The Lakers went without a win after All-Star Weekend and, after four straight losses, are already 5.5 wins behind the 8th-placed Clippers and can qualify for the playoffs with a little carelessness. James scored 56 points, becoming the 4th oldest player in NBA history to cut 50+ points, behind Crawford, Jordan and Kobe Bryant. On March 6, 2022, Beijing time, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 124-116. James had 56 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, and Curry had 30 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
Facing the Warriors' small-ball lineup, the Lakers also sent a small-ball lineup after the opening, and James appeared in the center position. Such an adjustment allowed the Lakers to increase the speed of the ball conversion, and Westbrook also assisted James to win the layup after the breakthrough, and got the Lakers' first goal of the game. Curry was snatched by Reeves, and then he passed James to a layup. Although the Warriors made a timeout adjustment, Westbrook assisted James again after the timeout and scored 2+1. With 6:14 left in the first quarter, Curry finally found the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer, and his three-point shot eased the Warriors' scoring pressure. But back, James returned the favor with an assist to Winston's layup. James felt good in the first quarter, scoring 13 points alone.
James started the second quarter with a back-to-back singles against Thompson, and back to Anderson's three-point shot to narrow the gap to one point. James rushed into the inside to play hard, and new signing Augustine also hit a three-pointer on the outside, and the Lakers gradually stabilized the situation. However, Poole stepped forward, he hit a series of hits, and with 7 minutes and 37 seconds left in the second quarter, Poole hit a three-point shot from the outside to help the Warriors surpass the Lakers by 2 points. The Lakers' offense was suddenly out of touch at this time, and James did not have the feel of the first quarter, and made a series of mistakes, although it caused two fouls under the basket, but the Lakers were already 10 points behind the Warriors at this time. Thompson drew defense on the offensive end, Curry scored a layup after the defense, and the Warriors led the Lakers by 14 points. Westbrook and Munch scored consecutive points, and James' three-point shots helped the Lakers close the gap to five points at the end of the first half. James had 26 points, five rebounds and two assists in the first half.
Curry hit a layup, Thompson also hit a three-pointer on the outside, and the Warriors have led the Lakers by 10 points. Westbrook's defensive pass to James across Looney was unfortunately destroyed out of bounds by warriors. Curry threw the ball into the basket after being brought down by Reeves, but unfortunately failed to count. Westbrook's pass was again missed, and Curry seized the opportunity to hit a three-pointer on the counter-attack to lead the Warriors to a 10-3 wave of attack. James interfered with the ball on the offensive end, but the referee did not blow the penalty, but instead awarded Cole a technical foul because of Kerr's dissatisfaction.
Westbrook hit a layup after the start of the fourth quarter to close the point difference to three points. Although Cumminga responded with a three-pointer, James found the feeling of shooting after that, and he hit three consecutive three-pointers, one of which scored 9 points in a row to help the Lakers surpass the Warriors by 3 points. Poole equalised 2+1, and then James scored a layup to reach 51 points in the game. In the last 4 minutes of the game, James and Curry launched a confrontation, the game had 2 minutes and 16 seconds left, James dribbled in the backcourt for 8 seconds, but the Warriors made a mistake in the serve, and James scored a fast dunk. Curry hit a layup to close the gap to three points. James broke through to the inside and passed the ball to the unguarded Anthony, who hit a three-pointer and indirectly announced the end of the game. In the end, the Lakers defeated the Warriors at home, ending a four-game losing streak.