The NBA regular season continues, ending a 5-game losing streak, the Lakers rushed to the away game to continue to challenge the Memphis Grizzlies, the Grizzlies have been in excellent form recently, in the last game they won the powerful Suns with Morant's kill, and the Lakers side naturally hopes that the momentum of victory can continue after the end of the losing streak. After the final four quarters of the two teams fought fiercely, the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies 99:104, so that the Lakers have only won one of their last 7 games. This game coincided with James's 37th birthday, he also cut a meaningful 37 points, unfortunately the Lakers still lost the game.
James played 37 minutes, hit 13 of 25 shots, cut 37 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, Westbrook once again got a triple-double of 16 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, Munch had 15 points and 3 rebounds, Anthony had 7 points and 3 rebounds, Howard 6 points, Bradley 7 points. On the Grizzlies side, Morant exploded a game-high score of 41 points and contributed 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Bane had 20 points and 4 rebounds, and Jackson had 15 points and 4 rebounds.
At the beginning of the first quarter, James showed a strong scoring ability, he scored 11 points in a single quarter, leading the Lakers to take a double-digit lead early, the Grizzlies, although they played a little passive, all the way to chase points, but they played very tenaciously, the second quarter came back the Lakers in the James drive, control the rhythm of the court, they maintained a double-digit lead for a long time, at the end of the quarter Morant suddenly broke out, cut 9 points alone to lead the team to chase the point difference to 6 points. In the third quarter, the Lakers briefly extended the point difference to 14 points, but at the end of the quarter they suddenly muted, and the Grizzlies seized the opportunity to play an 11:3 offensive wave to bring the score closer. The Lakers captain was stuck in a scoring drought in the last quarter, and the Grizzlies were no longer polite, and under the leadership of Morant, they staged a reversal and won the game.
It is worth noting that the last 14 seconds of the game appeared a heart-wrenching scene, when the Lakers fell behind by 3 points, the Lakers sent a sideline ball in front of the court, it is reasonable to say that at this critical moment the Grizzlies should be strictly guarded against every player in the Lakers, but westbrook in the bottom corner was actually emptied by the Grizzlies, no one went to defend Wei Shao, and it has to be said that the Grizzlies have eaten Westbrook thoroughly: he can't shoot him. However, his teammates didn't seem to believe Wei Shao very much, and they didn't pass the ball to Wei Shao. In the last 6 games, James has played 30+ games, unfortunately, the Lakers' record is very bad. I have to admit that the Lakers' biggest advantage now is that there is a James, and the biggest disadvantage is that there is only one James.