After five consecutive defeats, the Kings, who are in dire need of a victory, have regained their strength at home and ushered in the challenge of their old rivals, the Lakers.
For the Kings, the team took the initiative to make adjustments, and Meitu replaced Ryan in the starting lineup, trying to help the team defend the home field and end the losing streak.
On the other hand, on the Lakers side, melons are absent due to injury, Ariza is back in the starting lineup, and whether the Lakers can withstand the pressure, James + Westbrook + Munch obviously need to play!
However, after four quarters of fighting, with a wave of 14-2 scoring climax, the Lakers, who were mainly guests, although in the first half, once overpowered the Kings, achieved a huge advantage of as many as 14 points.
But after returning from the second half, Fox + Barnes + Bagley in the third quarter ushered in an outbreak at the same time, leading the Kings to play a 25-9 counterattack frenzy, instantly turning the situation of the game.
Despite the final finale, James + Reeves continued to exert their strength, leading the Lakers to continuously play counter-attacks, and successfully narrowed the point difference to single digits.
But Hield + Fox + Meitu blossomed inside and outside, helping the Kings to gain an absolute advantage in the last minute, and the Lakers could not chase the points and had to lose.
The Kings, who finally withstood the pressure, also reversed the Lakers at home 125-116, ending the losing streak with a 14-point big reversal, and also gave the Lakers 2 consecutive losses!
Playing at home in this game, the Kings swept away the sluggish mood during the losing streak and played a team performance with 6 people scoring in double figures and multi-point blossoming.
In the case of haliburton + Meitu + Bagley + Hield and other main players, continuing to perform steadily, the play of the two core Fox + Barnes is particularly critical!
In this game, Fox was full of firepower, starting 36 minutes, shooting a team-high 29 points on 11-of-21 shooting, plus 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Among them, in the third quarter, he single-handedly rode through the level to score 10 points of courage, not only led by example, leading the Kings to blow the counterattack horn, but also a sudden shot, which once became the existence of the Lakers' "headache"!
Rationally speaking, compared to 2 of 14 in the whole game and 0 of 5 three-pointers, only 8+12+6+1 performance was obtained, whether in personal data or team performance, Fox, who is also a point guard, can be described as a complete victory over Westbrook.
Of course, the Kings were able to complete the turnaround in this game and defend the home victory over the Lakers, and the performance of the team's ace Barnes on the front line was also indispensable.
Barnes was very efficient, shooting more than 60% of the way from 9 of 14 shots, and hit 3 three-pointers from the outside, contributing 23 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
More importantly, this game against the Lakers, Barnes has not made a mistake in the whole game, almost at both ends of the attack and defense, almost perfectly affecting the trend of the game!
On the other hand, on the Lakers side, the team suffered a "lake three collapses" in this game, and was eventually reversed, swallowing 2 consecutive defeats and hating the performance of the away game, which obviously needs to be examined.
But for the Lakers, this battle, the team is not completely without highlights!
After all, under the excellent performance of Munch + Reeves, who played well, scoring 22+7+3+2 and 19+3 respectively, the performance of James, as the core of the team, is indeed remarkable.
James continued his 30+ game performance in this game, starting 38 minutes, shooting a game-high 34 points on 13-of-29 shooting, plus 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block.
And his outstanding performance of scoring 12 points in the last quarter, although he failed to help the Lakers win the game, did cause a lot of pressure and trouble to the Kings!
It is only in the case of Wei Shao's poor performance and melon's absence, facing the King's team with all the soldiers, the Lakers who are short of major generals in this campaign seem to have no choice but to accept the reality of 2 consecutive defeats.