The NBA ushered in the second focus of the Christmas war, the Lakers home to meet the challenge of the Nets, Durant continued to be absent, Harden ushered in a comeback, and the Lakers lacked Davis, relying on James and Westbrook two core team to lead the team, the recent two teams have encountered a shortage of personnel, the Nets a defeat to the Magic, and the Lakers suffered four consecutive losses, after four quarters of competition, the Lakers still failed to withstand the Nets' attack, although they won the fourth quarter net 13 points, but the front digging hole is too big, resulting in their final quarter to go all out to fill the pit after all did not win the score, In the end, he lost seven points to the Nets, suffering a five-game losing streak, and the Nets won thanks to the play of Harden and Mills. The two combined to score 70 points to win the key, the Lakers even if James scored 39 points, still can not stop the team loss, Westbrook became the Lakers' weakest link.
The Lakers and the Nets are the most powerful contenders for the championship, but the Lakers always run into bad, the record has been declining, and the Nets although the start of the game less Irving, but under the leadership of Durant and Harden is still high in the East first, this battle Durant is not there, Harden needs to take on more offensive tasks, the beginning, Harden tried to shoot out, he began to change the way of playing, with assists to make the team attack smooth, Brown, Clark, Mills, Bembry have played in the inside and outside, the Nets started to maintain an 11-point lead, The Lakers' poor state can only rely on James to open up the situation for the team, the Nets, whether offensive or defensive, their whole team vitality is completely above the Lakers, the Lakers defense can not be defended, the offensive end is lost, the Lakers fell behind by 15 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Mills opened a three-point shot, Westbrook, James, Anthony for the Lakers to stop the decline, plus Munch scored 5 points, the Lakers played an offensive climax, constantly narrowing the point difference, Harden stood up for the Nets to stabilize the situation, James and Harden's showdown became the most exciting game of the quarter, the Lakers won 11 points in a single quarter, narrowing the point difference to 4 points, to the third quarter, the Lakers opened with 2 three-pointers, the Lakers overtook the score, the hot Harden could not let the Lakers continue to expand the score, he scored 7 consecutive points, And personally led the team to strengthen the defense, the Lakers only scored 4 points in 5 minutes, and the Nets played a wave of 27-6 offensive climax, and the point difference directly came to 20 points.
In the final quarter, Harden's feel is not reduced, constantly expanding the point difference, with the deepening of the game, the Lakers find the state, James led the Lakers to play a 15-0 attack wave, the key moment Mills three-point knife fell, but James inside the line, and successfully equalized the huge score difference of 22 points, the Nets through the inside and outside line cooperation, Harden two consecutive assists inside and outside the dunk score, James failed to continue the feel, other players can not stand up to help, the Lakers once again bizarrely lost.
Nets 4 people scored in double figures, of which Harden and Mills combined to get 70 points, Harden played 39 minutes, 25 shots hit 10 times, free throws 17 of 13, got 36 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, it can be said that Harden led the Nets' offensive and defensive ends, in the absence of Durant, Harden once again found the Rockets' style of play, assists, shots, three points, top defense inside line, one-man force changed the spirit of the Nets, if Harden's outbreak of this game penetrated the Lakers defense, Then Mills's outburst is perfect, playing 36 minutes, shooting 11 of 17, shooting 8 level three-pointers, 34 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists, plus-minus a game-high 19, Harden's efforts in exchange for Mills's outbreak, his outside projection ability, let the Lakers' defense lose one or the other. The two scored 30+ points each, setting a new record for the first time in 28 years that they had such a combination in the Christmas battle.
Compared to Harden and Mills directly taking the Nets flying, the Lakers can only rely on the 37-year-old James, who played 40 minutes, hit 14 shots in 25 shots, got 39 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block of the comprehensive data, plus and minus values of the Lakers' team-high 9, if the Nets left Harden and defense, then the Lakers left James only one effect of losing points, watching James being blocked by nets young Clarkston, sighing, Wei Shao wanted to prove himself, 20 shots only hit 4 times Although he got 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists and triple-double data, but the poor shooting rate made the Lakers suffer a lot, the plus-minus of the lowest -23 in the whole game, more interpretation of the theory that Wei Shao is in, the Lakers are difficult to win, even if Munch and Anthony also try their best, they still can't change the final result.
Such a Lakers, do not know when to end the losing streak, James worked hard, the whole team worked hard, but the result is still to lose the game, for the Lakers, the next adjustment is inevitable, the transaction is good, the adjustment is good, the change is imperative.