On March 22, Beijing time, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Lakers away to challenge the Cavaliers, which is a showdown between the tenth in the West and the sixth in the East. At the beginning of the first quarter, James took the lead, Reeves hit two yuan in a row, and the Lakers played a 6-0 offensive attack, but soon Mobley broke the scoring drought, and then Garland teamed up with Stevens and Mobley to score 7 points, and the Lakers were suspended. Timeout back, Markkanen three-point knife fall, Howard dry plucked green onions to return 2 points, Garland strong kill basket also has, soon, Stevens also played 2 +1, James dunk also in color, Augustine also hit a three-pointer, the first quarter of the battle, the Lakers fell behind by 7 points.
Entering the second quarter, James teamed up with Bradley to score 5 points, Westbrook rained three points, Mobley spent 2 points in mid-range, James scored 4 points in a row, Osman suddenly gave a cold arrow, three points and a hundred steps through Yang, Bradley did not hesitate to let go, strong kill basket under 2 points into the account, James also had a layup, the Cavaliers suspended. The timeout came back, Anthony won the mid-range, Garland and James exchanged three points, Garland did not want to show weakness, played 2+1, James layup to tie the score. After that, Markkanen's vacant three-point splash, Augustine hit two three-pointers, and the HalfTime ended, and the Lakers achieved a 67-62 rebound.
Easy side to fight again, Howard dunk first to take 2 points, Reeves also rained three points, but O'Corro quickly joined hands with Markkanen to score 8 points, and soon after, Westbrook blossomed in mid-range, Gary Buel also completed a powerful dunk, Garland high difficulty 2 points to stop bleeding, Westbrook played a feeling, quickly returned a three-pointer, Augustine was infected, three points and one arrow through the heart, Munch breakthrough also had, however, LeVille was bold, leaned back to the middle distance, James continued to kill the inside line frequently to get points, Lefu joined hands with Stevens to score 4 points, At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers trailed by 1 point.
In the final quarter, Johnson scored 2 points first, James joined hands with Munch to score 5 points, Stevens 2 points to stop the bleeding, James felt bursting, riding archery and then took 2 points, O'Corro returned with three points, Westbrook was in danger, playing 2+1, Mobley also responded with a 2+1, Johnson also broke through and scored 2 points, and the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, the Lakers hit a 7-0 mini-climax led by James, Garland threw 2 points to stop the bleeding, and Johnson and O'Corro crossed three points. In the final battle, James scored four points in a row, and Markkanen hit another three point, but James hit 2 points to kill the game, and in the end, the Lakers defeated the Cavaliers 131-120.
After this game, the Lakers' record was 31 wins and 41 losses, ranking ninth in the West, and the Cavaliers were ended in a two-game winning streak, with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses, ranking sixth in the East. In this game, James played 41 minutes, 17 of 29, exploding 38 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists; Westbrook 7 of 14, contributing 20 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists; Augustine made a big surprise, 7 of 7, cut 20 points; Reeves 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists; Gary Buel had 9 points and 6 rebounds; Munch had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists; Johnson had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals.
For the Cavaliers, Garland had 29 points and 16 assists on 10-of-23 shooting; Mobley was 6-of-11 and contributed 13 points and five rebounds; Markkanen was 6-of-12 with 18 points and nine rebounds; Stevens had 16 points and six rebounds; Le Vere had 13 points, three rebounds and two assists; and Love had 8 points, six rebounds and four assists. After this game, James set a new NBA record, according to statistics, after the age of 35, James has scored 30+ triple-doubles 6 times, the most in NBA history, in addition to only Kobe Bryant and Larry Bird have done 1 time.