On December 16, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Lakers against the Lone Rangers, this game Doncic was absent, Davis returned, Howard, Munch could not play because of the trigger health agreement. But in the first quarter of the game, the Lakers quickly established an advantage, James hit 2 three-pointers to win 10 points and 1 rebound in the single quarter, and the Lakers 6 of 9 three-pointers for the whole team, thus establishing a 33-23 lead.
Entering the second quarter, the Lone Ranger set off a strong counterattack, the First 4 minutes of the quarter The Lone Ranger played a wave of offensive climax, blasting out a wave of 15-0, the Lakers used five small lineups but entered the scoring drought, the defensive end could not match the strength of the Lone Ranger, and was constantly impacted to score. Vogel had no choice but to call two timeouts in a row, at this time the score was 38-35, and the Lone Ranger led.
After the timeout, it was still James, who broke through with the ball to face the double bag to throw a score, Reeves hit a super long three-pointer, the Lakers responded with a wave of 5-0, and Brunson quickly broke through with the ball to score. Then the two teams went on a 3-minute scoring drought, Anthony's low single shot broke the deadlock, Porzingis shot a long three-point miss, at this time James was injured in the process of scrambling for rebounds, his foot was injured, the pain was too much to run, and the Lakers called a timeout again. Fortunately, James didn't have much of a problem and got back on the court.
In the final 2 minutes before halftime, Porzingis scored, Westbrook James missed three points, then James Bo made 2 of 2 free throws, Bradley shot a three-pointer and missed, turning back to Brunson to hit a three-pointer. In the last leg of the first half, James hit a whistle-pressing three-pointer, and after halftime, the Lakers trailed 47-50.
Throughout the first half, the Lakers played the ice and fire double day, the first quarter of the team three points 9 of 6, to the second quarter became 10 of 2, the rapid decline in the outside feel led to the Lakers offensive end of the downturn, the original first quarter also established a 10-point lead, the second quarter was directly blasted out of a wave of 15-0, the score was directly surpassed. In addition, Davis continued the slump in the first quarter, scoring as many as 5 turnovers after playing half-time, and 3 fouls, shooting 1 of 5, the performance was a disaster, and did not play a good role as the core of the interior.
And when the Lakers fall into the stage of backwardness and downturn, there are still two veterans James and Anthony reliable, James uses the breakthrough to withstand the pressure for the Lakers, and even before the end of the half, he can hit the three points of the whistle, Anthony scores in the low position can also break the deadlock, the Lakers are still stable, is the basis for the Lakers to have competitiveness. In the first half, James had 15 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 5-of-9 shooting, while Anthony had 7 points and 3 rebounds on 3-of-7 shooting, and the two combined for 22 points and 4 rebounds on 8-of-16 shooting.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)