On January 5, Beijing time, the Lakers played at home against the Kings, the 37-year-old James played 37 minutes and shot 12 of 26, 3 of 3 of 3 points, 3 of 10 three points, 31 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block and 1 steal, and 14 points in the last quarter dominated the game, the key unreasonable score was too fierce, shaking his fist to celebrate domineeringly, and the Lakers collectively shouted MVP for him at home.
In the first quarter, the Lakers opened with a 9-2 offensive attack by the Kings, after which James received Wei Shao's pass with both hands, Wei Shao contributed two points, Old Zhan blasted in three points, the Lakers responded to 9-2 to tie the score, and then the King took the lead again, James failed to hit the iron several consecutive shots, and the old Zhan unfortunately bumped into the knee in the counterattack, fortunately not injured.
Old Zhan had 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 block on 2-of-6 shooting in the first quarter, and Fox was crazy to chase the big hat.
In the second quarter, Westbrook, Tucker and James continued to storm the inside line, the Lakers turned the situation around 9-0, suspended back, Damian Jones made consecutive foul penalties to score, the Lakers counterattacked in James cut the basket, Howard two consecutive empty catches ignited the stadium; after Howard went off the court, the Kings continued to storm the box, 9-2 to regain the lead again, James scored easily under the basket, making two fouls.
In the second half, James shot 1 of 4 in the third quarter, still did not find the feeling of shooting; the Lakers continued to impact the inside line, the outside line against the King, the two teams began a tug-of-war with the ball; in the last 2 minutes of the third quarter, Howard picked two difficult layups, Anthony scored 4 consecutive points, and the Lakers led by 2 points into the final quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the Lakers continued to use a small lineup, suddenly hit 11-0 and fell into passivity; the timeout came back, Howard came back on the court, James scored two consecutive shots into the box, Munch scored three points, Tucker back jumper; then The old Jan and Tucker hit three-pointers, Howard key rebounds and assists Munch hit another three-pointer.
At the critical moment, James's three-pointer finally opened again, and the three-pointer began to celebrate wildly, but Hield always responded immediately; at the critical moment, Munch hit the three-pointer again, James killed the second basket in the box, protected the rebound and assisted Wei Shao, crushed Jones into an unreasonable 2+1 (unfortunately, the free throw did not score), the old Zhan clenched his fists and celebrated madly, and the fans collectively shouted MVP.
Gentry angrily threw the tactical board, the key jump ball, James jumped to win, Wei Shao made two free throws and one shot, Wei Shao continued to score free throws, and finally the Lakers won at home, Xi Ti won three consecutive wins, and the record became 20 wins and 19 losses.