On December 16, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers challenged the Dallas Lone Ranger away, this game, Doncic did not play, and the thick eyebrow returned. Prior to this contest, the Lakers were sixth in the West with 15 wins and 13 losses, followed by the Lone Rangers with 14 wins and 13 losses. The Lakers had stretched the point difference to 13 points in the first quarter, but then fell into a scoring drought, being beaten by the opponent to a wave of 15-0, and at halftime, the Lone Rangers completed the rebound under the leadership of Brunson and Porzingis, and the Lakers are currently three points behind their opponents 47-50.
In the half, James performed well, playing 17 minutes and 37 seconds, shooting 5 of 9, 3 of 4 three-pointers, 15 points, 1 board and 1 assist, but the plus-minus was -11. James nearly injured his ankle in the game, and he hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc at the end of the second quarter to help the team close to the score, a goal that broke the Lakers' scoring drought. James was undoubtedly the Lakers' best performer in the first half, though his rebounds and assists weren't too eye-catching. In the first half, Wei Shao fully blossomed in statistics, he played 18 minutes and 03 seconds, 3 of 6, and had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
The fly in the ointment is that Wei Shao's two three-point shots did not hit, including one big open three-pointer, Wei Shao had two mistakes in the first half, and his plus-minus was -1. In the first half, Thick Brow played 14 minutes, his hand felt cold, he shot 1 of 5, 1 of 3 points, 2 of 3 from the free throw line, contributed 4 points and 5 rebounds, but there were 5 turnovers, and 3 fouls, 2 of which were offensive fouls, however, his plus-minus +6 was the Lakers' highest player in the first half, and Thick Brow also shot a three-pointer in the second time, which was very bad.
In addition, Ellington started 3-of-0 in the half, did not score a score, sent 1 rebound and 2 assists; Bradley was 1 of 4, with 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 offensive score, although the data was not good, but Bradley's defense was very strong, in the middle of the second quarter, he snatched the ball from Brunson's hand, halftime, Bradley contributed 2 steals, is the most steal-stealer in the Lakers. Reeves was in hot form in the first half, with 3-of-3 with 9 points and 1 rebound; Anthony had 7 points and 3 rebounds on 3-of-7.
For the Lone Rangers, Brunson had 15 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 7-of-9 shooting; Potzin had 14 points and 5 rebounds on 4-of-12 shooting; Finney Smith had 6 points and 5 rebounds. The Lakers still do not occupy much advantage in the face of the remnant lone rangers, but are in the downwind, which makes people very confused, this season, whether facing strong teams or weak teams, the Lakers and opponents' winning rate is 5-5, and Howard's lack of playing time in the first half is also confusing.