After losing to the Clippers on the road and losing the derby in the same city, the Lakers, who were greatly frustrated, returned to the home court and ushered in the challenge of the Knicks.
In terms of the Lakers, the core of the team, James, has returned to the line of fire, trying to bring more help to Westbrook + Thick Eyebrow Brother, leading the Lakers to defend the home field and save face.
On the other hand, on the Knicks side, Barrett + Fournier is in hot form, and this team is fighting away from home, whether it can withstand the pressure, Randle obviously needs to perform!
Finally, after 4 quarters of competition + 1 overtime, with a strong start of 11-0, the Knicks, who were mainly anti-away, although in the first half, once overpowered the Lakers and achieved a huge advantage of as many as 21 points.
But after returning from the second half, Munch ushered in the outbreak in the third quarter, leading the Lakers to play a wave of 24-8 counterattack frenzy, instantly reversing the situation on the court and completing the score reversal.
However, in the final quarter, the Lakers hit iron at the free throw line, and Barrett seized the opportunity to score 5 consecutive points inside and outside, dragging the game into overtime.
Fortunately, in overtime, Vogel made adjustments, discarded only 1 of the 10 shots in this game, and put up the lineup of James + thick eyebrows + Ariza + Munch + Tucker, and successfully closed the game.
The Lakers, who finally withstood the pressure, also defeated the Knicks at home 122-115, staged a 21-point reversal at the same time, but also gave the opponent Knicks two consecutive losses!
In this game at home, although the Lakers once fell into the disadvantage of falling behind by as many as 21 points, but fortunately, the team did not mess up, but played a team performance of four people scoring doubles and three people 20+ to complete the turnover.
In the case of Westbrook's poor performance, this game ushered in a comeback, and the play of the team's star LeBron James played a crucial leading role!
James lived up to expectations, starting 38 minutes and scoring a team-high 29 points on 13-of-24 shooting, plus a triple-double of 13 rebounds, 10 assists and 1 steal.
And it is not difficult to see that after the last 5 games of injury suspension, this game ushered in a comeback, and James's physical condition and competitive status still maintained a fairly high standard!
In addition, as the two main players of the team, the performance of thick eyebrows + Munch in this game is also very critical.
This campaign is very efficient, shooting nearly 70% of the 19 shots in the whole game, not to mention, it is also an all-round performance of 28 points + 17 rebounds + 3 assists + 3 steals + 4 blocks.
Not only did it gain something on the offensive end, it once became a difficult existence for the Knicks to solve, but also on the defensive end, it disrupted the Knicks' offensive rhythm and deployment many times!
The good partner Munch was also full of firepower in this campaign, shooting 4 three-pointers and contributing 29 points + 2 assists.
Among them, in the third quarter, his heroic performance of single-handedly riding through the barrier to score 18 points not only completely disrupted the Knicks' defensive plan, but also almost single-handedly turned the tide of the battle!
Of course, the Lakers were able to complete the reversal in this game, and the play of Ariza, the miracle soldier on the bench, was also indispensable.
Ariza was tasked with playing as a substitute for 33 minutes, shooting 2 three-pointers on 3-of-9 shooting, delivering 11 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 blocking, and hitting a crucial three-pointer in overtime.
More importantly, in the whole game, Ariza personally has not made a mistake, it can be said that with efficient personal performance, for the Lakers to win the game, made a great contribution!
On the other hand, the Knicks, the team failed to withstand the pressure in overtime in this game, and finally lost by 7 points, and hated the performance of the game of 2 consecutive defeats on the road, which obviously needs to be examined.
But rationally speaking, for the Knicks, this battle, the team is not completely without highlights.
After all, as the two main players of the team, the play of Barrett + Randall, who cut 30+ at the same time, is indeed remarkable!
Barrett ushered in an outbreak, starting 48 minutes, 13 of 28 shots bombed a game-high 36 points, plus 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal of the full performance, and Randall is also in good shape, the whole game got 32 + 16 + 7 + 2 double-double performance.
Although it failed to help the Knicks win, the excellent performance of Randall + Barrett in this battle did cause a lot of trouble and trouble to the Lakers!