On January 16, Beijing time, when James played 30 minutes and 42 seconds, he contributed 9 of 23 crosshairs, including 8 of 3 points, plus 5 of 7 free throws, bombarded 25 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, the positive and negative value was -17, unable to stop the Lakers from being beaten by the Nuggets with a gap of 37 points, and the Lakers have not beaten a team with a winning rate of more than 50% for 31 consecutive days.
It is worth mentioning that James scored 25 points with the help of this game, and he expanded the oldest consecutive 25+ records in NBA history to 13 games, continuing to refresh the first record in NBA history.
It's just that James continues to maintain a high-light performance, but the Lakers have suffered a tragic loss, which is undoubtedly a very helpless thing. Since the Nuggets have super interior Jokic, Vogel took the initiative to change the team to return James to the No. 4 position, while Howard was on top of the No. 5 position as the starting center.
Even if Howard scored 13 points in the first quarter, Howard scored 0 points in the last three quarters, he could not continue to maintain a highlight performance, and the second half was basically abandoned. The Lakers continue to let James play center for a lot of moments, and they are simply powerless to stop Jokic, who is raging with a triple-double.
The Lakers were crushed by the Nuggets in the fourth consecutive world game, and James was also replaced early to clock out of work, and he scored 4 more points in the last quarter, and did not let 25 consecutive games be interrupted, Vogel let James go off early to rest.
James not only encountered many provocations from Nuggets players in this game, he also expressed his dissatisfaction with the Lakers' defense, after all, he lost 133 points in the whole game, and the Lakers' defense was simply unable to win. What's even more tragic is that the Lakers have not won a team with a win rate of more than 50% this year, and the last time they did it was to beat the Lone Ranger on December 16 last year, and since then, they have won 0-6 against teams with a winning rate of more than 50%.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)