On January 10, Beijing time, James was once again unable to stand alone. Playing 33 minutes, he shot 14 of 19, 3 of 4 from three-point range, and had 35 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, but he still couldn't prevent the game from going into garbage time early. James tried his best, and in this battle he brushed the record: the number of career assists surpassed the big O (9888) and ranked seventh in the all-time assists list. At the same time, 11 consecutive games of 25+, continue to rewrite the oldest record of this statistic.
Facing the Grizzlies, James has only one goal: revenge. Before the game, he said that the last time they played, the Lakers should have won.
With this mentality, James quickly entered the state as soon as the game began, breaking the opponent's interior line. In this battle, Old Zhan still appeared as the starting center forward.
As soon as the game came up, James crushed the layup, and in the next round, James brushed 3 frontcourt rebounds in a row. Johnson missed three points, James grabbed the rebound in the front court, the basket failed, he grabbed the front court rebound again, and missed the basket again, but the old Jan once again grabbed the frontcourt board. Unfortunately, Munch's pass error was snatched by Morant.
However, the 37-year-old James grabbed three consecutive frontcourt boards in one leg, or let the Lakers fans at home boil. Not long after, the old Zhan violent buckle was delivered, and Zhan Wei continued to stage again, receiving the wei Shao miao pass, and the old Zhan signature was split. After that, Lao Zhan broke through the strong kill basket, fought in the air after the seal body, did not look at the basket to put the ball in, the difficulty is quite large, but also made a foul, completed 2 plus 1.
In this way, James played 6 minutes and shot 5 of 7, with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. You know, in the last 21 games, the Grizzlies have the best defense in the league, defensive efficiency and limiting opponents' shooting percentage are the first in the league. However, there was nothing they could do with James.
In the second quarter of the game, James also hit a swinging defensive stagnant one-handed shot to hit the board to press the whistle for three points, which was quite difficult. In the first half, he played 19 and a half points, shooting 9-of-13 and 3-of-3 from three-point range, and has already scored 23 points, 5 boards and 3 assists.
However, the Lakers still trailed by 13 points at halftime, and no one else on the team except James scored in double figures. In the second quarter, James once fell to the ground and fought, kneeling to pass the ball, which made people awe-inspired. Famous mouth Shannon Sharpe tweeted, "It's embarrassing that no one in the Lakers except LeBron is playing hard." ”
What is more heartfelt is that James was also provoked by the opponent, Bain held the ball to the basket to cause Tucker to foul, and deliberately leaned on James after landing, and James was also a little annoyed to push the former away. Subsequently, the two spewed garbage on the field.
Back in the second half, with 7 minutes and 39 seconds left, James advanced with the ball, a dragon killed under the basket, across Jackson, a violent tomahawk dunk, ignited the whole field. Then, facing Jackson again, James broke through and made a 2-plus-1 layup. However, he was unable to support himself, and after three quarters, the Lakers trailed by 24 points.
Not long after the fourth quarter came on, James was replaced, and he tried his best in this battle. But there is still a big gap between the current Lakers and the real strong team.