Beijing time on January 3, the Los Angeles Lakers today sat at home to meet the Minnesota Timberwolves, the first quarter, the Lakers led the opponent by 7 points, the second quarter, the Timberwolves will narrow the score to 3 points, the third quarter, the Lakers were completed by the opponent to complete the overtake, but to the key fourth quarter, Bradley and Anthony stepped forward consecutively, in the end, the Lakers won 108-103 against the opponent, won two consecutive wins, the record of 19 wins and 19 losses, rose to the seventh place in the West, the Timberwolves suffered three consecutive losses, the record of 16 wins and 10 losses, ranking ninth in the West.
James performed well, the whole game, he played 39 minutes and 13 seconds, 7 of 15, 9 of 3 three-pointers, 9 of 12 free throws, cut 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, only one turnover in the whole game, plus-minus +9 ranked first among the team's starters. The outstanding performance also brought him to three major milestones, the first milestone, which was James' 1336th regular season game, surpassing Gary Payton (1335 games) to 16th in NBA history, the front one was Pierce (1343 games). The second milestone, which was James' 1,066 consecutive career games in double figures, set a new NBA record.
The third milestone, James made 9 of 12 free throws in this game, and the number of career regular season free throws hit reached 7698, surpassing "Big O" Oscar Robertson (7694) and rising to fourth in history. Top three on the list: Karl Malone (9787), Moses Malone (8531) and Bryant (8378). James scored a small number of points in the final quarter, but made an important contribution on the defensive end, shooting a long 2-pointer in the fourth quarter, shortly assisting Munch to hit a three-pointer, followed by an indirect assist anthony to hit a three-pointer, and then destroying the opponent's fast attack on the offensive end, and then completing a steal.
This is not over, with 6 minutes and 09 seconds left in the fourth quarter, James completed the steal, passed Bradley to cause a defensive foul, and just 18 seconds later, James forced the opponent to make a mistake. James delivered five steals and only one turnover, and although the record of 30+ in seven consecutive games this season was ended, James is undoubtedly the Lakers' best performer. Munch played consistently in this game, playing 33 minutes in the game, shooting 8-of-14, 4-of-9 from three-point range, 2-of-2 from the free throw line, and had 22 points, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Anthony was the savior at a critical moment tonight, after hitting a three-pointer in the fourth quarter, he hit another 2 points, and at the critical moment, Anthony's three-pointer fell down, playing 3+1, directly helping the team to lock up the victory, the melon in this game was 5 of 10, including 3 of 7 from three points, 1 of 1 from the free throws, and a total of 14 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. It is worth mentioning that Anthony scored 9 points on 3 of 4 in the final quarter. Bradley also built on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the final quarter, and he also scored a difficult back-up goal, and he had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists throughout the game.
Westbrook played 33 minutes, shooting 7-of-16, 0-of-5 from three-point range, 6-of-8 from the free throw line, and had 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, but made nine turnovers. The poor performance also allowed him to create two major humiliation records, the first shame record, Westbrook sent 7 turnovers in the first half of the game to tie the personal half-time turnover record; the second humiliating record, Westbrook sent 7 mistakes in the first half Of the season. On the Timberwolves side, Reid 23 points and 11 boards, Edwards 18 points, 7 boards and 4 assists, Vanderbilt 3 points and 12 boards, Beverley 16 points, Beverley 12 points, 9 boards, 6 assists and 2 assists, Norwell 17 points and 4 boards, McDaniels 7 points and 8 boards, Knight 4 points