Recently, with the return of some injured personnel, the Lakers' status has picked up, and the impact of thick eyebrows on the team due to the lack of injury seats has also weakened, from one point falling out of the top 8 to the 6th position in the West. They had a three-game winning streak before this round against the 12th-placed Hawks in the East. The Eagles are in much worse shape than the Lakers, and they also lost to the Blazers in the last round with a double core (Lillard and McCollum were absent), so it can be said that the possibility of advancing to the playoffs is very small. Therefore, facing the Hawks led by Trae Young in this round, the Lakers also have a high probability of achieving the team's 4 consecutive wins. However, the outcome of the game is not only based on the paper strength of both sides, but also on the performance of both sides on the field to decide. In this round of showdowns, the Lakers are still Westbrook, Bradley, Munch, S-Johnson and James. The Hawks started with Trae Young with a five-man team of Rouau, Bogda, Trins and Capela.
In the first quarter of the game, after both sides missed consecutive scoring opportunities, Bradley relied on the outside to help the Lakers take a 3-0 lead, and Trae Young helped the Hawks break through the basket with the ball to rewrite the score to 2-3. James then added two more points with a powerful dunk, and Collins also strengthened the inside basket to maintain the momentum of chasing points. James' 2+1, Munch's two-handed dunks allowed the Lakers to pull the score to 13-6 in 3.5 minutes. After the score opened, both sides of the attack into a fast pace, the offensive efficiency of both teams was basically maintained, the first quarter of the battle with more than 3 minutes, Pogdanovic's outside three-point hit, so that the two sides were pulled from one point to about 10 points to return to 6 points, and even once chased into only 4 points, the Lakers immediately called a timeout. At the critical moment, Anthony and Tucker appeared, and the two suddenly shot inside and outside to help the Lakers end the first quarter 34-28.
In the second quarter of the game between the two sides, Gallinari opened with a three-pointer to help the Hawks chase the score to 31-34. Rivers' breakthrough with the ball helped the Lakers regain stability 38-31, and James continued to widen the point gap with a spin storm dunk. Munch's mid-range dry pull-and-pull brought the score to 44-34, and the Lakers' lead reached 10 points. The same three-point jumper that allowed the two sides to play four minutes in the quarter, and the Lakers pulled the point difference to 47-34. It can be seen that the efficiency on the court has always been high, and it has also made Wei Shao and James very excited to play on the court. Although Trae Young and Capela both made consecutive injuries on the inside in the middle of the quarter and used the opportunity of two free throws to narrow the gap between the two sides to 48-56, James and Munch continued to help the Lakers stabilize the situation on the court. However, the Hawks' counterattack continued, and at the end of the quarter, the Hawks once again played a small climax, and Hurth's ultra-long three-point shots fixed the score in the first half at 61-64, and the Hawks trailed by only 3 points. Throughout the first half, Trae Young and Squilt, the Hawks' two top scoring points, scored 16 and 12 points respectively. On the Lakers' side, Munch has contributed 21 points efficiently by 5 of 3-pointers, Bradley has 16 points, and James has nine points, three rebounds, six assists and three steals.
At the start of the second half, Capet pulled away from the free throw line, and the score between the two sides was further reduced to 62-64, this time it was Munch again, continuing to shoot decisively outside the three-point line, and hit again! The score came to 67-62. Johnson's inside line was a 2+1, and Munch's super-godly three-point shot, allowing the two sides to play only 2 minutes in the quarter, and the Lakers regained a 73-61, 12-point lead. The Lakers were directly hitting the Hawks a 9-0. The Hawks saw this scene and quickly called a timeout, the situation on the court really improved, Collins's consecutive inside scores allowed the Hawks to narrow the point difference back to 69-73 in just 2 minutes. At this time, Wei Shao stood up again, he broke through the basket in succession, coupled with James's supplementary basket hit to give the Lakers a 10-point lead again. Although the Hawks once again narrowed the point gap, but the Lakers' interior players have stepped forward, Anthony also used this opportunity to win consecutive unguarded shots on the outside, and by the end of the third quarter, the Lakers have stretched the score to 101-87, with a 14-point lead.
In the fourth quarter of the two sides, James was the first to stand up and rewrite the score of the two sides to 103-87 with an air dunk. Westbrook's counter-attack layup and James' inside battery allowed the Lakers to further widen the point difference to 107-90. The two sides then hit the free throw line several times, playing four minutes in the quarter, and the score came to 114-100, and the Lakers led by 14 points. Gallinari's unreasonable three-pointer and Collins' free throw helped the Hawks chase the score to 108-118, and the Hawks had hope of pulling the gap back into single digits, but Bradley's empty cut layup helped the Lakers stabilize their double-digit advantage. Unfortunately, Westbrook fouled Gallinari's thug at this time, and he also made six fouls. The quasi-triple-double, which was 1 point short, still failed to turn into a triple-double, and Wei Shao had already left the field early. Back-to-back three-point shootings by Anthony and Bradley gave the Lakers a 16-point lead of 126-110. With more than 3 minutes left in the game, the Lakers have locked in the game victory in advance. In the end, the score of the two sides was fixed at 134-118, and the Lakers won a game with 16 points. Congratulations to the Lakers on their four-game winning streak.
Finally, let's look at the data of both sides together: the Lakers side of the 5 people in doubles, the whole game 41 three-point shots outside the three-point line, hit 17 three-pointers. Munch had 29 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 7-of-12 three-pointers, and although James's outside line was not good, only 6 shots and 1 shot, his inside offensive touch was hot, contributing a game-high 32 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, Tucker had 19 points and 5 assists, Anthony also had 17 points and 7 rebounds, Bradley had 21 points and 6 rebounds, and Westbrook was 4 of 14, with a quasi-triple-double of 9 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists. On the Eagles side, it was a six-man double-double, with Trae Young contributing a team-high 25 points, 9 rebounds and 14 assists, Hutter scoring 16 points, Collins scoring 21 points and 8 rebounds, and Pogdanovic also having 15 points and 4 rebounds. Okongu and Gallinari had 12 points, 13 points and five rebounds, respectively.