On January 1, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. In today's Western Focus battle, the Lakers welcomed the Challenge of the Trail Blazers at home. This game is the lakers' final game of 2021 and the first game after James' 37th birthday.
As soon as the game began, James was on fire, and he quickly hit the first three-pointer of the game. The basket was then successful and caused a foul, but unfortunately the penalty was deflected.
James remained in good shape. He first hit a basket with two Trail Blazers defenders, and then received a knockback assist from Westbrook. And that wasn't the end of it, james quickly hit his second three-pointer of the game, and under his leadership, the Lakers quickly took a double-digit lead.
It is worth mentioning that perhaps feeling that he feels very good today, James still keeps stirring up the atmosphere of the fans in the field, which is extremely rare this season. You can see that the 37-year-old veteran really played hi today!
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Blazers 43:26. James had 15 points, seven rebounds and two assists on 6-of-10 shooting in 8 minutes, including 2-of-3 from three-point range; Westbrook had four points, four rebounds and four assists, Munch 6 points and Anthony nine. The Trail Blazers mcCollmore scored 16 points and Lillard scored just three.