On February 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ended a focus battle, and the Lakers defeated the Knicks through a 122-115 reversal in overtime. This game James returned, surpassing Bryant in his regular season appearances. The Lakers trailed the Knicks by 15 points in the first half, and in the third quarter, Munch led by 18 points in the single quarter, the two teams fought in the final quarter, Barrett's three-pointer equalized, and James missed a dead end. The Lakers won overtime under James, Thick Brow and Munch, with Westbrook under a sluggish performance.
Statistics:
Knicks: Barrett 36 points, 8 boards and 5 assists, Randle 32 points, 16 boards and 7 assists, Robinson 4 points and 11 boards, Fournier 15 points, Walker 7 points, Noel 5 points, Burks 12 points;
Lakers: James 29 points, 13 boards and 10 assists, Johnson 9 points and 5 boards, thick eyebrow brother 28 points, 17 boards, 3 assists, 3 breaks and 4 caps, Munch 29 points, Westbrook 5 points, 4 boards and 6 assists (1 of 10), Reeves 9 points, Ariza 11 points, 8 boards and 3 assists;
Focus Lens:
James returned, his regular season appearances to 1347, surpassing Bryant and rising to 14th in NBA history;
James accidentally hit the thick-browed brother in the mouth and accidentally injured his teammates; James cut a triple-double in this campaign, winning a triple-double for the fourth time this season.
Randle scored 20 points, 7 boards and 6 assists at halftime, becoming the first Knicks player since Marbury in 2005 to score at least 20 points, 5 boards and 5 assists in the half;
Contest Review:
In the first quarter, Barrett and Fournier made three-pointers in a three-pointer, Barrett counter-attacked and advanced, and the Knicks made a perfect 11-0 start. Munch helped fly thick eyebrows dunk to stop the bleeding, James made a layup, Fournier hit the outside line again, and Munch and Robinson scored. Walker hit from the outside and Randall flew Robinson with a dunk. After Munch made a layup, Fournier hit the board, Wei Shaofei entered, and Zhan Mei connected thick eyebrows. Barrett scored a layup after hitting two free throws, Ariza slammed in a three-pointer, and Barrett hit a layup again. Randall and Barrett scored consecutive points, and the point difference reached 18 points. Thick-browed brother 2+1 stop the bleeding, Randall threw a shot, James threw a score. James counter-attacked and Randle hit consecutive jumpers to give the Knicks a 42-29 lead over the Lakers in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, James scored a three-pointer, Burks also played in color, Rivers played 2+1, and Burks hit two consecutive free throws. Wei Shao made two of three free throws, and Topping counterattacked to stop the Lakers. Ariza hit two free throws, Barrett and Topping scored consecutively, Randle hit a three-pointer, and after Fournier's three-pointer, the Knicks' advantage came to more than 20 points. Johnson scored on a layup, thick-browed dunked, Noel hit both free throws, and Walker and James scored against each other. Randall dunked, James went in with his hand down, james hit the layup again. Thick-browed brother scored 3 points in a row, Randle three-pointer to stop the bleeding, James scored a basket, the first half of the game, the Knicks 71-56 Lakers.
In the third quarter, Munch scored five consecutive points on a jumper and three-pointer, Randall and Barrett hit jumpers, and Johnson countered to score. James broke through, Munch hit two free throws, Johnson hit a three-pointer, Robinson made a layup, and Munch and Walker scored against each other. Munch hit consecutive three-pointers to stop the Knicks with just one point left. Thick-browed brother dunked to overtake the score, Barrett hit two free throws, thick-browed brother scored on a layup, and Fournier broke through. Thick-browed brothers continued to cut points, Munch scored a layup, and then he scored a technical free throw, this quarter Munch hit 18 points in a single quarter, and the Knicks trailed the Lakers 84-87.
In the fourth quarter, Noel threw a 2+1 shot, James hit a three-pointer, and Burks and Reeves hit both free throws. James hit a jumper, Burks scored on a layup, Barrett made a successful layup, and James broke through to score. Barrett picked up the basket, thick-browed brother made a basket, and Munch stopped the Knicks with a three-pointer. Thick eyebrows scored, the Lakers extended their advantage, final-minute Fournier steals, was blown to delay the game, blew Barrett's technical foul, Barrett equalized with three-pointers, with 8.1 seconds left, James failed to kill, and the two sides entered overtime.
In overtime, James countered with a dunk, Tucker went up, Randle scored in the air, Munch scored on a layup, James assisted Ariza to hit a three-pointer, and James reached a triple-double. After that, the Lakers maintained the lead and successfully won the victory.
Two teams starting lineup:
Lakers: Johnson, James, Davis, Munch, Westbrook;
Knicks: Barrett, Randall, Robinson, Fournier, Walker;