On March 8, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers challenged the Spurs away, although James followed the team to the Holy City, but because of the sore knees, he finally hung up the exemption card, and Wei Shao single-handedly led the team to play. In the first quarter, the Lakers were in trouble behind the Spurs by 9 points.
As soon as the game came, the Spurs took the lead and played a 6-1 start, rookie Reeves singled to a jumper hit, then Tucker grabbed and assisted Munch's layup, Westbrook also had a jumper, and the Lakers were 6-0 in color. After Howard's dunk was successful, Murray threw a shot to stop the Lakers.
During the rotation phase, Westbrook was replaced, Vogel came up with a five-small lineup, and Melon played 5 Stanley Johnson played 4. Tucker broke through his long arm to push the ball in, and In the next leg Reeves completed a throw to force the Spurs to stop.
After the timeout, Anthony hit a three-pointer, then played a two-plus basket to complete the second offense. The Lakers' five small lineup of interior defense is obvious, there is almost no ability to protect the frame, and the Spurs have scored consecutive points to open up the point difference. In the final moments, rookie Primo hit another three-pointer, and the Spurs fought in the first quarter, and the Lakers trailed the Spurs by 9 points 22-31.
Throughout the first quarter, spurs rotated as many as 9 of the 10-man rotation to score points, and Dejuntai Murray sent 6 points, 4 boards and 2 assists. On the Lakers side, although Westbrook scored 5 points, he did not deliver assists and made 3 turnovers. Melon also scored 5 points, and Howard started 4 minutes to get 2 points and 0 boards.