On January 3, 2022, Beijing time, in the Lakers home game against the Timberwolves, they played an extremely difficult game, in the face of the untidy Lineup of the Timberwolves, they and the opponent stalemate to the end, with Anthony and Bradley's two luck balls to help the team seal the victory, and finally they defeated the Timberwolves 108:103 and won this game.
James played 39 minutes in the game, shooting 7-of-15 from the field, 3-of-9 from three-point range, 9-of-12 from the free throw line, and got 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, as well as 3 steals and 1 block, with only 1 turnover. It can be said that James's play in this game is still perfect, although it did not continue the momentum of scoring 30+, but at least helped the team to win!
James of this game was really tired, he played 10 minutes in the third quarter, and the last two minutes were given time to rest, but as soon as the fourth quarter came up, he came on the court to help the team avoid falling behind, and the fourth quarter was full of the whole game, with 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block. In the fourth quarter of the game, we saw James in the suspension of the knee tired to speak, in the teammate free throw, James is also hands on the knee, has been looking down, can see that James is indeed too tired, the penalty at the critical moment is not stable, two penalties are indeed somewhat rare!
It can be said that for the Lakers, although James has excellent form, it cannot always consume James in this way, otherwise it will really suffer from bad consequences after that. In the last five games, only the last big win against the Blazers, James played less than 30 minutes, the remaining four games James played more than 38 minutes, five games appeared in 186 minutes, such a consumption really makes the 37-year-old veteran a little overwhelmed!
Now James is 37 years old, and many players have retired at this age, but James is still on the court and playing such a game, which is really admirable. But shouldn't the Lakers consider reducing their consumption of James? Otherwise, once James suffers from injuries, this season will really be completely over for the Lakers!