NBA regular season games continue, lakers against the cavaliers game began, this season's Lakers performance is too bad, currently they are struggling for a playoff spot, the last game against the Wizards, the Lakers in the lead in the case of the opponent reversed, for the Lakers the next schedule is very difficult, to face the playoffs many times, plus the last 13 games, the Lakers lost 10 of them, the team morale is very low, So today's game is a game that the Lakers must win, and today the Lakers have changed, and the Lakers started: Westbrook, Reeves, James, Gabriel, Howard.
The Cavaliers have played very well this season, the team is currently sixth in the East with a record of 41 wins and 30 losses, and for the Cavaliers today they also have a good news, the main center Aaron who has been absent indefinitely due to a fractured left finger will return in the next three weeks, which is undoubtedly a huge positive for the Cavaliers, today's game Cavaliers starting lineup: Garland, Okoro, Stevens, Markkanen, Mobley.
After the start of the first quarter of the game, James jumped to score, Reeves scored 4 consecutive points on the layup, the Lakers started well, made a 6-0 start, but the power outage came without warning, Mobley dunked, Garland chased a three-point shot, and then assisted Stevens dunk, the Cavaliers a 9-0 small offensive wave stopped the Lakers, suspended back Wei Shaozuo foul two free throws one hit to help the Lakers break the scoring drought, Markkanen hit a three-pointer, Stevens hit a layup and caused a foul, the Cavaliers a wave of small climax to open the score, After O'Corro hit a three-point shot, the Cavaliers led by 12 points, And Munch responded with consecutive points, and after the first quarter, the Cavaliers led the Lakers by 7 points at 35:28.
After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Cavaliers maintained a lead in the score, james scored consecutive points in the middle of the game, Anthony scored 5 consecutive points, the two teams entered a tug-of-war, the score alternated to lead, the game of this quarter James was completely open, Augustine hit three-pointers consecutively, the half game was over, the Lakers led the Cavaliers by 2 points 67:62, this quarter James staged a wonderful shot of the former teammate Love, after halftime, James got 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in 9 of 14, New signing Augustine became a surpriser, scoring 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting in the 14 minutes, including five three-pointers.