Autumn and Winter Check-in Challenge
At 11:00 Beijing time on December 6, the NBA midseason quarter knockout game officially started, the Los Angeles Lakers sat at home, and Durant Booker led the Suns to challenge the Lakers away. The Lakers beat the Suns twice in the regular season this season, but Booker didn't play at the time. Zhan Meihe scored 58 points, 23 rebounds and 12 assists, beating Dub with 52 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists. The Lakers narrowly defeated the Suns 106-103 at home to advance to the semifinals of the midseason tournament and beat the Suns three times this season.
Both sides start. Lakers: James, Bushy Eyebrows, Russell, Reddish, Prince.
Suns: Durant, Booker, Gordon, Grayson Allen, Nurkic.
The game started with Nurkic and Bushy Eyebrows jumping the ball. Suns player, Booker offense. Booker passed to Durant, and opened his hand to make a three-point shot, but unfortunately missed. James assisted on Russell and scored with a three-point burst. Booker dribbled the ball under his hip in a row, and the referee blew the whistle and blew Nurkic for a three-second offensive offense. Durant faced James, ignored the defense, and pulled out the ** James from the mid-range. Booker hit a step-back jumper. James shook Gordon down, dribbled to the bottom corner and missed the shot. Booker assisted Nurkic to score on a basket, and James went straight to the basket and scored a low-handed layup. Thick eyebrows fell to the ground and shot 2+1, James didn't look at the second pass to Prince and scored a layup. Durant hit Vanderbilt with his back, and the left side hit a forced layup ignoring the defense, and the thick eyebrows were not used to directly rewarding Chongqing hot pot. Okogie steals Rivers and Little hits a three-pointer. Booker replaced Durant with 2:22, and in the final two minutes, the Suns did not score. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Suns 33-23. Thick eyebrows had 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in the first quarter. The Suns had nine turnovers in a single quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, James broke through to make a layup and hit a board. Booker couldn't throw it high, and Eubanks made a basket. Allen drew a foul on Hayes and made both free throws. Hayes missed the whistle shot, James rebounded in the frontcourt, and the two missed consecutive baskets. The Suns attacked, and the referee blew for a foul on Eubanks for an off-ball cover. Rivers glides in. Goodwin hit a two-pointer and James assisted Hachimura on a three-pointer to score. James forced Goodwin to make it 2+1. Goodwin scored a three-pointer, and Durant countered with a dunk. Russell hit a three-pointer and James assisted on a dunk from the thick eyebrows. At halftime, the Lakers led the Lakers 59-47. Bushy eyebrows had 20 points and 6 rebounds in the half, and Nurkic had 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
In the third quarter of the game, Booker assisted Allen to score a fast break and dunk, Reddish hit Booker's head for a foul, Booker hit two free throws, Allen had two three-point arrows, and thousands of troops came to see each other. The Lakers were stopped, and Durant broke through to the basket and took off for a dunk. The Lakers didn't score for two and a half points. Booker fought back with the Suns to overtake the score. The Suns were firing on all cylinders, blasting out a wave of 14-0 climax. James saw that his teammates couldn't do it, so he came by himself. Bulldozer crushing layup scores. Rivers scored a backhand layup, and Allen had a three-pointer. Durant broke through the drift and scored with a one-handed throw. Rivers hit a three-pointer. Rivers countered and hit a layup. Durant swung the Grim Reaper's scythe and shot his eyebrows with three points of rage. Rivers broke through to make it 2+1. After three quarters, the Lakers led the Suns 83-82.
In the final quarter of the game, James broke through, causing Booker to foul and hit both free throws. Booker singled out Hayes and fired a shot from beyond the three-point line. Hachimura made a strong angry dunk under the basket. Booker threw the ball into the air, and Little fell from the sky and dunked in the air. James continued to make strong penetrations and threw in. James made another three-pointer and scored seven points in a row. Durant responded with a three-pointer. James broke through and caused Durant to foul and hit both free throws. Booker also drew a foul on Reddish and made both free throws. James stopped abruptly and picked up the knife. James pulls up a layup and scores. Durant broke through the basket and suddenly scored a hard brake jumper. Booker pushed forward and went straight past James for a layup. James didn't give the ball to him, and Rivers scored a three-pointer himself. Durant scored with a folding lever in the air. Rivers was caught and lost the ball, but the referee blew the whistle and called a timeout for the Lakers. (It is said that James called it). After the timeout, James couldn't pass the ball and called a timeout. Gordon fouled, Bushy made free throws, made one of two free throws, and Booker rebounded. Durant received the ball and shot three points, and the three did not touch. At the end of the game, the Lakers narrowly beat the Suns 106-103 at home.
Full-court stats: Lakers: James 31 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists; Thick eyebrows 27 points and 15 rebounds; Reddish 4 points and 2 rebounds; Prince had 5 points and 3 rebounds; Russell 8 points and 5 assists; Reaves 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists; Momo Hachimura 7 points and 2 rebounds; Vanderbilt 1 point and 6 rebounds; Christie 3 points.
Suns: Grayson Allen 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists; Durant 31 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists; Booker 21 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists; Gordon 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists; Nurkic 3 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists; Eubanks had 6 points and 2 rebounds; Goodwin 7 points and 6 rebounds; Little 5 points.