On December 29, Beijing time, the Lakers with a 5-game losing streak against the Rockets, this campaign Lakers assistant coach Fitzdale sword to take the side, abandoning Howard and Jordan Jr., the whole game using five small lineups, let James as the starting center, Anthony became the inner rotation, two 73-year-old veterans to support the Lakers inside.
In the whole game, James and Anthony became one of the most critical players for the Lakers to win, and In addition to defending the penalty area, James hit two three-pointers on the offensive end and scored 13 points in a single quarter, which was still done against the Rockets' interior core Wood. Anthony came off the bench and played on the defensive end, contributing 2 blocks at half-time as a 37-year-old veteran, scoring 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks on 4-of-6 shooting at the half, and melon gave it all.
In the second half, the backward Rockets set off a crazy counterattack, the final quarter once chased the score to a 111-111 draw, the key moment Anthony once again stepped forward, and when there were 2 minutes left in normal time, Anthony hit the key three-pointer on the bottom line to beat the score to a 120-116 lead. In the second round of lakers defense, Anthony secured the inside line to get the key rebound, pass james, the old Zhan directly completed a fast attack breakthrough to create a foul, free throws 2 of 2. Immediately after the third and fourth rounds, James completed two consecutive dunks, 37-year-old Anthony and 36-year-old James, carrying the Lakers forward at a critical moment, and the two scored a total of 9 points in a row, directly winning the game. The final score was 132-123, and the Lakers ended a five-game losing streak.
After the game, James scored 11 of 19, 3 of 5 three-pointers, 32 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 blocks, And Anthony was not bad at all, 9 of 15, 4 of 8 three-pointers, 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. The 73-year-old Lakers combined, 20 of 34 shots, 56 points, 20 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 blocks, it is difficult to imagine that this is a combination of 73 years old, james and Anthony's peak is too long.
It is worth mentioning that in this game, James raised his NBA career total to more than 36,000 points by cutting a triple-double of 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, becoming the third in history to achieve such an achievement, the top two are Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar and Carl Malone, James currently has 948 points from Malone to complete the overtaking, and this season is expected to reach the second place in the historical scoring list.
And considering that James is still at his peak at the age of 36, he even has the hope of hitting the throne of the first Mr. 40,000 in history, from another point of view, today's fans are happy and are witnessing a legendary continuous progress!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)