On November 5, the Lakers played at home to the Thunder, leading 52-48 in the first half. James was out for at least a week due to an abdominal injury, the Lakers turned Jordan Jr. back in the starting lineup, and Bradley also started. Davis and Westbrook both played solidly in the first half. Davis had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, and Westbrook contributed 14 points and 4 rebounds. The Lakers pulled the score apart with a ferocious attack in the first half of the second quarter.
In this game, the Lakers' three substitutes Howard, Rondo and Ellington all returned from injury, and the lineup rotation was sufficient, and coach Vogel used 11 people to play in the first half.
The Lakers duo took the lead in threatening, Westbrook scored at the beginning of the first quarter, Davis threatened at the basket, hooked the shot, and then made up the basket to score. Davis also assisted Bradley's jumper to score, and the Lakers made it an 8-0 perfect start. The Thunder relied on Bezley and Alexander to chase points. Rookie Gedy played poorly in the first half of this game, scoring no points on 0-of-4 shooting, assisting 2 times and making 4 turnovers.
Davis was hot in the game, and he dominated the inside line after the Thunder relied on Beziley to shoot three points. Brother Thick Brow scored 3 consecutive shots, the game went on less than 5 minutes, Thick Brow Brother has scored 10 points, the rest of the Lakers players 4 points. Thick-browed brother scored a second offense, scoring 12 points in the half quarter. Thick-browed brother also scored one more shot in the second half of the first quarter, contributing 14 points in the first quarter.
Westbrook scored five points in the first quarter and the Lakers led 25-21 in the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, Wei Shao led the Lakers' second team to open the score. Anthony, Howard, Reeves, Munch and others scored consecutive points. With 6 minutes and 21 seconds left in the second quarter, the Lakers led by 19 points 44-25. The Thunder then set off a wave of points chasing. Jerome, Muscala and Alexander scored consecutive points. In particular, Jerome scored two consecutive three-pointers in the final minute, and the Thunder tied the Lakers at 27 in the second quarter. Jerome became a Thunder benchman, scoring 13 points in nine minutes with plus-minus +16.
The Lakers' last time they played against the Thunder, their 26-point lead was reversed. In this game, the Lakers were like a roller coaster in the first half, leading by 19 points at most, but in the first half, they only led by 4 points at 52-48.