On February 3, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. In today's Western Focus battle, the Lakers welcomed the Challenge of the Trail Blazers at home. Before this game, the Lakers had suffered a three-game losing streak, so today's game was not for them.
In James' absence, the Lakers need more players to come forward, and veteran Anthony is the first. In the first quarter, Anthony came off the bench and he quickly hit a mid-range shot on the right side before Anthony fired from the outside, hitting two consecutive three-pointers at the top of the arc and at 45 degrees on the right. Before the end of the quarter, Anthony hit a mid-range turnaround jumper and had 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-4 shooting in the quarter.
In the second quarter, the Lakers were chased by the Blazers with a double-digit lead, and Anthony's hand did not lose, he hit two consecutive three-pointers on the left and right sides, and scored 8 points again in a single quarter!
At the end of the first half, the Lakers led the Blazers 54-53. As a 37-year-old veteran, Anthony played 14 minutes, shooting 6-of-7, including 4-of-4 from three-point range, 2-of-2 from the free throw line, and had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, with plus-minus of +9!
Among the other players, Davis had 13 points and five rebounds, Westbrook had 7 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and Howard had 7 points and 5 rebounds. The Trail Blazers Nurkic had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Simmons scored 13 points and Powell also had 16 points.