Beijing time on March 15, the NBA regular season Lakers home against the Raptors, the Lakers collapsed in the first quarter, lost 21 points in a single quarter, and then the Lakers were always in a state of chasing points, lagging behind by 28 points at most, although the last quarter once chased only 9 points, but the Lakers still lost to the Raptors, suffered two consecutive defeats.
The Lakers have lost frequently recently, ranking 9th in the West, 5.5 wins behind the 8th-place Clippers, and only 1.5 wins ahead of the 10th Pelicans, and the playoff playoffs are not secure, and the Lakers lost to the Suns in the last game. The Raptors are in a good position, ranking 7th in the East and still have hopes of making it into the top 6, having previously won three straight games.
James was the starting center again, and the Lakers began to dig holes as soon as they came up in the first quarter, hitting only 1 of their first 11 shots and being played by opponents for a 21-2 start. The Raptors' Barnes scored 15 points on 7-of-8 in the first quarter, one-man score surpassed the Lakers' entire team's 12 points, and the Lakers lost 21 points in the first quarter. The Raptors once widened the point difference to 24 points in the second quarter, and the Lakers improved at one point, narrowing the point difference to 14 points, but the Lakers still trailed by 18 points in the halftime, and James once angrily smashed the ball and expressed dissatisfaction with his teammates.
Easy to fight again, the Raptors still suppress the Lakers, James's feel revived, he hit two consecutive three-pointers, one of which also made 3+1, but the Raptors' offense was equally sharp, Trent hit a three-pointer, and the Raptors led by 22 points to stop the Lakers. The Lakers just had a good start to narrow the point gap, the Raptors quickly opened the point difference again, once leading by 28 points, the Lakers still recovered some points at the end of the quarter, trailing by 20 points at the end of the third quarter.
At the beginning of the last quarter, James and Westbrook both stayed on the court, the Lakers played a small climax in the middle of the quarter, gradually narrowing the point difference, when the game was 3 and a half points left, Anthony made all three free throws, the point difference came to 11 points, and the Lakers saw hope. James scored in singles Trent, and the point difference came to single digits, with only 2 minutes left. The Lakers failed to create a miracle, and the Raptors seized the opportunity to finally defeat the Lakers and win 4 consecutive wins.
James's data in this game is based on good, 11 of 19 shots to get 30 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, but there are 5 mistakes, from the game point of view, James's fighting spirit is still very strong, the first half of the angry smashing ball roared at teammates, expressed the determination to win, Westbrook got 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, only 1 mistake, plus or minus is the only player among the starters who are not negative, Anthony and Tucker on the bench both scored in double figures. The Raptors scored six in double figures and three scored more than 20 points.