Beijing time on January 26, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the two sides of the battle is the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets, which is a contest between the eighth in the West and the third in the East, and also a game that the NBA specially celebrated for the Chinese New Year in advance. From the strength point of view, the Nets obviously have the advantage, but due to Durant's injury, coupled with the home game, Irving can not play, and the Lakers, thick eyebrows returned from injury, the strength of the two teams compared to the Lakers to be in the upper hand. Sure enough, the first quarter ended, and the thick eyebrows showed great dominance on the defensive end, sending out 3 blocks in a single quarter.
In the first quarter, the Lakers led the Nets by 8 points 33-25, and the thick eyebrows contributed 6 points and 3 blocks in the first quarter, Harden's state of the game was also very hot, the first quarter to the time of suspension of 6 minutes and 36 seconds, less than half a quarter, Harden cut down 11 points of the team's 15 points, and 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Entering the second quarter, the Lakers blossomed more points, James and Westbrook successively scored into the account, the quarter is not over, Munch has scored 4 three-pointers, successfully stole the light of this focus battle, at the end of the half, the Lakers took advantage of the chase, expanding the point difference to 9 points, the score is 62-53.
Harden ushered in a big explosion at halftime, he was 9 of 18, cut 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, but in the first half, the Nets had a total of 8 mistakes, and Harden personally appeared 4 times, accounting for half. Mills scored 5 points on 2-of-6, Ader had 3-of-8 with 9 points and 5 rebounds, Clarkston made 2-of-3 for 4 points and 2 rebounds, and Bemburi made 2-of-5 with 4 points and 3 rebounds. On the Lakers side, Munch exploded, in the first half, Munch came off the bench for 14 minutes and 42 seconds, 5 of 8, cut 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, of which, the scoring was the highest in the team, and there was no mistake, and the plus-minus +14 was also the highest in the team.
James played 16 minutes and 24 seconds in the first half, 9 of 6, cut 15 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, also did not make a mistake, plus-minus +8, thick eyebrows played 13 minutes, 5 of 3, 8 points and 3 blocks. Westbrook was 3 of 6, with 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, but the Lakers had a total of 4 mistakes in the first half, and these mistakes were all handled by Westbrook, which was very embarrassing. Anthony was in good shape in the first half, 3-of-4, contributing 8 points and 3 rebounds, Bradley 5 points and 2 rebounds, and Johnson 4 points. After the thick eyebrows returned, the Lakers' defense was immediately improved.
Wei Shao had been very well controlled for mistakes before, playing poorly in the first quarter, but the second quarter began to lose control of his mind. If the Lakers' big three are all there, in fact, the offense and defense are very strong, in the first half, Howard and Jordan Jr. and even Ariza did not get playing time, and the thick eyebrows just came back in the first half to play 13 minutes, which may be a hidden danger. Harden had previously been a ghost, this game, he let people see the familiar beard of the Rockets again, and sure enough, when Harden single-core led the team, his data will be very explosive.