On January 3, Beijing time, the Lakers played at home against the Timberwolves, and the Half Game ended with the Lakers leading the Timberwolves 57-54. The Timberwolves are missing Towns and Russell in this game, so this game is also an opportunity for the Lakers, and they can still play a small lineup in the game. After the start of the game, the Lakers maintained their previous offensive state, which also helped the Lakers gradually establish a lead on the court, and the Lakers led by 3 points at the end of the half.
In the first quarter, James hit a three-pointer, Reid made 2-of-2 free throws, then the Timberwolves made a mistake and Munch dunked, Beverley scored on a layup, Reid scored on a layup, and then Reid continued to help the Timberwolves score, Beverley threw a score, and then Munch hit a three-pointer, James scored on a layup, and the Lakers took a 2-point lead. After the timeout Beasley scored on a layup, Westbrook broke through to score a layup, then James assisted Onk to score on a layup, then Edwards scored on a layup, Bradley hit a three-pointer, McDaniels hit a three-pointer, James made 2-of-2 free throws, Edwards scored on a layup, then Tucker scored on a layup, Johnson made 1-of-2 free throws, and the two teams behind the offense hit the Iron Lakers by 5 points. After the timeout, Anthony hit a three-pointer, then Norwell also hit a three-pointer, Reeves scored on a layup, Westbrook made 2-of-2 free throws, Knight scored inside, and the Lakers led by seven points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Nowell threw a score, then Munch hit a three-pointer, Anthony scored a layup, then Nowell threw a score, McDaniels scored a second offense, Munch scored a rebound, Knight made 2-of-2 free throws, Norwell scored a shot, and the Timberwolves chased the score to just 4 points. After the timeout, Beverley scored on a layup, then Ariza hit a three-pointer, Munch hit a shot, James made 2-of-2 free throws, then Reid scored four straight points, Edwards scored a dunk, and then the Lakers performed badly, And Prince hit a three-pointer after the Timberwolves tied the score. After the timeout Bradley hit a three-pointer, Reid dunked a score, although Westbrook scored on a layup, Reid scored a dunk, james helped the team score to stabilize the situation in the back game, Anderson also scored in the final stage, Edwards scored on a layup, then James hit a three-pointer, Reid played 2+1, and the Timberwolves trailed by 3 points at the end of the half.
In the first half of the game, the Timberwolves actually did not perform well, but in the following game, when the Lakers made a mistake, the Timberwolves still seized the opportunity to equalize the score, of which Norwell and Reed performed very well in the first half of the game, they helped the team to catch up with the score, at the end of the half, Edwards got 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Reid got 17 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, and Norwell got 9 points and 1 rebound. In the first half of the game, Wei Shao's performance was not good, there were a lot of mistakes that should not have occurred, which was also the key to the Timberwolves' ability to equalize the score, and at the end of the half, Wei Shao got 10 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 7 turnovers, it can be said that Wei Shao's mistakes are really too many, and he must control his mistakes in the second half of the game.
Tucker still got a lot of playing time in the first half of the game, but Tucker was really embarrassing on the court, the offensive state on the court was sluggish, there were some mistakes on the court, he was completely unhelpful to the Lakers when he was on the court, and tucker got 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 turnovers in 4 at the end of the half, it can be said that such Tucker really should be abandoned. And the bottom payman Tucker had a big explosion in the first half of the game, and the cooperation between him and James was also exquisite, and his explosion also helped the Lakers take the lead, and Munch got 14 points, 1 steal and 1 block at the end of the half. James remained in shape in the first half of the game, and at the end of the half James had 14 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.