NBA regular season, the Rockets home to meet the Lakers, this game, the Rockets double star Jaylen Green and Little Porter ushered in a comeback, and the Lakers side, just after 5 consecutive losses the team urgently needed a victory to get rid of the downturn, this game Fitzdale again adjusted the starting lineup, the team directly sacrificed five small lineups, James as the starting center, partner Westbrook, Bradley, Munch and Stanley Johnson, this is the Lakers' 19th set of starts this season, and put up such a lineup, obviously think that the Lakers' internal strength is not strong, James could screw up Wood, a tall man who prefers to float on the outside.
After the opening, Wood took the lead in firing outside the 3-point line, the Rockets led 3-0, the Lakers side was hit by Westbrook's breakthrough layup, and then Wood scored 3 points again, James also scored 3 points, the two sides launched a tug-of-war, the newly returned Porter Jr. showed a good feel, 2 consecutive 3-pointers, the Rockets chased the score to 12-12, followed by Wood showed the height advantage under the basket, directly completed the hook in the face of James' defense, the Rockets countered the score, and then the Rockets double star completed a wonderful cooperation, staged an air-to-air dunk.
After Porter Jr. held the ball and advanced, he directly threw it high at the top of the arc, Jaylen Green's heart would jump up high, and then grab the ball with both hands and directly explode into the basket, the fans on the scene instantly boiled, the rocket bench also celebrated madly, and the wonderful cooperation of the two New Stars of Hugh City made the entire Toyota Center instantly enter the climax.
On the Lakers side, James is still omnipotent, one person carries all, the outside line 3 points, bulldozer-style breakthrough layup, to ensure that the Lakers are not crushed by the Rockets.
With Anthony hitting three consecutive points and Westbrook recovering on the offensive end, the Lakers quickly took an 28-20 lead. But after the Rockets came back from a timeout, they began to continuously impact the Lakers' weak penalty area to create damage, a wave of 7-0 offensive to stop the Lakers, and then the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, with the young Brooks 3-point hit, the Rockets in the first quarter before the end of the 35-34 rebound 1 point.
At the end of the first quarter, James had 13 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, Munch 7 points, Westbrook 6 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Anthony 8 points and 2 rebounds. On the Rockets side, Porter Jr. had 8 points and 4 assists, Wood had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and bench Brooks had 9 points.
In the second quarter of the game, the two sides of the second lineup of the competition, Shen Jing single Anthony suffered, Wei Shao counterattacked to create fouls 2 penalties all lost, the two sides began to fall into a scuffle, continuous iron, until Gordon hit 3 points, only to break the deadlock, but Wei Shao immediately also returned a 3 point, Shen Jing also had a layup, Stanley Johnson responded to a basket 2 + 1, the two sides played a 40-40 draw, James re-emerged. But the Lakers did not seize the opportunity to open a greater lead, but instead fell into a stalemate under the Pursuit of the Rockets, and after the Wood basket attacked, the Rockets trailed by 1 point at 52-53, but Munch immediately came with a Tomahawk split to help the Lakers improve morale.
However, Jaylen Green was not far behind, and immediately copied the first performance show again, and staged another earth-shattering air-to-air dunk, and the scene fell into a boil again.
In the last 2 minutes, the Rockets originally only trailed by 2 points at 58-60, but the Lakers played consecutive counter-attacks, directly pulling the score to 67-58, and after Porter Jr. made 1 of 2 free throws, the Lakers led by 8 points at the end of halftime at 67-59.
In terms of statistics, James scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Munch 16 points and 2 rebounds, Westbrook 15 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and Anthony contributed 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks on the bench.
On the Rockets side, Porter Jr. contributed 12 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Wood 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Gordon 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Green 6 points, 2 assists and 1 steal.