On February 6, Beijing time, the Lakers experienced a 122-115 overtime defeat over the Knicks. The game went on to the end of the second quarter 47-68 to trail 21 points, and finally able to reverse, behind the excellent performance of James and thick eyebrows, 1 point return 2 people to wake up is the key.
James had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a triple-double; Thick Brow had 28 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists and four blocks
First, James and thick eyebrows carry the team.
At the beginning of the game, the Lakers were hit by the Knicks. Westbrook and James each made a mistake, the team's offense failed, the Knicks counterattacked three times to score three three-pointers, and after the timeout, the Knicks counterattacked again, and the Knicks blasted out 11-0; the worse part is three points:
1. Wei Shao's entire first half was like sleepwalking, contributing 5 points and 4 assists on 7-of-1 but with 4 turnovers, and the efficiency of the game was -24.
2. The team shot only 2 of 14 three-pointers, the sharpshooter Munch contributed only 2 points on 2 of 7 of 7 at the half, and 0 of 3 three-pointers.
3. The Lakers' defense in the first half can be defined by looseness, which is reflected in the data side, and the Knicks 50% + 45% of the half bombed 71 points.
Under the combined action of the above three points, the Lakers once trailed by 21 points at 47-68, and they were able to chase 56-71 at halftime, and James and thick eyebrows played a good double core to carry the team.
James burst into moments
James returned this game, in the first half of the team's outside attack can not be opened, he repeatedly burst into the paint, half-time 7 of 10 contributed 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
Thick eyebrow performance is even better, contributing 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks on 7 of 11, dominating the paint area at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
With the play of the double core, the Lakers chased the score to 56-71 in the half, maintaining the hope of reversal, and in the second half, James and Thick Brow finally waited for the two to "wake up".
Second, the return of defense.
Trailing 15 points and wanting to counterattack, you must start from defense, easy to fight again, the Lakers' full defense suddenly upgraded, a typical picture:
The Lakers epitomized their defense in the third quarter
For example, this defense, Westbrook, Johnson and Munch blocked the top of the arc, as long as the Knicks blocked, the three changed the defense indefinitely; thick eyebrows and James guarded the basket and the bottom corners of the two sides, Randall was interfered with by Munch's save to divide the ball to The Fournier in the bottom right corner, James flew to the defense, and the latter three points failed.
Throughout the third quarter of the game, the Lakers' defense pressed the Knicks offense to only 5 of 19 shots, 5 of 5 three-pointers, only 1 assist appeared 4 turnovers to score 13 points, completely dudded, laying the groundwork for the counterattack, as for the offense, Westbrook and Munch finally woke up.
Iii. The Awakening of Wei Shao and Munch.
Westbrook's steal helped Munch hit a third three-pointer
Munch came up to find a feel from mid-range, Wei Shao counterattacked calmly to help Munch hit the first three-pointer of the game in the right arc, and then as shown in the picture, when the team's mistake was almost beaten by the Knicks, Westbrook returned to the defensive cut, the quarterback long pass, and Munch hit the third three-pointer in the single quarter to chase the score to 78-79.
Thick eyebrows strong hit El 2+1
Subsequently, after the thick eyebrow heavy dunk helped the Lakers to rebound for the first time, the top of the arc faced Noel's strong surprise layup 2+1, the Knicks rebounded again, Munch's breakthrough, the thick eyebrow continued to attack the basket, and the Lakers completed the counterattack 87-84 in the third quarter.
In this quarter, although Westbrook did not make a personal offense, he gave Munch two assists, the most important point, no mistakes; Munch was 7 of 9 in a single quarter, of which 3 of 4 three-pointers took 18 points, plus 6 points in the last moment of thick eyebrows, which is the key to the Lakers' ability to surpass.
Fourth, James' final harvest game.
The last quarter was the moment when the superstar decided the fate of the game, james of the first three quarters of 17 points opened his superstar seal: the Knicks chased to 87-87 draw, he responded directly with three points; then strong layups and extreme mid-range, to help the Lakers lead 96-93; thick eyebrow mid-range and Munch three-point and mid-range, James made up the basket, 108-99 Lakers led by 9 points, the Knicks chased a wave of 12-3 offensive and defensive flow to 111-111 draw, James pressed the whistle three points unsuccessfully, and the two sides entered the overtime war.
James counter-attacked with a heavy dunk
With neither team scoring a score in the last minute, James counter-attacked and helped Tucker throw 115-111; the Knicks broke the scoring drought, Munch made a layup, and James helped Ariza with three points to kill the suspense of the game 120-113. In the last quarter to overtime, James contributed 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists to directly affect the outcome of the game.
So far in this game, the Lakers are 21 points behind can be reversed, James 29 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists triple-double, thick eyebrows 28 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks dominate the paint, the double core joins hands with 57 points, 30 rebounds and 13 assists, the team's defense found in the second half, Munch's 29-point outbreak in the second half, including overtime War Wei Shao can sit quietly on the bench, three points are the key.