On January 29, Beijing time, the Lakers challenged the Hornets back-to-back away, James and Thick Brow brother were all free of charge due to injury, and Wei Shao single-handedly led the team, and the performance in the first half was very bad.
In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers' starting offensive end was too struggling, and the 5-man rotation shot was almost ineffective, especially Bradley's 4 shots were all lost. Although Jordan Jr. committed many fouls, he hit all four free throws. Westbrook also didn't score goals in athletic warfare and couldn't score in tandem with his teammates. The Lakers scored only 6 points in 1 of 12 in the starting quarter, but after the bench came up, Anthony joined bazemore and Reeves to narrow the point gap, but the Purple and Gold Still trailed by 10 points 21-31 in the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter, Ariza hit a three-pointer, Bazemore made a layup, Reeves made a layup, and the Lakers bench again played a 7-2 start to stop the Hornets. After the timeout, Bazemore continued to hit three points, and the Purple and Gold Army trailed only two points at one point. However, after the starter returned, The Westbrook defensive end was continuously targeted, the Lakers offense once again stalled, and the Hornets blasted out 19-5 to open up the point difference again. Although Bazemore stopped bleeding with three points, the Hornets led by 16 points 65-49 at halftime!
Throughout the first half, Bazemore sent the Lakers a team-high 13 points of 4-of-4 three-pointers on 7-of-7 and was the only player on the team to score in double figures, while the Hornets had four in double figures. Wei Shao's single-core team did not perform well, only 5 points, 3 boards and 2 assists in 1 of 3 of the half, and the plus-minus value of -27 was really embarrassing, which was the lowest of the two teams in the first half.