the Half scored the Lakers led by 3 points.
At the end of the half, James and Lakers assistant coach Phil Handy got into an argument, presumably to mediate the conflict between Handy and Bradley.
In the second half, James continued to break through the score in the third quarter, but the Timberwolves rained three points, the Lakers were beaten 13-4 and trailed to 6 points, seeing that the old Zhan strongly made Beverley foul and two free throws, which was a response to Beverley's anger at himself; the old Zhan three points again, Munch and Tucker delivered firepower, the Lakers turned the situation 13-2; then the Timberwolves fought back again, and after the third quarter, the Lakers fell behind by 2 points.
In the last quarter, the Lakers and Timberwolves still played inextricably, James not only scored, but also cut off the Timberwolves' offense on the defensive end; in the fourth quarter, at 7 minutes and 13 seconds, the camera captured James bending over with his hands on his knees, tired and breathless, and the US media directly called out that Old Zhan was exhausted.
James began to stand on the court to charge, Bradley and Westbrook continued to fire; James did not hit three points, the penalty area attracted a number of players to pack, the key moment, Anthony 3 + 1, Bradley pressed the whistle in response to Edwards, James key layup did not go, the penalty area defended Edwards, Westbrook two free throws, Beverley fatal mistakes, Westbrook key free throws again, Zhan Huang two free throws missed, Westbrook serve five seconds violation, and finally the Lakers home narrowly won the revenge Timberwolves.