The Lakers are finally winning again! After a 122-109 home win over the Wizards, the Purples finally secured their second victory after All-Star Weekend, slightly stabilizing their play-off spots. In this battle, the biggest contributor to the Lakers' ability to win is undoubtedly LeBron James, a thirty-year-old man who scored 50 points with a 72% shooting rate, plus 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and the positive and negative value of the whole game was as high as +22! It was Lao Zhan who scored 19 points in the third quarter, and in the fourth quarter, he re-put on the strong play of the Wizards to help the Lakers stabilize the position after the Wizards started to close the score, and the Purple and Gold Army, which was in the turmoil recently, was able to defend the home.
Interestingly, the last time the Lakers won was also based on James's 56-point performance to beat the powerful Golden State Warriors - the Lakers' secret to win the game was found, that is, they needed James to score 50 points on the court! Of course, this is also a joke, as a 37-year-old veteran who has played for 19 seasons, in just 6 days to cut 2 times 50+, James can be described as pouring into it.
So those who grabbed LeBron's last overtime game against the Rockets, because Wei Shao failed to win the basket, they were full of disappointment and even did not return to the picture of thinking that he had given up the sound of this season can be stopped, this man is using practical actions to prove that he has not given up, and the strong response on the field confirms his statement in an interview: "I will not fight to death, I will die"!
With such an impeccable performance, James once again refreshed history, leaving his own strong mark in the long river of the NBA, and he became the first player over the age of 35 to cut a single game of 50+ more than once. He may never be able to reach the heights of Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, but in the field of 35 years old, no one can match it. It is worth mentioning that James's average points per game quietly reached 29.71 points, surpassing Embiid by 29.68 points and becoming a temporary scoring king.
Unexpectedly, I originally thought that James would play health basketball in the regular season and stay in the playoffs, which is also the reason why the Lakers management found Westbrook last summer; in a sense, Westbrook's poor reinforcement forced out the strongest old Zhan. The only fly in the ointment is that James, who chose to carry the team on his shoulders and forge ahead, focused most of his energy on personal offense, only giving 6 assists in this game, and the total number of career assists was fixed at 9998, and the achievement of achieving 10,000 assists was reserved for the next game. The next game against the Suns is on the road, which is a bit of a pity for the Purple Gold fans.
Before this game, Lakers veteran Kyle Kuzma had said that returning to this arena to face the Clippers and Lakers is not the same feeling, even so will be fearless, The little Margo also fulfilled his promise, he had a highlight shot of james in the game to give a response, and finally got the highest 23 points on the Wizards side, if it were not for James's performance is too explosive, Kuzma may really take a win in front of his father and countrymen in Los Angeles.
But the defeat didn't make Kuzma too sad, and after the game he smiled and took the initiative to find James to hug, and the two of them got together and whispered — perhaps for fear of being caught by the camera, and the two covered their mouths with towels. During the period, Porzingis also rushed forward to congratulate James, but Old Zhan only gave Bo Shen a faint response, turned his head and continued to chat with Xiao Ma ge, and it could be seen that he was also a young talent, and there was still a difference between the former little brother and other people's children. Everyone sees the situation is also a fantasy, what did Old Zhan and Little Brother Ma talk about? Will you tell Kuzma: The undercover mission is complete, and this offseason will let Pelinka pick you up.
In addition to James, who completely stormed out, Munch, who scored 21 points in a row to hit key three-pointers, Reeves, who repeatedly gave strong responses, Tucker jr. who turned around and broke through the dunk, and even new signing Gabriel are all comforting, it is a ghost who is showing, only Wei Shao is being beaten. Westbrook scored just five points on 2-of-11 shooting in 31 minutes, and whenever James rested and it was the Wizards' turn to lead the team alone, the scene was heart-wrenching.
Intolerable coach Vogel chose to replace Westbrook with 8:47 left in the fourth quarter, after which he was firmly pinned on the bench and never got a chance to play. This time, Westbrook did not show anger and unwillingness again, wei shao, who had long lost self-confidence, accepted all this calmly, and waved a towel hard off the field, when the hero James of the field came down to meet the cheers of the whole audience, Wei Shao patiently waited for old Zhan and melon, Ariza and other teammates to clap one by one, and then took the initiative to high-five to send blessings.
This Lakers have a vague tendency to get back on track, after all, LeBron, who opened the "all-out Zhan" mode, will always be trustworthy, and they may really have a chance to break through in the playoffs after waiting for the return of the thick eyebrow brother. The only question is what kind of awkward positioning Westbrook is, and whether he can be trusted when the bayonet is in the decisive stage? Maybe only by waiting until the offseason can we give the Lakers and Wei Shao a relief to each other.