On October 27, Beijing time, in the second round of the 2023-24 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers sat at home and faced their old rival Phoenix Suns. In this game, the Suns' two cores, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal, were absent due to injury, and Kevin Durant led the team to face the Lakers James, Davis, and Russell's Big Three. The Suns led by 12 points in the first three quarters, but the Lakers blew out a 28-11 disparity in the final quarter, and finally the Lakers won 100-95 and won the first victory of the new season. In terms of statistics, the Suns' Durant scored 39 points and 11 rebounds, and the Lakers duo James and Davis combined for 51 points, 19 rebounds and 11 assists.
In the last game against the Denver Nuggets, Brother Thick Mei accidentally missed the second half and scored 0 points, and was frantically ridiculed by the Nuggets home fans. It's just that in the first quarter of the game, the Lakers' outside efficiency was sluggish, shooting 1 of 9 three-pointers in a single quarter, and the Suns led by 12 points at 30-18.
In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers seized the opportunity of the Suns to rotate the lineup, and James also scored his first sports battle in this quarter, and then Davis hit a three-point shot, James blocked Gordon's layup, and also completed a wonderful domineering dunk, and the Lakers took the opportunity to play a wave of 21-5 super attack wave. At the critical moment, Durant, who was back on the line, scored 7 points in a row to help the team stabilize the situation, and the Suns responded to the Lakers with a wave of 15-3, and at the end of the half, the two sides fought 48-52 The Lakers trailed by 4 points.
Yibian fought again, Durant turned on the "Grim Reaper mode", and KD, who was wielding a scythe, completed consecutive mid-range shots in this quarter of the game, scoring 15 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter. The Lakers' side relied on multi-point flowering to barely support, Davis and Russell continued to block and dismantle free throw line shots, Reaves also saw the stitches, completed three-point shooting and counterattack layups, Hachimura also used his own confrontation to kill the basket many times, at the end of the quarter, Durant led the team to play another 11-4 small climax, and the Lakers fell behind by 12 points into the fourth quarter.
In the crucial final quarter of the game, the 38-year-old James took over the game, and he used two consecutive layups to help the Lakers overtake the score, and before that, Davis also showed his role as the core of the Lakers, not only on the offensive end of many baskets, but also on the defensive end also blocked Durant's key shots, and finally the Lakers defeated the Suns 100-95 and won the first victory of the new season.
This is the 21st season of James's career, and as the oldest player in the NBA league at present, Lao Zhan still maintains an efficient on-court performance, and it seems that the years have not affected him in any way, which can be called a model of "frozen age" in professional sports.