Beijing time on January 8, today, the Los Angeles Lakers at home to meet the Atlanta Hawks, this game, the Lakers performed well, James in the first half of the hand is not good, but Munch and Bradley played a good performance in the first half, Munch shot 8 of 10 in the first half, cut 21 points without error. After Bradley's contract was fully guaranteed, he played only 10 and a half points at halftime, shooting 6 of 7 and 3 of 4 from three-point range, contributing 16 points and 3 boards to the team. At the beginning of the third quarter, James began to rain three points in a row, Tucker played more and more courageously, Anthony also hit three points in succession, and in the end, the Lakers defeated the Hawks 134-118.
After this game, the Lakers won four straight games, with a record of 21 wins and 19 losses, ranking sixth in the West, and the Eagles had a record of 17 wins and 21 losses, ranking twelfth in the East. In this campaign, James was a god, and the first three quarters were tepid and completed the outbreak in the fourth quarter, scoring 17 points in a single quarter to lead the team to win. He played 36 and a half points, 13 of 24 shots, 1 of 6 three-pointers, 5 free throws, 32 points, 8 boards, 9 assists, 4 breaks and 3 blocks, and 4 turnovers. His outstanding performance also ushered in a milestone, which was a new record for James' 1,068 consecutive career double-figures. At the same time, this is also his 17th game of the season to cut 30+, ranking first in the league.
Munch played well in this game, he played 31 minutes, 11 of 20, 7 of 12 three-pointers, the performance was as stable as ever, bombarded 29 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, plus or minus +14, Bradley played 24 minutes, 8 of 11, contributed 21 points and 6 rebounds, and the wonderful performance of the two in the first half laid the groundwork for the team's victory. Wei Shao did not feel good in this game, but the overall performance was good, and at 4:39 in the last quarter, Wei Shao ate the sixth personal foul of this game, regretting to rub shoulders with three doubles! In this way, Westbrook's statistics are fixed as: 31 minutes out of 14, 4 of 14 shots, 1 of 3 free throws, 9 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, plus or minus +22!
Anthony played the role of a substitute in this game, playing 27 minutes, 5-of-10, and cutting 17 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Tucker played brilliantly in this game. He shot 7-of-13, 1-of-4 from three-point range and 6-of-6 from the free throw line to score 21 points, five assists and two steals. He also staged a top ten-ball dunk in the game! For the Hawks, Trae Young scored 25 points, 9 boards and 14 assists, Collins 21 points and 8 boards, Bogda 15 points and 4 boards, Squirt 16 points, Gallinari 13 points and 5 boards, Okonwu 12 points and 7 boards, Capela 9 points and 11 boards.
From the current point of view, the Lakers have gradually entered the state, the number of mistakes in the last two games of Wei Shao has dropped sharply, there was no mistake in the first half, there were 3 mistakes in the second half, the performance has been very calm, Wei Shao has long obtained the data of the quasi-triple-double, but he did not brush the points, James also handed over the responsibility of possession to Tucker and Wei Shao at the offensive end, Anthony, Bradley and Munch all performed their duties, and the whole team played very well. It turns out that the Lakers' lineup is still very threatening, depending on how Vogel uses it.