On March 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the West ushered in a focus, and the Lakers hosted the Warriors. Both teams have been in a bit of a slump lately, with the Lakers losing four straight and the Warriors losing three straight, all of which need a win to boost morale. After the game began, the Lakers took the lead in entering the state, once taking a 25-11 lead, but after the Warriors frantically counterattacked, the second quarter rebounded and achieved a 14-point lead, and finally the Lakers successfully narrowed the point difference with consecutive hits from the outside, and the Warriors led the Lakers 67-62 at halftime.
Both teams made changes to the starting lineup in this game, and the Lakers re-changed to a five-small lineup, with James as the center and the other four being Westbrook, Munch, Reeves and Johnson. The Warriors were forced to adjust, with Payton Jr. absent from injury, Porter taking his lead, and the other four being Curry, Thompson, Wiggins and Rooney.
After the game began, Wiggins scored his first goal, James responded immediately, and then the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, and the point difference did not open. But after the Warriors took a 6-4 lead, the offense suddenly muted, and the Lakers played a wave of offense, Munch hit from the outside, and Old Zhan hit a three-point success, and a wave of 21-5 offense stretched the point difference to 14 points. The Warriors relied on Curry to stop the bleeding from mid-range, Poole also contributed, Anderson also scored three points, the Warriors successfully narrowed the point difference, and finally Anthony hit a three-pointer, the first quarter was over, and the Lakers led the Warriors 32-25.
In the second quarter of the game, the Warriors returned to their offensive form, Poole hit a three-point shot from the outside, Thompson scored in the air, Moody broke through, Poole also successfully scored, and the Warriors successfully overtook the score. Westbrook scored a response from the basket, Keppel directly hit a three-pointer from the outside, Moody hit a three-pointer successfully, and then Cuminga countered the dunk to win, the Warriors led 47-40, directly stopping the Lakers. After the adjustment, James won the second offense, but the Warriors Curry and Moody hit three points in succession, the point difference came to 11 points, the Lakers were in trouble, fortunately, Reeves played 3+1, Munch also scored three points, James also scored the last three points, and the Lakers fell behind the Warriors 62-67 after the half.
In the second quarter, the Lakers nearly collapsed, from 14 points ahead to 14 points behind, but Reeves, Munch and James hit three points in succession on the outside and successfully helped the team stabilize the situation. After the first half, James was in full swing, shooting 10-of-15 and having 26 points and five rebounds.
The Warriors' Side Curry scored 14 points, and Thompson's feel was sluggish 2-of-7. The team was able to reverse the score by relying on Poole's fiery hand, scoring 16 points on 4-of-5 three-pointers to help the team reverse the score in the second quarter.