On October 30, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Cavaliers challenged the Lakers away. After the game began, the two sides began to fight a battle, Jordan Jr. and James played in succession on the inside, Markkanen hit a three-pointer, and then Westbrook responded strongly in the same way, and in the second half of the first quarter, Sexton and Luck joined forces to play a 13-0 offensive climax, and after the first quarter, the Cavaliers led the Lakers by 7 points at 28-21.
In the second quarter, Garland and Markkanen felt hot, the Cavaliers' lead came to double digits, James scored a tough 2+1 to stop the bleeding, Andezmore also played in Westbrook, half-time, the two sides fought to 54 draws.
Easy side to fight again, Garland and Davis exchanged three points, Westbrook hit the inside line to cause damage, Rubio immediately responded with a 2+1, the score alternately rose, the third quarter was over, the Lakers led the Cavaliers by 3 points at 88-85.
In the final quarter, the offensive efficiency of both sides declined, Garland hit a three-pointer, Anthony immediately received a James assist in return, and then Davis and Bradley joined forces to play a wave of 7-0, the Cavaliers failed to play an effective counterattack, and the Lakers maintained the lead until the end. In the end, the Lakers won 113-101 at home to the Cavaliers.
Cavaliers stats: Colin Sexton 9 points and 3 rebounds; Darius Garland 18 points and 11 assists; Ricky Rubio 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists; Kevin Love 4 points and 3 rebounds; Evan Mobley 23 points and 6 rebounds.
Lakers stats: LeBron James 26 points and 8 assists; Anthony Davis 15 points and 9 rebounds; Russell Westbrook 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists; Carmelo Anthony 24 points and 5 rebounds; Avery Bradley 7 points.
[List of injuries]
CAVALIERS: Dylan Wendler is absent from a right hip injury.
Lakers: Taren Horton-Tucker is absent with a torn thumb ligament; Kendrick Nunn is absent with a sprained right ankle; Wayne Ellington is absent with a left hamstring injury.