On January 31, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Lakers ushered in the last opponent of 6 consecutive visits - the Eagles. In this game, the Lakers played very well in the first three quarters, always occupying the initiative on the field, but in the last quarter, they suddenly collapsed, only scored 20 points in a single quarter, were completely suppressed by the opponent, and finally reversed by the opponent, losing 121-129 to the Eagles, suffering 3 consecutive losses.
James is still absent in this game, and the Lakers start as Westbrook, Bradley, Munch, Johnson and Davis.
After the game began, the Lakers maintained an excellent offensive state as soon as they came up, but the Eagles felt very hot, and the two teams fought against each other in the first quarter, and before the end of the first half, the Lakers, driven by Westbrook, Davis and Munch, scored consecutive points to help the team play a wave of offense, leading by 9 points at halftime. The Lakers were still in good shape in the second half, at the beginning the Eagles caught up with the score, but finally the Lakers blasted out a wave of 16-3 offensive attack to open up the point difference again, and the third quarter led by 10 points; the Lakers suddenly lost their feel in the last quarter, and the opponent quickly overtook the score difference, and Trae Young hit three points at a critical moment to help the team lock up the win.
In the first half, the Lakers felt excellent as a team, shooting as high as 71.4% and bombing 71 points; after the third quarter, the Lakers still led by 10 points and bombed 101 points. Such an excellent state, we all thought that the Lakers would harvest a victory, but did not expect that the last quarter suddenly collapsed, the first three quarters of a single quarter were bombed 30+ points, the last quarter only got 20 points, the opponent bombed 38 points, so the victory flew away, tragically reversed by 11 points.
Without James, Davis and Westbrook also played well, but unfortunately failed to save. This campaign Davis played 29 minutes, 10 of 20 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 27 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, plus or minus +8, play is still good; Wei Shao played 35 minutes, 8 of 15 shots, 4 of 3 points, 2 of 4 three points, 20 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, 4 turnovers, to be honest, the play is quite normal, but unfortunately the team failed to resist in the last quarter.
In addition to Davis and Westbrook, Munch became a surprise soldier, seemingly taking over James's firepower and fighting against the Hawks' Trae Young. Munch played 38 minutes, shooting 12-of-19 and 8-of-14 three-pointers, a team-high 33 points plus 10 rebounds and five assists, typical james stats. The only regret is that his explosion also failed to help the team to win.
Trae Young contributed 36 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists, and hit a three-pointer in the final moments to set the winner, followed by two free throws to kill the game.