On January 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Lakers hosted the Heat, Butler continued to be absent in this game, and the Lakers Zhan Mei can play, in terms of strength, the Lakers are definitely above the Heat without Butler, but looking at the whole court, the Lakers are passive most of the time. Heat starters: Lowry + Herro + Harks + Jovic + Adebayo, Lakers starters: Reaves + Prince + Reddish + James + thick eyebrows.
In the first quarter of the game, Lowry hit two free throws at the beginning, James and Reaves scored consecutive points in response, Jovic scored three points, Reeves made a three-point foul, Adebayo shot, Lowry scored three points, Jovic made a layup, the Heat gradually gained the upper hand, the Lakers were seriously inaccurate on the outside, and there were many mistakes, and after a pause, Herro hit all three free throws, and then threw a three-pointer, Hakes received empty, the Lakers were already behind by double digits, Van der Biao dunked and thick eyebrows made free throws to stop the bleeding, Wood hit the iron with three points, Christie did not have three points, fortunately, the Heat's shooting rate was not high, so the point difference did not continue to expand, Reaves made fouls, Christie made a layup, Adebayo dunked, Reaves three points or no, Van Debiao made a layup, and the Lakers trailed by 7 points at 18-25 in the first quarter.
According to statistics, the Lakers went 0-of-7 from the outside in the first quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter, Ham sent Schifino, Christie and Richardson exchanged three points, Schifino didn't score an empty basket, Ham is a bit outrageous, Schifino and Christie were on the court at the same time, James made a layup, Wood made a basket, Hakes hat Schifino, Dunroe scored a layup, the Lakers fell behind by 8 points, Schifino was replaced, thick eyebrows and Reeves took turns to score, but the Heat always had someone to stand up and respond, the point difference did not narrow, Lefu missed two free throws, and the thick eyebrows dunked to cause 2+1, Herro responded with a three-pointer, the difference was 10 points, Christie scored 5 points in a row, much better than Schifino, but Lowry shot a three-point response, Wood dunked with both hands, Herro fell to the ground and scored, and the Lakers beat the Lakers 45-53 Heat at halftime.
Halftime statistics, thick eyebrows 12 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, Reaves 11 points, 6 assists and 2 rebounds, Christie 10 points and 2 rebounds, Lao Zhan 4 points and 4 rebounds, Wood 4 points and 5 rebounds, Van der Biao 4 points. On the Heat side, Herro had 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Love had 4 points and 5 rebounds, Jovic had 10 points and 6 rebounds, Lowry had 8 points, 5 assists and 2 rebounds, Harkes had 6 points and 3 assists, and Adebayo had 5 points and 3 rebounds.
Yibian fought again, James scored a layup at the beginning, Herro hit a three-pointer, and then James and Prince hit three points, thick eyebrows and Adebayo scored each other, Lowry made a layup, thick eyebrows hat Adebayo, Reaves jumper, James dunked, the difference was 7 points, Herro and Jovic scored in a row, the difference was not big, but the Lakers just couldn't overtake, thick eyebrows made up for the basket, Harks responded with three points, thick eyebrows throw, Christie faced Adebayo with both hands and scored, thick eyebrows were still cutting points, but the Lakers just didn't score, resulting in too many opportunities to chase points, thick eyebrows threw to stop the Heat, and after coming back, thick eyebrows threw again, but missed, Richardson jumped and hit iron, Reaves three points or no, the third quarter ended with the Lakers 67-72 Heat.
James layup, Richardson throws, Wood 2+1 after the difference is only 2 points, this is a great opportunity for the Lakers, as a result, Deng Luo scored 5 points in a row, Harkes fired outside, Lefu layup, the Heat opened the gap again, Reaves stopped the bleeding with three points, and the thick eyebrows and hands dunked 2+1, Deng Luo hit two three-pointers in response, Harkes was also scoring, Richardson hit three points again, the Lakers had fallen behind by 15 points, the game completely lost suspense, James looked depressed after being replaced, left the game in tears, thick eyebrows were also bowing his head in contemplation, and finally the Lakers defeated the Heat 96-110.
Unexpectedly, the Lakers lost again, looking at the whole court, the Lakers had a large lead in the number of rebounds (51-39), but the result was still a loss, the reason was that the outside line was seriously inaccurate (4 of 30), and then there were too many turnovers (21), and James also played poorly, these three points are the main reasons for the Lakers to lose. In terms of statistics, Brother Thick Mei had 29 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 5 blocks and 5 turnovers. James finished with 12 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 turnovers on 6-of-18 shooting and 0-of-6 three-pointers, and was undoubtedly responsible for the loss.
If you don't play well, it's not good, there's nothing to wash, but if James plays normally, coupled with the thick eyebrows who broke out, the Lakers may not lose. Reaves had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 turnovers, and his offensive performance was okay, but the defensive end was also targeted.
Prince was 0 of 6, but he didn't score a point, only 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and Reddish also didn't score, sending 4 turnovers, these two are too iron. Christie had 14 points and 5 rebounds, 2-of-9 from three-point range was not very efficient, Vanderbilt had 4 points and 2 rebounds, Schifino scored 0-of-4 from the field, and Wood had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. On the whole, James, Prince, Reddish and Schifino, these people are not playing well, Ham also has problems, the rotation stage has Christie and Schifino on the court at the same time, this is undoubtedly digging a hole, I have to say, Ham hurry up and get out of class.
After losing to the Heat, the Lakers have suffered three consecutive defeats, although they are still 10th in the West, but the difference in wins has been tied by the 11th Warriors, the play-off situation has changed dramatically, the Lakers and the Warriors have become difficult brothers, can these two teams still make the play-offs?
Heat stats: Herro 21 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, Jovic 15 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist, Harkes 16 points and 8 assists, Adebayo 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Lowry 10 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals, the Heat's starting five Tigers played very well, on the other hand, the Lakers, two starters scored zero. Dunroe had 13 points and two assists, Love had 10 points, 14 rebounds and three assists, a season-high number of rebounds, and Richardson had 10 points. After beating the Lakers, the Heat remain in fourth place in the East.