When the Warriors who lost 9-7 meet the Lakers who lost 10-8, what will the scene be like?
Before today, the Warriors suffered the longest 3 consecutive losses of the season, and the Lakers were in a wave of 4 consecutive losses, and the two teams collided, which meant that one team was destined to end the losing streak.
Both sides have been very unhappy recently, the Warriors' performance has plummeted since Green's injury, wiggins, the new all-star starter, averaged only a pitiful 13.8 points per game throughout February, the performance is really unreasonable. Not to mention the Lakers side, winning 1 game and losing 3 games, seeing that the team is going to fall out of the playoffs, Lakers fans are slowly beginning to become Buddhist, watching one game counts, directly mess it up.
The two teams had a one-time encounter in February, and Clay played his best performance since his comeback, scoring 33 points on 12-of-22, 5-of-9 three-pointers, and 16 points in the final quarter; and that game also happened to be James's worst game of the season, and the performance of 11 in the final quarter personally buried the game. However, coincidentally, compared to the last time they played, today's Clay and James are exactly the opposite.
After the pelicans' home defeat the day before, James welcomed boos from Lakers home fans. The incident also caused a lot of controversy, and LeBron himself said that he respected the views of the fans and would welcome it no matter what. Probably since then, he has been holding back a lot of energy.
Today the Lakers started well, suppressing the Warriors in the first quarter. But in the second quarter, when Curry and Poole found the feel, the Lakers' fragmented defense was at a loss, although they scored 30 points, but let the Warriors get 42 points, and at the end of the half, the Lakers also changed from leading to backward.
James scored 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting in the first half, and at this pace, today will be his day of empty slashing, but he doesn't think so. In the third quarter, he continued to fire at full power, scoring 14 points on 4 of 9 in a single quarter, and Wei Shao also scored 9 points in this quarter, and the two joined forces to get 23 points in the Lakers' 27 points in this section. By the end of the third quarter, James had scored 40 points, becoming the third-oldest 40+ player in history.
At this point, the Lakers still failed to recover the gap, in the final quarter of the decisive battle, James 2 consecutive super far three points to open the counterattack horn, the Lakers gradually flattened the point difference. As Westbrook assisted Munch to hit a key three-pointer, the Lakers began to take the initiative, and finally melon hit a three-point shot, and the Lakers completely killed the game.
In this quarter, James scored 16 points and 4 rebounds on 5-of-7 shooting, and finally he cut 56 points, 10 boards and 3 assists on 19-of-31 shooting, and the 37-year-old James once again made people drop their jaws.
The 13th career 50+, the highest since 57 points against the Wizards in '17, he responded with a top performance when we were still guessing how much oil James still had in the tank.
James set many records in this game, he became the second highest score in the league history of players aged 35 and over, after Kobe Bryant's 60 points in retirement; while the 37-year-old scored 55+10, which is the oldest record in the league; in addition, James scored 50+ before and after the age of 21, the only in history.
The Lakers won the Warriors overnight with LeBron Super God, ending their 4-game losing streak while giving their opponents 4 consecutive defeats. The Warriors' Curry played steadily, scoring 30 points on 12-of-22 and 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting, and the state gradually picked up. The problem was clay, who scored just 7 points on 3-of-13, and it was clear from the scene that he was so eager to prove himself that there were many unreasonable singles with the ball.
Today's Clay is almost the same as the previous Klay, away from the team, away from the teammates, this is not like Clay at all. The Warriors' problem is largely in his state.
But this night, after all, belongs to James. At 37 years old, many players have been far away from the age of this league, but he can still show such a top level of competition.
James saved himself from 1-of-11 in the last final quarter with 56 points.