On December 30, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Lakers challenged the Grizzlies back-to-back. The Lakers, led by James in the first three quarters, once held an absolute lead, stretching the point difference to 14 points at most. But Morant led the team to start fighting back in the final quarter, completing a score reversal and pulling the gap in the middle of the fourth quarter. With James making a mistake at a crucial moment, Payne made a free throw to seal the win. In the end, the Lakers were reversed by the Grizzlies 99-104, and the Grizzlies completed a double kill against the Lakers this season.
Tomorrow, American time, James is about to celebrate his 37th birthday. As a 37-year-old veteran, James still played 38 minutes today and played well. He had 13-of-25 and 8-of-14 three-pointers for 37 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
James also set a number of records today. He scored more than 30+ points in six consecutive games, becoming the only player over the age of 35 to achieve this feat. At the same time, he has scored 30+ 14 times this season, leading the league. The game's eight three-pointers were also his highest record of the season and tied the career single-game shooting record. It's just a pity that on such a night, James did not get a game victory to celebrate his birthday, and he could not help but feel sorry.
Being reversed by the opponent in the case of a good start to the team is a result that is difficult for Lakers fans and the entire network audience to accept, and the last 6 games have only won against the bottom of the Rockets. Therefore, after the Lakers lost this game, they rushed to the hot search 5 times and directly detonated the whole network. Wei Shao directly topped the hot search list, and James ranked third in the hot search list.
Westbrook is also the only player on the Lakers who has been on the hot search twice. He had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in the game, scoring a triple-double in his third straight game. But his performance was far inferior to his counterpart, Morant, and there were 5 turnovers, and the key moment was once again empty basket, which made Westbrook accused by the media, believing that he had never been able to help the team win, and it was another performance with gorgeous data but no effect. Therefore, Wei Shao's hot search related content is more of a fan's accusation against him. Another hot search about him is that the whole network is calling on the Lakers to trade it. It can be seen that Wei Shao's position in the team is now embarrassing, and the fans are gradually disappointed in him.
The fourth hot search is about Anthony, the main substitute of the Lakers. Anthony performed well in yesterday's game against the Rockets, scoring 24 points and 9 rebounds, which is the key to ending the team's losing streak. But Anthony's performance today was very bad, the shooting skill pack was completely lost, only 2 goals in 11 shots, 1 of 8 three-pointers, and only 5 points and 4 rebounds. His slump is also the key to the team's reversal today.
The last hot search was about Lakers 10-day contract player Stanley Johnson. Since Johnson joined the Lakers, he has been active on the court, conquering the coaching team and management team with a good defensive attitude and people-oriented defensive ability. In the last game against the Rockets, Johnson made a direct start, which shows the coach's trust in him. He again had seven points and three rebounds on 3-of-5 shooting in the game, and had a brilliant performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. The media believes that the Lakers should let him turn around and stay in the team.
Now the Lakers have a record of 17 wins and 19 losses, ranking 8th in the West, and the slightest carelessness will fall out of the top 8. If the Lakers want to secure playoff spots, they also need to find ways to solve many of the team's problems, especially during the period when thick eyebrows are always absent.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)