On February 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Lakers sat at home to meet the Knicks! After losing to the remnant Clippers, the Lakers are facing huge public pressure, they need a wave of winning streaks to regain confidence, and the Knicks also need to win to launch an impact on the playoffs. In the end, after overtime, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Knicks 122-115!
The good news for the Lakers is that James finally returned after missing 5 games due to injury (Lakers 1 win and 4 losses), the Big Three are together again, the Lakers' offensive choices, and the offensive firepower of the lineup connection section will be guaranteed! The game began with a significant improvement in the Lakers' offense, scoring 29 points in the first quarter, including 22 points on the inside, James did not have the slightest rust, the advantage of thick eyebrows on the inside line was obvious, no one could stop, Wei Shao sent 3 assists in the first quarter, the only deficiency was 1 of 7 from three points!
However, although the Lakers are in good offensive form, they are pressed by the Knicks, they often can't find anyone when they retreat, and they catch up with the Knicks today's opening three-point accuracy, opening 3 three-pointers in a row, playing a perfect start of 11-0. Ice shooter Barrett scored 17 points in a single quarter, and the Knicks scored six three-pointers in the first quarter and blasted 42 points to establish a double-figure lead early.
In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers' outside feel is still bad, the first half of the three-point shots of 14 shots only 2, and Wei Shao in this quarter crazy work, single quarter 5 shots 0, the layup out of hand, outrageous board 2 do not stick, but also sent 3 bizarre mistakes. At halftime, Wei Shao had 5 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 turnovers on 7-of-7 shooting, plus-minus -24 was the lowest in the game, and the comedy effect was full! Contrary to the Lakers' outside feel, the Knicks scored nine three-pointers in the first half, and Barrett and the Knicks combined to score 41 points, at one point stretching the point difference to 21 points.
In the second half, the Knicks' outside feel was a cliff-like decline, the third quarter was grainy, And Randle was addicted to personal singles, which was very inefficient, resulting in the entire team's offense being very fragmented and in a semi-powered state. And the Lakers side in the Series of James, the offense is orderly, should grasp the conversion to grasp the conversion, the three points should be unambiguous, Moncry suddenly shot a single quarter to shoot 18 points, the Lakers in one fell swoop to surpass the score.
The Lakers had the initiative most of the time in the final quarter, but at the crucial moment, Wei Shao missed two free throws, Ariza made two free throws and one shot, giving the Knicks the opportunity to chase points, and Fournier and Barrett made two key three-pointers to drag the game into overtime.
In overtime, Vogel hid less, Fournier's snake-like save became a turning point in the game, James slammed a dragon dunk, Tucker 2+0 to open the point difference to 4 points, and finally the Lakers narrowly beat the Knicks!
James scored 29 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists on 13-of-24 shooting, Thick Brow had 28 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks on 13-of-19 shooting, and Westbrook had 5 losses, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 turnovers on 10-of-10 shooting, with a plus-minus -15 all-game low. The Knicks side Barrett scored 36 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and Randall had 32 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists!