Beijing time on January 26, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Brooklyn Nets at home to meet the Los Angeles Lakers, this is a showdown between the eighth in the West and the third in the East, the first quarter of the game, the Lakers rebounded, 33-25 ahead of the opponent by 8 points, the second quarter, Munch ushered in a big outbreak, the Lakers took advantage of the chase, the point difference was widened to 9 points, Harden has obtained 22 + 7 + 5 data in the half. At the beginning of the third quarter, the situation on the court began to change, less than half a quarter of the game, Harden led the team to equalize the score, but James then hit two consecutive shots, Munch attacked, and soon, James assisted Wei Shao to play 2+1, and the point difference was instantly stretched to 10 points.
After that, Harden assisted Mills to stop the bleeding by 2 points, Brown did not hit the layup in the empty space, back, James quickly attacked and counterattacked the three-pointer, Mills three-pointers again with color, but Westbrook changed to kill Ader on the layup, and the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, Munch teamed up with Anthony to hit two three-pointers, and the third quarter ended with the Lakers leading by 14 points at 92-78. In the final quarter, Johnson teamed up with Mills to score 4 points, Harden came to assist Johnson to score 3 points, Westbrook broke through 2 points, James quickly grabbed 2 consecutive steals and quickly dunked, the point difference reached 15 points, and the Nets were stopped.
After the timeout, James sent another block, Edwards basket received Harden pass dunk back 2 points, but Westbrook felt hot, hit the board 2 points again, Bemburi broke through 2 points to stop the bleeding, soon, James quickly attacked the basket and then took 2 points, Reeves grabbed the offensive rebound, threw 2 separate flowers, Nash Mingjin closed the army, and finally, the Lakers beat the Nets 106-96. After this game, the Lakers' record is 24-24, ranking eighth in the West, and the Nets have suffered two consecutive losses, with a record of 29 wins and 18 losses, continuing to rank third in the East.
James played 34 minutes, 14 of 21, 2 of 8 three-pointers, 33 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, plus or minus +10. The outstanding performance also set an NBA record, which is James (37 years old and 26 days) 18 consecutive games to score 25+, he became the oldest player in NBA history to achieve this achievement, in addition, James also ushered in a milestone, after this game, James's career appearances tied for Kobe Bryant tied for 14th place in NBA history. Munch came off the bench for 27 minutes to create a big surprise, he made a big surprise, he was 7 of 13, he scored 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, plus-minus +14.
Westbrook 7 of 14, 15 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists but 5 turnovers, plus-minus -1, Bradley 4 of 8, 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist scored, Thick Brow 8 of 3, contributed 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and sent out 4 blocks. Reeves had 2 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and Anthony had 13 points and 3 rebounds. In the Nets, Harden played 38 minutes, 11 of 24, 33 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, a game-high 6 turnovers. This is Harden's ninth triple-double of the season and the 67th time of his career, and after this game, Harden's career regular season total scores exceeded the 23,000 mark. Harden is currently ranked 32nd on the all-time scoring list, with Elgin Baylor (23,149 points).
Mills had 15 points and 2 assists, Edwards 5 points and 6 rebounds, Bembry 12 points and 4 rebounds, Johnson 8 points and 4 rebounds, Aldridge had 9 points and 6 rebounds, and Clarkston had 6 points and 7 rebounds. This game, originally the Lakers side is three British battle Lü Bu, but did not expect to evolve into a showdown between James and James, both James performances are outstanding, but the Lakers bench is better, Anthony, Munch and Reeves successfully shared the pressure for James, and Harden was difficult to fight with two fists and four hands, and finally swallowed a defeat.
The overall strength of the healthy Lakers is still very good, with the return of thick eyebrows, their record will be improved, the Nets will continue to play like this, it is difficult to win the championship, one is Irving's attitude problem, the other is Durant's injury problem, for Harden, want to win the championship, unless Irving changes the decision.