On March 10, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers challenged the Houston Rockets away, and James ushered in a comeback. This game can be said to be an ex-play predecessor, Westbrook, Anthony, Bradley, Augustine have all been in the Rockets, and Schroeder and Nuwaba have played for the Lakers.
As soon as the game came up, the defensive end of the two sides was almost undefended, and the pace of the game was also very fast, Wei Shao came up to send Munch an empty connection, and then the turtle rushed to the basket to complete the layup, James scored easily in the air, and the Lakers played a 6-0 start. After the Rockets responded 6-0, Bradley chased down the three-pointers to color, and Munch also shot three points in the bottom left corner of the next leg, but Jaylen Green and Gordon also responded with outside hits, James broke through the layup, and the game went into a timeout.
After the timeout, Augustine's first three-point attempt was also there, Stanley Johnson also hit a hit in the bottom corner, and Anthony also had a low-post turnaround jumper. Matthews then hit a far-reaching three-pointer, and Schroeder rebounded to help the Rockets equalize 2+1.
In the final stage of the first quarter, Augustine broke through the outside line to score 5 consecutive points, Anthony shot steadily from the outside, and the first quarter ended, and the Lakers took a 6-point lead 38-32.
Throughout the first quarter, the Lakers rotated 9 people, and 7 of them all hit at least 2 goals! Augustine contributed eight points on 3-of-3 shooting, Westbrook had 6 points, four boards and three assists, and James had 4 points, three boards and three assists. On the Rockets side, Jaylen Green scored seven points in a single quarter, Martin Jr. scored 6 points, and Schroeder sent 5 points and 1 assist.