On January 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Lakers played at home against the Jazz. Trailing by nine points in the final quarter, the Lakers, with the help of James and Stanley Johnson, scored a 13-0 offensive surge that successfully overtook the score. At key moments, James and Bradley scored consecutive points to help the team maintain their lead until the end of the game. In the end, the Lakers beat the Jazz 101-95.
James had 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in this game, and was the first contributor to the team's winning game. The bench players played well, with Stanley Johnson having 15 points, five rebounds and three assists, Munch with 14 points and seven rebounds and Horton Tucker with 10 points. It is the excellent performance of the bench that the Lakers can successfully end their 3 consecutive losses, stop the decline, and let the record come to 22 wins and 22 losses, and the winning rate is back to 50%.
Wei Shao's encounter in this game can be described as a double day of ice and fire. In the first half, Westbrook had 10 points and three rebounds, with only one turnover. Among them, in the second quarter of the game to 2 minutes and 02 seconds, a dunk by Westbrook detonated the whole net. Wei Shao took the ball into the inside line, smashed the ball into the basket in the face of Gobert's defense, completed the dunk, and locked in the best dunk of the day in advance. Wei Shao's dunk is considered to vent the anger of the past, and instantly rushed to the national hot search list.
Westbrook started poorly in the third quarter, he scored no points at 0-of-5 in the quarter, contributed only 2 points, 2 assists and 1 turnover, and the Lakers were surpassed by the Jazz. In the fourth quarter, during the Lakers' counterattack, Wei Shao was not present. It wasn't until the final 3 minutes and 24 seconds left in the game that Wei Shao put on the back on the field. But Westbrook sent a 2+1 at a crucial moment to help the team seal the win. Westbrook then hit a steady free throw to ensure the team's victory. In the end, Westbrook's statistics for this game were fixed at 15 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Despite the contrast between Westbrook's performances, he helped the team end the losing streak without any danger.
According to the schedule, the Lakers' next game will be at home to the Pacers on Thursday Beijing time.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)