On January 18, the Lakers beat the Jazz 101-95 at home to end a three-game losing streak, with a record of 22 wins and 22 losses, and the winning percentage returned to 50%. James had 25 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, and Westbrook had 15 points and eight rebounds. Stanley Johnson became a bench player, contributing 10 points in the final quarter and becoming a big winner.
James apologized to fans the day before, saying the Lakers should have achieved better results. Zhan Huang has made up his mind to fight harder in future games and to do a good job of defense. This is also the wish of all the Lakers soldiers.
In this battle, the Lakers really fought more fiercely. The first quarter was 24-25 behind, but in the second quarter the Lakers' defensive intensity increased, and the soldiers collectively threatened. Wei Shao scored the hottest goal of the game at the end of the second quarter, he dribbled into the inside line, met The Gobert's successful dunk, this ball shocked the whole field, Wei Shao also created a foul on Gobert, and the penalty was also hit. However, Wei Shao then passionately celebrated the technical foul of spraying garbage words. James' big hat Gobert in the second quarter was also wonderful.
The Lakers led by six points in the first half, but the Jazz overtook the Lakers 32-20 in the third quarter. Wei Shao did not score a single point in the third quarter. The Lakers trailed 72-78 by six points into the final quarter.
James led the team to set off a counter-attack, he scored the first goal, and after Conley and Gobert scored five consecutive points, the Lakers played a 13-0 offensive wave under James. James scored on a layup to create a foul on Clarkson, which was 2+1. Stanley Johnson received a pass from James to score.
Johnson scored two more goals in a row, James made two fouls, Johnson scored another layup, and the Lakers stopped the Jazz. However, the Jazz are more wide,with Bojan Bogdanovic scoring a layup. The Lakers are again Johnson scoring. Johnson has scored 10 points in the quarter.
With 2:39 left in the game, Johnson grabbed a valuable offensive rebound with James running out of three points, followed by an assist to Bradley's three-pointer to give the Lakers a six-point lead 95-89. The Lakers eventually won 101-95.
The Lakers' defense has improved significantly, and Zhan Huang has also fulfilled the team's promise to become better, and for more than a month, the Lakers have finally defeated a team with a winning percentage of more than 50%. Stanley Johnson became a big contributor to the Lakers' win as a temporary worker, and he had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.