On March 12, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Lakers hosted the Wizards at home, James carried the team's attack in the first quarter, with 9 points and 4 assists in the single quarter, and the two teams played 26 draws.
The Lakers have been in poor shape recently, just lost to the Rockets at the bottom of the West in the last game, ranking 9th in the West, and the playoff situation is not optimistic, the Lakers have only won 2 of the last 11 games. The Wizards are no. 11 in the East and still have hope of making it into the playoffs, where they just lost to the Clippers in the last game.
The Lakers' starting starts are: Westbrook, Munch, Reeves, S-Johnson, James. The Wizards' starts are: Neto, Kispert, Pope, Kuzma, Porzingis. At the beginning of the first quarter, Keyspert scored first, James hit a three-pointer, the Lakers opened in a very good state, James single Kuzma scored, the Lakers started 10-4. The Wizards' correction was also quick, with Keyspert hitting a three-pointer and Kuzma breaking through to make it 11-13. James assisted on Munch's dunk and the Lakers stopped the Wizards 15-11.
Back from the timeout, Kurtz immediately scored a basket, James scored a dunk, both teams' offense was not good, the play was more chaotic, Anthony strong score, the Lakers stopped the Wizards 21-17. Back from the timeout, James hit two free throws, Anthony hit a three-pointer and the Lakers led 26-17. Pop suffered a technical foul and the Wizards quickly went on a 6-0 run to just three points.
Yamura hit a three-pointer and the Wizards tied the score. The two teams tied 26 in the first quarter. James scored nine points and four assists in the first quarter to single-handedly prop up the team's offense, with Munch 7 points and Anthony 5 points. On the Wizards' side, Porzingis had 5 points and 4 rebounds.