On December 26, the Lakers welcomed the challenge of their old rival Celtics at home, which was also the 17th Christmas game in the career of James, the core of the Lakers.
With a record of 17 Christmas games, this night should have been the night of a 39-year-old man, but perhaps because of the excessive profligacy against the Thunder before, this game, James started to play a bit like a 39-year-old man.
In the first quarter of the game, the Celtics' double probe made James see that the advantage of being young is that there is no need to warm up, and they led the team to a 32-23 lead of 9 points. In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers led by 8 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, the Lakers only trailed by 1 point, and there was not much gap between the two sides.
In the third quarter of the game, the feeling of James that fans were expecting was still not able to recover, when Lao Zhan's hand was not good, although the thick eyebrows continued to be hot, but the two fists were difficult to beat the four hands, in the third quarter of the game, the Lakers fell behind by 8 points in a single quarter at 33:41, and the Lakers fell behind by 9 points in the third quarter.
In the crucial fourth quarter, James's hand was still cold, which also made James dare not turn on the long-range shooting mode, the Celtics pulled the point difference to double digits, and as the time moved forward to the last 3 minutes, when the Lakers were not able to narrow the difference, the Lakers could only end the fate of losing, and they lost the Christmas war.
In the first half, James played 20 minutes, shooting 2 of 7, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 3 of 4 free throws, and got 8 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. However, after a collision with Brown to the knee, James' performance in the second half began to slump, which also marked a milestone for James' record night.
The Lakers lost, and the 39-year-old James suffered a mileage tragedy, and also suffered an injury that was heart-wrenching. So who is the slump on the Lakers' side?The first is Fan Debiao, Fan Debiao made 3 of 5 today, got 6 points, 6 rebounds and 4 turnovers, and his on-court win-loss value was -14, the worst win-loss value in the team. The second is Reddish, Reddish is 1 of 2, Reddish got 5 points, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls, Reddish's win-loss value is -12, the second worst on the team, the biggest problem for these two people today is not offensive efficiency, but defensive efficiency, in the face of double talk, their enthusiasm and initiative are still not enough, and their performance like this also makes them very likely to be sent away in the next trade.
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