With James blasting 50 points in a single game, the Lakers won a valuable victory with a tough last game against the Wizards.
In this case, the Lakers went to the road to challenge the Suns, and despite Paul's absence due to injury, the Suns' overall immediate combat strength was still outstanding, firmly occupying the first place in the league, 7.5 wins ahead of the second-place Grizzlies.
Although there is no record pressure, as soon as the game began, the Suns showed their determination to win, as well as a good game attitude and professional ethics, and played a high-quality performance at both ends of the attack and defense.
On the other hand, the Lakers, as a party with significantly worse hard power, are very negative in terms of game attitude, play lifeless games, and the point difference is pulled to double digits early.
Even so, the Lakers still have no change, and even the basic rotation position on the defensive end is unwilling to carry out, and there is no momentum and attitude to win the game.
The Suns were not affected, still playing with a board and an eye on both ends of the attack and defense, and the point difference was quickly stretched to 20 points, and at the end of the first quarter, they were already 24 points ahead.
Fortunately, James maintained a good offensive feel, and successively scored three points at the offensive end, helping the Lakers to chase the point difference to less than 15 points at one point.
But the problem is that the Lakers have no defense at all, and the short recovery on the offensive end is naturally not a cure for the symptoms, and after James' break, the point difference was quickly stretched to 20 points.
Even if James returned to the court, it could only help the team barely maintain the score, and at the end of the half, the Suns held a huge lead of 23 points.
Yi Bian fought again, the point difference remained above 20 points, and the Lakers did not change anything on the defensive end, nor did they have the slightest intention of winning the game.
The two teams fought each other on the offensive end, and as the Lakers' feel slipped at the end of the section, the Suns took advantage of the situation to pull the point difference to 30 points.
Then the Suns replaced the main players, which was a disguised announcement of the end of the game, and the last quarter was also reduced to garbage time, and finally the Suns easily defeated the Lakers 140-111 and won a 29-point victory.
Throughout the game, the Lakers did not pose any threat to the Suns, except for a brief pull in the first 5 minutes of the opening game, and have been passively beaten since then.
The Suns were naturally unceremonious, with 7 members of the team scoring in double figures, and the Lakers had no power to fight back, of which the core Booker scored 30 points, 10 assists and 4 breaks, and the interior core Ayton bombed 23 points, 16 boards and 2 assists.
In addition, Bridges 18 points, 6 boards and 3 assists, Crowder 11 points, 5 boards, 2 breaks and 2 caps, A-Holliday 12 points, 4 boards and 5 assists, Craig 11 points and 8 boards, McGee 10 points and 2 boards.
In terms of the Lakers, James continued his offensive performance, forced to clock in in in the 3rd quarter of the game, shooting 10 of 20, and handed over 31 points, 7 boards, 6 assists and 1 cap.
As a result, James's career total assists reached 10,000, becoming the only player in history to have at least 30,000 points + 10,000 assists + 10,000 rebounds.
Perhaps it is difficult to hide the joy after achieving the achievement, so that James is still filmed smiling on the sidelines in the face of the embarrassing situation of the team losing 29 points.
In addition, shortly after the game, reporter Gerald Bourguet revealed that despite the big score loss, James did not forget to reminisce after the game.
James and his old teammate James Jones, the current general manager of the Suns, talked freely, and the scene seemed to be very harmonious, and the two talked happily.
However, the Lakers' situation inevitably makes some veterans who have cut their salaries feel chilled, among which the famous Su Qun openly said after the game that the current Lakers are not worthy of the playoffs, and they are really sorry for Anthony, the whole game, Anthony shot 6 of 11 (4 of 7 out of 3), got 18 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
According to post-game statistics, since the All-Star Weekend, the Lakers have competed for 9 games.
In addition to James' single 56 points and single 50 points in the game, James did not score 50 games after the All-Star Weekend, and the Lakers record was a pitiful 0-7.
Fortunately, the competition for places in the Western Conference playoffs is not fierce, and after the loss, the Lakers still rank ninth in the West with 29 wins and 38 losses, 2.5 wins ahead of the eleventh Blazers, who are clear that this season will be messed up.