On January 8, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued. In today's focus battle, the Lakers beat the Hawks at home to achieve the longest 4 consecutive wins of the season, making the record 21-19!
In today's game, James' recent crazy scoring performance was extended. In the last 9 games, he has scored 30+ in 8 games. James played 36 minutes today and had 32 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists on 13-of-24 shooting, including 1-of-6 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the free throw line!
In the first half, James's performance was slightly flat, but there was no shortage of explosive performances. In one of the offensive rounds, James received a pass from Westbrook and dunked it.
And his most explosive performance came from the 4th quarter, when he successfully cut the ball under the basket, and then gave the ball to Wei Shao, after Wei Shao passed to Tucker, Tucker threw the ball high, James showed a bounce against the sky, smashed the ball into the basket, this ball also pushed the Lakers home atmosphere to the climax!
After completing the dunk, the Lakers official tweeted: "He's a bad guy, guys! ”
From this ball, James officially opened his own performance. He then hit his first three-pointer of the game, and hit multiple mid-range shots and basket shots, and after receiving another dunk from Munch, the Lakers led by 18 points, and James rested. He had 17 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 8-of-10 shooting in this quarter!
It is worth mentioning that after sending 4 steals today, James's career steals reached 2113, surpassing Alvin Robertson and rising to 10th in NBA history, ranking ahead of Olajuwon (2162). If nothing else, James will also surpass big dreams this season.
According to the schedule, the Lakers will play the Grizzlies at home on January 10, and they will strive to win five consecutive games!