On January 5, Beijing time, the Lakers defeated the Kings 122-114 to win three consecutive wins. In this game, Vogel changed the starting lineup again, and Stanley Johnson's 10-day contract expired without renewing Ariza to enter the starting lineup. After the first quarter of the Lakers trailed by 5 points, the second quarter of the Lakers once surpassed 7 points but in the second half of the second half by the Kings again overtook 2 points into the second half, the third quarter of the Lakers had a hard time overtaking, the last quarter James debuted a wave of 4-13 was reversed, and in the last moment James suddenly broke out to win the game.
James had problems with his fitness in the game against the Timberwolves, and although he had a dunk + a cover in the first quarter of the game, he felt physically recovered, but his lateral movement and offensive choices on the defensive end could still see that he was tired, three of the six shots in the first quarter came from outside the three-point line, and there was only 1 basket, 2 of 6 in the first quarter, and 1 of 3 in three points.
In the second quarter, James opened a basket to win, and was quickly replaced by a rest, James rest time Howard in the basket to kill the four consecutive frontcourt rebounds and empty dunks, the Lakers once pulled away to 7 points, but James appeared after the advantage of defending the Kings' interior line dissipated, James also appeared no top man to lose the backcourt rebound moment, the Kings rebounded again, James scored 3 of 6 in the second quarter, 3 of 3 points, 2 of 3 of three points to take 8 points and 2 assists, 12 of 5 in the half, 5 of 3 points, only 13 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound and 1 block, The efficiency value is not good. Wei Shao is even more depressed in 4 of 13.
The third quarter began with James breaking through to score two points, and then began to play iron consecutively, the Kings once pulled open to 7 points, replaced the old Zhan for James, Anthony after the Lakers protected the basket better, and soon the Lakers regained the lead. Anthony hit two key shots in the final moments of the third quarter, Howard also had a good performance of 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in the third quarter (14+11 in the third quarter), and James made 6 of 16 in the third quarter, 1 of 6 on three points, and only had 17 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
In the final quarter, James replaced Howard and was quickly overtaken, James looked at the defense to see Harkless hit a three-point shot, and then the basket single was snatched by Mitchell, Mitchell threw a shot and pulled it open to 7 points, James played 3 minutes The Kings played a wave of 13-4, it was difficult to find a layup opportunity, and then the forked defense watched Hield go to the basket, Master Huo rebounded Munch's three-point shot, and a bunch of role players carried James forward. James made a three-pointer, Hield responded with a three-pointer, James hit another three-pointer, Hield responded with another three-pointer, and Munch countered the Kings' timeout with a key ball.
Munch is another key three-pointer, James rebounded in front of the court to shoot himself to 4 points, Hield's key three-pointer did not hit James to protect the rebound, 52.5 seconds before the end james broke through to play 2+0, the whole court stood up to cheer for James, the previous fork-waist defense is for this moment? Kings' fatal mistake Westbrook lost suspense on the free throw line game.
James scored 6-of-10 in the final quarter and 2-of-4 three-pointers for 14 points, two rebounds and two assists. The whole game has 31 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 block, and it can be said that the performance of the old Jan in the last quarter redeemed himself.
Text/Yan Xiaobai