Beijing time, March 20, today, the Los Angeles Lakers away to challenge the Washington Wizards, this is a contest between the ninth in the West and the twelfth in the East, before this game, James is only 20 points away from surpassing Carl Malone's total scores in the regular season, so this campaign has attracted much attention. In the first quarter, the Lakers were the main guest, and under the leadership of James and Westbrook, the Purple and Gold Army led the opponent by 10 points at 36-26. Entering the second quarter, the Lakers once widened the point difference to 16 points, after which the whole team blossomed and narrowed the point difference to single digits.
With 5 minutes and 15 seconds left in the quarter, James received a pass from his teammate and cut to the basket and scored 2 points, so that James's total score in the regular season officially surpassed Carl Malone and became the second person in NBA history, behind Only Abdul-Jabbar. At this time, the away fans began to turn back, they stood up to applaud James, Pop also and James high-fived, made a familiar move in the Lakers period, after officially surpassing Carl Malone, James showed favor to the fans, and then went off the field to rest.
After James's rest, the two teams played you and me, Wei Shao even suddenly shot 4 points, James re-emerged, came up to take 2 points, soon, Wei Shao completed the steal, assistEd Munch completed the two-handed dunk, but Hachimura grabbed the offensive rebound, the basket was strong, Munch felt hot, the bottom corner rained three points, the Lakers defense had loopholes, Garford went down the dunk to stop the bleeding, the Lakers side played more and more smoothly, Anthony received James' pass, hit three points again, half-time, the Lakers led the opponent by 67-58 by 9 points.
James performed well, playing 17 minutes in the first half, 10 of 16, bombarding 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, only one turnover, plus or minus +10; Westbrook 5 of 6 in the half, contributing 10 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, 4 turnovers, plus or minus +5, this game, Westbrook's offensive state is good, there is a trend of winning triple-doubles; Munch is 4 of 5, with 11 points; Rivers is 2 of 3, contributing 7 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists; Anthony is 3 of 5, with 8 points and 4 rebounds; Johnson is 2 of 4, There were 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
On the Wizards' side, Kuzma was sidelined, with Avdia having 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-6 shooting; Pop was 2-of-7, contributing 9 points and 6 rebounds; Porzingis was 1-of-7 with 6 points and 3 assists; and Kispert had 8 points and 3 assists. For James's feat of surpassing Malone in regular season scores, the two major official media also sent congratulatory messages, and the Lakers officially released a poster and wore a crowned expression; the NBA official wrote: James is still making history. This game can be said to be James's personal exhibition game, this game, James did not disappoint, see if he can cut 50 points.