On December 30, Beijing time, the second back-to-back game between the Lakers vs. the Grizzlies started. Last night LeBron James took 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the team to beat the Rockets to end a five-game losing streak, and a day later the Lakers flew to Memphis to play the second game, which was too much for the 37-year-old LeBron, playing rockets or playing "Jen Center", this night is also LeBron's 37th birthday, he wants to help the team win two consecutive wins. The Lakers led 54-48 at halftime.
In this game, Fitzdale did not continue to use the ultimate five small lineup, that set of lineups with an average height of less than 1.96 meters did not have any advantage over the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies had inside players such as Adams, Dillman, and Jalan Jackson Jr. If the 37-year-old LeBron play center, it is undoubtedly a "suicide" lineup. Howard returned to the starting leBron to play the fourth position, and Westbrook, Munch and Bradley started together.
LeBron showed a very good outside feel at the beginning, hit two three-pointers in a row, hit the third three-pointer to help the Lakers pull away to more than 10 points, but the Grizzlies chased points after the old Zhan went off the court, James scored 10 points in the first quarter 7 minutes, 4 of 4, 3 of 3 three points, 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, the performance is very eye-catching. After the first quarter, the Lakers led by 7 points into the second quarter.
The second quarter began with Westbrook taking the lead in playing, which should be enough time for old Jen, Stanley Johnson hit a layup, Westbrook once again missed a strong shot under the basket, Munch broke through the hit, the Lakers once again opened up to a 10-point gap, and the Grizzlies had too many choices of three points and various hits. Stanley Johnson defended twice, james assisted Tucker on a layup and the Grizzlies were stopped.
After the timeout, the Grizzlies began to play their advantage point inside, Jaren Jr. forced Howard to eat 2+1, Morant broke through the hit, Adams rebounded in the frontcourt, and the Lakers' consecutive turnovers were narrowed to 7 points. James' two connections with Howard were broken, one spark error and one fouled by Jaren Jr. The key goal was LeBron's layup, followed by the big cap Morant after assisting Westbrook a dragon to pull away to 11 points again.
James broke through to create Morant's foul after two free throws to 13 points, Stanley was blown cover foul Dillman two free throws all of the time, Morant wanted to dunk James was destroyed by the old Jan but fouled, Morant hit a layup and then grabbed a three-pointer to narrow down to 8 points, the Lakers again made a mistake Morant again dunked a 6-point gap Fitzdale called a timeout.
Morant scored seven straight points to help the team close the point gap, he had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist in the half, James had 5 of 9 in the half, 3 of 4 three points, 15 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Text/Yan Xiaobai