Beijing time on January 24, today, the NBA ushered in a strong dialogue, the two sides of the game are miami heat and Los Angeles Lakers, this is a dialogue between the third in the east and the seventh in the west, from the strength point of view, the Heat obviously want to occupy the advantage, sure enough, the first quarter, the home of the Heat are all soldiers, it has established a 14-point advantage, the second quarter of the war, the Lakers under the leadership of Wei Shao and James, but the Lakers are still behind by 17 points, the end of the third quarter, the Heat hit the iron while the heat, the point difference was widened to 19 points. In the final quarter, the Lakers hit two three-pointers in a row, the point difference narrowed to 16 points, and the Heat requested a timeout.
After the timeout, Stanley Johnson teamed up with Westbrook to score four points in a row, and soon after, Westbrook played 2+1 again under the basket, but back, Vincent caused James to foul and score points, and then Bradley stopped bleeding with three points, and the Heat again requested a timeout. After the timeout, Westbrook launched a quick attack with the ball, And anthony received the ball and fell on a three-pointer, and the point difference narrowed to single digits. On the Heat side, Duncan Robinson scored a free throw, followed by James playing 2+1. At the crucial moment, PJ Tucker scored three points in the bottom corner, and James responded with 2 points under the basket, but Bradley and Tucker made fatal mistakes, and the Lakers were powerless to return to the sky, and finally lost 107-113.
After this game, the Lakers' record is 23-24, ranking seventh in the West, and the Heat's record is 30-17, rising to second in the East. In this campaign, James played 40 minutes, 12 of 22 shots, 1 of 8 three-pointers, cut 33 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, made 3 turnovers, plus or minus -8, Westbrook played 32 minutes, 9 of 15, 3 of three points, took 24 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, made 3 turnovers, plus or minus -1, Ariza started 15 minutes, scored 5 of 5, only scored 5 rebounds, plus or minus -9, Howard started 11 minutes, also did not score, took 4 rebounds, Positive and negative values -13.
Anthony played 25 minutes off the bench, 3 of 8, contributing 11 points and 3 rebounds, Munch 3 of 6, 7 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and Johnson played 22 minutes, 2 of 3, with 7 points and 2 rebounds. In the Heat, Butler played 38 minutes, 7 of 18, with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, so that Butler had 10 triple-doubles during the Heat, successfully surpassing James to become the team's history triple-double king and setting a team record. Duncan Robinson played 42 minutes, 8-of-13, with 25 points, five rebounds and three assists, Vincent had 11 points and six assists, PJ Tucker had 8 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and Adebayor had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.
In addition, Martin scored 15 points on 5-of-9 and Diamond scored 4-of-5 with 9 points and 3 rebounds. In this game, the Most Disappointing Players of the Lakers are Ariza and Horton Tucker, Ariza occupies the starting position, did not score a point, and made 4 mistakes, almost did not contribute at both ends of the attack, Horton Tucker was 1 of 5 in the whole game, but I don't know why Vogel left him on the court in the last moment, while Reeves and others sat on the cold bench, Vogel's employment is really foggy and confused. Wei Shao and James performed bravely in the last quarter, but they did not bring the Lakers a victory even if they ran out of bullets.