Beijing time on December 29, the NBA regular season continued, the Lakers challenged the Rockets, before the game the Lakers have fallen to the ninth place in the West, for a championship-winning favorite has no way back, fortunately, the acting coach said that although the Road suffered 5 consecutive defeats, but James, Westbrook and Anthony did not accuse each other, but found a way to make themselves better. In this battle, the two sides played a big game of attack, there was no defense at all, the Lakers shot 52% of the whole team, the three-point shooting rate also reached 41%, and the Rockets were higher, shooting rate was as high as 53%, three-point shooting rate was 45%, it is worth mentioning that the Rocket B people only one person on the court Nuwar scored no doubles, becoming the most embarrassing player on the team, and 3 of the 7 players had to go to 20+, of which Green scored 24 points on 8 of 16 shots, wood scored 22 points on 8 of 12 shots, Porter Jr. also scored 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting. Although they lost the game, the Rockets played one of the smoothest games of the season so far, and truly achieved defeat.
James and Westbrook broke out at the same time, the Lakers rarely lose, this game two double double double get triple-double data become the third pair of Lakers history to get a three-double combination, of which James 19 shots 11 of 11 shots got 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, easily got a triple-double; Wei Shao shot 10 of 17, also got 24 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. In addition, Anthony also broke out, with 24 points and 9 rebounds on 9-of-15 shooting, Munch also scored 25 points, 4 players scored 20+, and the Lakers won too easily. It is worth mentioning that with the 32 points of this game, James's career total score has exceeded 36,000 points, becoming the youngest player in NBA history. A new number of records were set in the first game, and the Lakers and James were double-happy. According to statistics, in the 105 minutes that James played as a center this season, the Lakers won 27 points against the opponent, and when Howard, Jordan Jr. and Anthony were the center for 100 minutes, the Lakers lost the opponent by 91 points, a gap of 118 points, James should play center, Vogel quickly change the lineup.
Although Westbrook's performance this season is far from meeting expectations, former NBA player Walker said that the Lakers' current situation is not The fault of Westbrook, his decision-making and three-point projection at key moments are very bad, but his playing style provides effective help to the Lakers. I remember that the Lakers' famous O'Neill also once said that the Lakers' downturn is not a problem with Wei Shao, and the thick eyebrow brother should shoulder the responsibility. Winning the Fish Belly Rockets does not explain the strength of the Lakers, according to statistics, the Lakers' winning rate against the top 6 in the West is less than 30%, and what is worse is that the Rockets score 20+ points for the entire team of 3 people, and the defense is like a fake. Of course, it's good to win, and after winning this crucial victory, the Lakers are back in seventh place in the West. Do you think that the Lakers' poor record and Wei Shao's unstable performance are the root causes?