After the away reversal, the greatly frustrated Los Angeles Lakers returned home to the challenge of the Blazers during the three-game losing streak.
On the Lakers side, Stanley Johnson entered the starting lineup, and the Lakers once again put up a small lineup of James as a center, trying to surprise the victory to defend the home court.
On the other hand, on the Blazers side, Lillard + Powell is ready to go, and this campaign is also ready to lead the Blazers to take the victory on the road and end the losing streak!
However, after four quarters of competition, with a wave of perfect start 19-6, the Lakers, who played at home, completely suppressed the Blazers in the first half, successfully establishing a huge advantage of up to 15 points.
Coupled with the return of the second half, in the third quarter, James + Wei Shao successively sent out a force, leading the Lakers to take advantage of the victory to chase, and opened the score gap to a full 24 points, completely playing the game.
In the face of a huge score gap, the Blazers, who saw no hope of chasing points in the last quarter, also surrendered early, while the Lakers played steadily all the way and always maintained a double-digit lead.
In the end, the Lakers also won 139-106 at home to the Blazers, successfully defending the home stadium and giving the opponent Blazers 4 consecutive losses!
Playing at home in this game, the Lakers swept away the sluggish mood of the previous game, playing a team performance with 7 people scoring in double figures and multi-point blossoming.
In the case of Munch + Stanley Johnson + Horton Tucker + Reeves and other main players, continuing a stable performance, the two core James + Westbrook, as well as the play of melon Anthony on the bench, is particularly critical!
James was very efficient in this game, starting 27 minutes, shooting more than 60% of the 16-of-26 shooting, and hitting 5 three-pointers on the outside line, bombing a game-high 43 points, plus 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
More importantly, James did not make a mistake in this game, becoming the second player in the history of the league after Michael Jordan to play a single game with 40 points and 0 turnovers at the age of 35 years old, and also set a number of records in the first game!
In addition, as the engine of the team, the performance of the core defender Wei Shao in this game is also indispensable.
Although Wei Shao lost the crosshairs in 3 of 3 three-pointers from the outside, Wei Shao contributed a triple-double performance of 15 points + 13 rebounds + 12 assists + 2 steals in the whole game, driving the Lakers forward at both ends of the attack and defense, and revitalizing the entire team!
Of course, this battle against the old lord, melon Antony's play, also played a crucial role.
Melon felt hot in this game, came on as a substitute for 19 minutes, shot 4 three-pointers on 6-of-11 shooting, and scored 16 points, 2 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Not only did it provide the Lakers with powerful firepower on the offensive end, but also used practical actions on the defensive end to prove their value and role, and shattered the doubts of the outside world!
On the other hand, on the Blazers side, the team's offensive and defensive ends of this game were comprehensively crushed, and finally swallowed a 33-point rout + 4 consecutive losses, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, ben McLemore ushered in an outbreak, shooting 6 three-pointers in the whole game, and taking 28 + 4 alone, the downturn of Lillard + Powell + Little in this game is indeed hard to blame!
Lillard was heavily guarded in this campaign, playing 31 minutes, only 5 of 15 shots did not feel good, not to mention, the outside three-point shot was only 8 shots and 1 of 8 completely lost the crosshairs, only 18 points + 4 rebounds + 7 assists.
Coupled with the two helpers Powell + Little shot only 5 of 22 shots, the situation can not be opened for a long time, in the face of James, who has gone crazy, and the Lakers, who are all soldiers, the Trail Blazers, who are missing major generals in this campaign, seem to have no choice but to admit it!
Obviously, for the Blazers, who have lost 4 consecutive games and the team's record and ranking have fallen to the bottom of the West, judging from the current momentum of the team, the situation and prospects of the Blazers who want to enter the playoffs this season do not seem to be optimistic!