On January 26, Beijing time, the Lakers vs Nets game began, this game is the lakers six consecutive away games, but also a battle of revenge, the two teams in the year-end war is a single core Harden led the team to defeat James + Westbrook, this battle Anthony Davis missed 17 games after the comeback, the Lakers big three once again gathered to make Vogel full of confidence. The Lakers led the Nets 62-53 in the first half.
Westbrook, James, and Anthony Davis have only played 291 minutes together this season, in other words, six games, and the three of them are still winning points when they play at the same time, which shows that the Lakers' Big Three is not as bad as fans think. The Lakers still have some chances against the Nets without Durant and Irving.
Anthony Davis hit the basket at the start of the first quarter and then hit a mid-range, he played 7 minutes in the first quarter should be a regular rotation, before the game Vogel said that thick eyebrows had not even tried a 5v5 match before the comeback, but he wanted to return to play he felt good. The defensive end sent three blocks in 7 minutes is enough to see that Davis is really in good shape.
Westbrook also felt good in the first quarter, playing 10 minutes 4 of 4 to 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, the best of course is LeBron James, after Westbrook and Davis were replaced, he turned around under a basket to win, a whistle on the basket hit, he helped the Lakers to open the point difference to 8 points, James scored 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in 8 minutes in a single quarter.
In the second quarter, James continued to lead the second team, playing 3 minutes and 04 seconds The Lakers played a small climax again to stretch the point difference to 13 points, and the Nets' offense became stagnant during Harden's absence, Nash could only call a timeout, and Munch and Melon hit three consecutive three-point shots that hurt the morale of the whole team. After the timeout Harden assisted on the Claxton Air Relay, but Munch responded with a three-pointer, Mills also hit the mid-range, Vogel changed to a lineup without the Big Three, and then was reduced to 10 points Vogel called a timeout.
Vogel replaced Westbrook and Davis, air-connected AD dunk, Westbrook then held the ball wrong, Munch counter-cut successfully created a foul two free throws, Ader turned over and shot, Munch responded with three points (already 4 three-pointers), and then Harden scored consecutive points to help the Nets shrink to less than 10 points, James responded to the basket, the defense of both teams was loose with various points, Ade made James foul two free throws,
James had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block in the half, Davis had 8 points, 1 rebound and 3 blocks at halftime, and Westbrook had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the half. Harden scored 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 block in the half.
Text/Yan Xiaobai