On December 24, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Spurs, due to the injury of many players and the triggering of health and safety agreements, the Lakers could only continue to meet with the residual team, but did not receive results.
James shot 4-of-6 in the first quarter, 1-of-1 on three-pointers to get 9 points, he played 9 minutes and 33 seconds, after scoring the basket, the Lakers entered a 3:05-second athletic goal drought, until Thomas Jr. hit a jump shot to stop the bleeding, during which the Lakers also entered the second quarter from 21-21 to 9 points behind.
It is worth mentioning that with 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the Lakers once again sent a "death squad", Westbrook, Rondo, Thomas Jr., Anthony and Jones were five people on the field, the three point guards in the same lineup were punctured, and Randale, a player who was not the main player in the Spurs, single-handedly grabbed the Lakers' rebounds.
At the same time, the Lakers' controversial lineup has also triggered the spit of the US media, and everyone has not understood: "What is this lineup?? ”
The Lakers' lineup entered a vicious circle, the 38-year-old Anthony had no advantage under the basket, and the offensive end Rondo had a hard time breaking through the layup to score, but Guago pushed people to be blown offensive fouls, he ate two fouls at the speed of light, and had to go early. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers were already behind by double digits.