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In the Lakers' 124-108 victory over the Pelicans to lock up the 8th place in the West, James contributed 28 points, 11 rebounds and 17 assists behind the triple-double, "frozen" Zion is the cornerstone, which is interpreted in detail to fans in the form of slow motion.
James led the Lakers to a 28+11+17+5 victory over the Pelicans
There are champions every year, but James has only one history, and the first-half champion duel is the best proof.
James first defense
In the first defense of the opening game, James bent his knees, bowed his waist, gave confrontation, and put on a hand-to-hand combat posture, Zion was a little stunned and handed over the ball directly, and when Varan shot three points, James completely blocked Zion behind him and did not give him a chance to grab a rebound.
James second defense
Zion and Varan blocked, James and Thick Eyebrows formed a change of defense, Zion wanted to use speed to break through Thick Eyebrows, James staged a classic squeezing through the defense, blocking in front of Varan at any time to attack, Zion was forced to hand over the ball again.
James caused Zion to make a turnover1
Zion finally got up and wanted to hit his back in the left low post, James stuck to the horse without flinching, Zion jumped up to the middle distance when James was everything, and the ball flew out of the baseline and missed.
James causes Zion to make a mistake 2
Zion and Nance Jr. switched defenses after blocking and dismantling, the thick-eyed goshawk pounced on the rabbit and was robbed, and James reached out his left arm and stabbed it, causing Zion to make a mistake again.
James counters for layup after defending Zion
After the Pelicans took a timeout, Zion once again plucked up the courage to rush to James, and as a result, the close offensive basket was defended by James again, James grabbed the rebound and directly counterattacked the layup, and the gap in the ability of the two jumped on the paper.
James defends Zion again
Positional battle, Zion turned back, James gave the confrontation and forced him to be unable to enter the paint area, Zion jumped high to the middle distance, James jumped to interfere, causing Zion to hit the iron again.
James causes Zion to make a turnover3
The Pelicans had 3.5 seconds to attack in the first half, and then looked for Zion with a ball, James predicted a direct steal, but he couldn't get a heavy dunk at the whistle.
Under James's main defense, Zion only scored 4 points in 1 of 6 in the first half, 5 assists but 4 turnovers, failed to play to a normal level, the Lakers 70-53 established a 17-point advantage, and this is also the epitome of James's full-game frozen Zion, which is reflected in the data: Zion only scored 14 points with a shooting rate of 30.8% in 4 of 13, and the plus/minus value in the game was -21, the second worst on the team!