On January 18, Beijing time, the Lakers played at home against the Jazz, and the Lakers led the Jazz 52-46 at the end of the half. This game is very important for the Lakers, after all, the Lakers have suffered 3 consecutive defeats, especially the defeat of the Nuggets on the field has pushed the Lakers to the cusp of the storm, so this game the Lakers can lose, but at least the Lakers want to play hard in the game. In the first half of the game, the Lakers still played a momentum, and as the game slowly progressed, the Lakers also occupied the lead, and the Lakers led by 6 points at the end of the half.
Bradley hit a three-pointer in the first quarter, then O'Neal also hit a three-pointer, Mitchell scored under the basket, James hit a three-pointer, Gobert hit 2-of-2 free throws, then Westbrook hit a three-pointer, turned back to Westbrook to shoot the board to score, then Bogdanovic shot 2 of 2, James shot a score, O'Neal hit a three-pointer, and then Mitchell also scored, and the Jazz took a 1-point lead. After the timeout Ingles hit a three-pointer, then the two teams attacked the iron, Mitchell shot and scored at key moments, Clarkson scored 2-of-2 free throws, Munch scored on a layup, Stanley hit a three-pointer, Reeves scored on a layup, Conley hit a three-pointer, Tucker scored on a layup, Guy hit a three-pointer, and the Jazz led by 1 point at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Tucker made 1 of 2 free throws, and then Munch also hit a three-pointer, Gobert dunked a score, Conley hit a three-pointer, back Munch hit a three-pointer, Tucker also hit a three-pointer, and then James also hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers led by seven points. After the timeout, Ferret made 1 of 2 free throws, and then the two teams attacked the iron, Howard made 2 of 2 free throws, and then Westbrook broke through the layup to score, Guy scored on the inside line, and the next game the two teams attacked again to a standstill, O'Neal made 2 of 2 free throws at the crucial moment, then Howard scored inside the line, back to the Gobert inside line also scored, then Ariza hit a three-pointer, James shot a score, Conley hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers led by 8 points. After the timeout, Wei Shao blocked Gobert to play 2+1, but Wei Shao was blown for too excited to foul technically, Bogdanovic scored 1 point on the free throw, Ariza made 1 of 2 free throws, Gobert made 2 of 2 free throws, and Mitchell helped the team chase points in the following game, and the Jazz trailed by 6 points at the end of the half.
After the Lakers' defeat to the Nuggets in the last game, James apologized on social media and said I promise we would get better, and in this game James was keeping his promise, because in this game James obviously played better aggressiveness, and the Lakers also played better in the game, James also had a good offensive aggressiveness in the game, and James got 10 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in the half game. At the same time, Wei Shao also played a good performance in the first half of the game, although at one point in the game, he took the initiative to send his opponent to the free throw line, but in the following game, Wei Shao's gap gobert played 2+1 but it was very morale-boosting, it can be said that this is what the Lakers want to see Wei Shao, and at the end of the half, Wei Shao got 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
However, the reason why the Lakers can take the lead is not only because James and Wei Shao have a good play, but more importantly, the Lakers role player Qi Fawei, Howard has played a good performance here, not to mention, more importantly, Munch and Tucker also have a good performance in the game, so the Lakers can slowly open the score. However, although the Lakers played well in the first half of the game, the Lakers still can't be careless, after all, the strength of the Jazz is here, so the Lakers need to remain aggressive in the second half.