Beijing time on February 17, today, the Lakers faced the Western strong enemy Utah Jazz, in the first half of the thick eyebrow injury retreat, James and Wei Shao stepped forward in the last quarter, led the team to complete a 14-point reversal, and finally defeated the opponent with a 5-point advantage, the score was 101-106. In this game, James perfectly interpreted the nature of the superstar, the james of the last quarter was a god, taking 15 points alone, at the critical moment, James was not soft, he first hit a cold-blooded three-pointer, and then received a pass from Westbrook to dunk down, just when people marveled at James's magic, the surprise was sent again.
After less than 40 seconds, James' outside three-pointer fell and fell again, cutting down 3 points again, although Bojan scored 5 consecutive points to continue his life, but as Reeves shot a desperate three-pointer, Westbrook stepped onto the free throw line to hit steadily, and the Jazz declared powerless to return to the sky and hated the Northwest. James, who was 14 of 23 in the game, exploded with 33 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, so that he has scored at least 25 points in 23 consecutive games, tying Embiid, the longest NBA record this season. In addition, James also tied Elgin Baylor's Lakers' record for the longest number of consecutive scoring games in a single season with 25+ games.
In addition, Wei Shao completed the redemption in this game, in the first half of the poor performance, Wei Shao and James shouldered the team's offensive responsibility in the last quarter, he received Reeves pass dunk, and then quickly attacked a dragon to face the three-person strong play, soon, Wei Shao and strong single Gobert to play 2 + 1, in the last moment, Wei Shao also grabbed a defensive rebound, and steadily hit the free throw, completely extinguished the hope of the Jazz counterattack. In addition to the double core, Reeves at a key moment a pass, but also grabbed a major rebound, performance is indispensable, this game, the young Reeves is in danger, 3 of 6 contributed 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, his plus-minus +8 and Munch tied for the highest in the team.
Although the Lakers won this game, there is one person whose performance is not satisfactory, this person is not who, it is the Lakers' backup guard Horton Tucker. In this campaign, Tucker's performance was once again disappointing, he came off the bench for 30 minutes and 30 seconds, second only to Westbrook and James, but only 1 of 6 shots, 4 of 3 points, 0 of 3 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Tucker was invisible in the last quarter, and was useless at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. The only consolation is that Tucker did not make a mistake in the whole game, plus or minus +7.
Why is Tucker's plus-minus so high? Because, when the Lakers chased points in the final quarter, he stayed on the court with James and Westbrook, but in fact, fans who have watched the game know that Tucker is really mud on the wall, and he does not know why Vogel is so important to him, to be honest, Tucker is too far behind Munch. The Lakers' win was celebrated by the whole team, but Tucker was depressed, dead-faced, and calm, because he knew that he was not playing well. Tucker's annual salary in the team is second only to the Big Three, he should have to take on more responsibilities, and if this continues, it is only a matter of time before he leaves the team.