On February 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Lakers sat at home to meet the Knicks. James chose to return after 10 days out, and the "360 combination" jointly refused to lose consecutively.
In the first quarter of the battle, Randle and Barrett played the Lakers inside and out, the former sent 15 + 5 + 4 all-round data, the latter scored 17 points in a single quarter, allowing James to return to the dark moment, the Knicks bombed 42 points in the single quarter while taking a 13-point lead. Returning from the break, the Knicks continued to take over the game, and the mid-quarter gap was stretched to 21 points at one point, until james and thick eyebrows narrowed the gap to 15 points at the end of the quarter.
Yi Bian fought again, Munch scored 18 points to rewrite the script at one point, and the Lakers won a net victory of 18 points in the third quarter to achieve a reversal. In the final quarter, the two teams were evenly matched in the first half, Munch scored 5 consecutive points to open the score, but the last-minute mistake gave the other side a chance, Barrett desperate dunk + three points to drag the game into overtime. In overtime, the Knicks offense returned to silence, and the Lakers became more and more courageous under the leadership of James, playing a 9-2 small climax to establish the victory in one fell swoop. In the end, the Lakers beat the Knicks 122-115.
James, plagued by a knee injury, played 40 minutes on his comeback, scoring 29 points, 13 boards and 10 assists, which was also his fourth personal triple-double this season and the 103rd time in his career. Thick eyebrow attack and defense are excellent, 13 of 19 shots, efficient contribution of 28 points, 17 boards, 3 assists, 3 breaks and 4 caps. The in-form Westbrook was discarded in overtime, scoring only 5 points on 1-of-10 in 29 minutes, with a plus-minus of -15 lowest in the team.
Unlike his previous abandonment, This time Wei Shao seemed calm, saying that winning the game was the most important thing, and Vogel made what he felt was the best decision for the whole team.
In addition, the Lakers trailed by as many as 21 points to reverse, the biggest reversal of the season so far, and the team's biggest reversal since the Game against the Nuggets on December 23, 2015 (also 21 points).