Beijing time on January 8, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lakers defeated the Hawks 134-118, winning 4 consecutive wins, it is worth mentioning that after entering 2022, the Lakers achieved a record of 4 wins and 0 losses, remaining undefeated, and can be said to be one of the hottest teams in the current state. After a struggle at the beginning of the season, the Lakers' chemistry finally began to bear fruit, and the whole team was in excellent shape, James, Munch, Bradley, Anthony, Tucker all broke out in this game, and the whole team scored 5 people in double figures, and 4 people scored more than 20 points.
Commenting on the team's current performance, James said: "We feel very comfortable with our current performance, but we are not satisfied. One of the best things is that our players are constantly coming back. Whether it's getting rid of injuries or lifting the COVID-19 deal, everyone is on the move. I told you that night before, we pretty much know exactly what the squad rotation looks like, and when we have players who can play and put on jerseys, that helps us a lot on both ends of the board. We've been in a very good position in the last week or two, but we're going to continue that trend. We're going to keep hungry and thirsty because we dug ourselves big holes early in the season. But I feel great about our current situation. ”
The gradual return of the injured and the continuous improvement of the chemical reaction have rekindled the hope of winning the championship for the Lakers, who had previously looked hopeless, and the key person who sounded the season counter-offensive horn for the Lakers was LeBron James himself. In this game, James played 36 minutes, 13 of 24 shots, including 1 of 6 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, 32 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks, and the ninth time in the last 10 games to blast 30+ points, once again proved the strength of his league's top superstar, and his dominance in the center position is more and more amazing.
According to statistics, this is James' fifth game of the season as a center, and the Lakers have won all five games in these games and averaged 127 points per game. Lakers coach Vogel said: "With LeBron playing the No. 5 position, which makes the rest of us play more comfortable, he can play more comfortably, he doesn't have to create everything himself, he also has more opportunities to catch the ball." He activated his teammates on the outside, which also balanced his attack style, not blindly holding the ball to kill, he trusted his teammates, and the teammates also returned him. ”
In the NBA officially announced yesterday 2022 All-Star so far in the fan voting results, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry temporarily for the East and West ticket king, originally considered to be a great hope to become the all-star ticket king this season James is only ranked 4th in the league, from the first Curry nearly 500,000 votes gap, which makes many people think that James's ticket king this season is no play, but as the saying goes, the east is lost, the harvest is mulberry, James still hopes to get other better honors this season.
After this period of crazy scoring, James's average data has reached 28.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, of which the average score per game ranks second in the league, only 1.2 points away from Durant, who ranks first, considering that Irving's return will take away some of Durant's ball, James is very hopeful that he will become the league's scoring king in the next counterattack.
Not only that, yesterday the NBA officially released the latest issue of the MVP list, james who did not qualify for the top ten before, this time finally rose to 7th with the recent strong performance, if James can lead the Lakers to play more excellent results and data in the next, coupled with the emotional points brought by his age, he still has the hope to compete for this season's MVP.
In addition, James even hopes to compete for the best team of the season, with his current performance, almost no frontcourt player in the league can say that he is stable, although now the NBA has no position, only the front court and the backcourt, so in theory James can be selected with the alphabet brother, Durant at the same time, plus James is now playing in the center position, his biggest opponent may be Jokic, for now, James, whether it is record or data, is better than Jokic.