Beijing time on December 24, the Lakers at home to meet the Spurs, this game, thick eyebrow brother, Munch and Bradley and other people did not play, Howard was put on the start, although James this battle god down, hard fight 34 minutes and 40 seconds, but helpless the team once again suffered a fiasco, lost to the opponent 28 points, the score was fixed at 110-138. After this campaign, the Lakers suffered four consecutive losses, the record of 16 wins and 17 losses is still ranked sixth in the West, and the Spurs won two consecutive victories, with a record of 13 wins and 18 losses, ranking tenth in the West.
In the first half of the game, James shot 10 of 16, including 2 of 4 three-pointers and 1 of 1 free throw, and had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. The Lakers had no one to score in double figures except him, Westbrook had a second-high 9 points, Anthony and Tucker each scored 6 points, james did well, but at the end of the half, the Lakers still trailed the Spurs 55-66. After the whole game, James scored 15 of 26, slashed 36 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, James can be said to have exhausted the last bullet, but the helpless team still suffered a big defeat.
James' overall performance in this game is good, but there are also shortcomings, he has 3 turnovers, plus-minus -23 lowest in the game. Wei Shao performed in the first half, the third quarter began to pick up, this quarter, Wei Shao shot 9 of 7, 1 of 3 points, cut 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, the whole game down, Wei Shao assisted 35 minutes, 20 of 12, cut 30 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, 5 mistakes, plus or minus -14. In addition, Tucker 13 points, 4 boards and 3 assists, plus and minus -16, Howard 4 points, 9 boards and 2 caps, Ellington 7 points, Thomas 2 points, plus and minus -20, Anthony 9 points and 3 boards, Rondo 3 boards and 3 assists, Jordan Jr. 5 points and 4 boards, M-Jones 2 points.
In terms of spurs, Diop played the role of a divine soldier in this game, he played a super god, played 26 minutes, 11 shots, 3 of 3 of 3 three-pointers, 5 of 7 free throws, shooting 100% to blast a career high of 30 points, and his personal plus-minus +20 was also the first in the team! It is worth mentioning that this season, he is only a substitute for the Spurs, averaging 3.8 points per game, but against the Lakers, he shot 30 points in 11 shots, and there is no doubt that the Lakers have become Diop's cash machine. White 23 points, 3 boards and 7 assists, Walker 21 points and 3 assists, Johnson 16 points and 10 boards, McDermott 13 points and 5 boards, Pelter 8 points, 3 boards and 2 assists, Murray 9 points, 6 boards and 13 assists, Vassell 5 points and 3 boards, Randell 13 points, 8 boards and 3 assists.
The Lakers did not score 20 points except for James and Westbrook in this game, and the overall defense was very poor, with a total of 14 mistakes on the team and 21 points scored by the opponent. The Lakers were inaccurate on the outside, 5-of-27 from three points, very glaring. After experiencing four consecutive losses, the Lakers have exposed too many problems, poor defense, many mistakes, inaccurate outside lines, and lack of fast attack and counterattack capabilities, but these problems have never been solved. James has averaged 30 points, 10 rebounds and 56% of his shooting in the last four games, but the Lakers have lost four consecutive games in the same period, which is really too difficult. What the Lakers have to do now is to keep the top eight positions in the West, as for the championship, forget it.