On December 24, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Lakers, who had lost four in a row, challenged the Thunder away today. Before the game, the Thunder were second in the West with 18 wins and 8 losses, while the Lakers were ninth in the West with 15 wins and 14 losses. Vanderbilt started in place of Russell.
In the first quarter, the two teams were almost looking in the mirror, if you go in, I will score, if you don't score, I won't score, and the score was tied many times. On the Lakers' side, James had a good three-point shooting percentage when he held the ball in the early stage;After Reaves came up, James scored on a back-to-back basket without the ball, and then Hachimura hit consecutive shotsAs for the Thunder, the main player is Alexander, if it is not his singles, or he will break through to score and assist his teammates by three points, relying on two consecutive shots in the last moment, the Thunder led by 3 points at 39-36.
As soon as the second quarter came up, the Lakers continued the good feel of the first quarter, taking advantage of Alexander's absence to play consecutive counterattacks, and overtook the score 49-42 after a wave of 13-3;After the Thunder narrowed the gap 4-0, the difference between the two teams has been around 3 points;However, after the thick eyebrows came up, the Thunder's offensive efficiency declined, and the Lakers played a wave of surges to extend the lead to double digits, and at halftime, the Lakers led by 12 points at 71-59.
In the first half of the third quarter, the Lakers continued the hot hand of the first half, James scored 10 points in the first half and also handed out 2 assists, helping the Lakers to score consecutive counterattacks to stretch the gap to 20 points. After James went down, Reaves came again, a 3-pointer, a 3+1, and then an assist of three points to help the Lakers stretch the gap by 26 points. However, then the Thunder went on a 9-0 run to narrow the differenceThen Hachimura missed two dunks, and Alexander scored consecutive difficult goals, and the three quarters ended with the Lakers leading by 16 points at 107-91.
In the first half of the fourth quarter, the Lakers' offensive efficiency declined, and the Thunder relied on continuous defensive counterattacks to narrow the gap to single digits, and then James and thick eyebrows scored to stabilize the situation slightly;Four minutes into the game, James scored 11 points in a row to help the Lakers lead by 15 points with more than 2 minutes left in the game, and finally the Lakers defeated the Thunder 129-120 to end a four-game losing streak.
In terms of personal data, James got 40 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, shooting 13 of 20 and 5 of 5 three-pointers
1, James scored 40+ for the first time this season;
2, continue to refresh the NBA history 21 season of the highest single-game score, previously James held 37 points;
3. After this game, James' career 40+ games came to 75, ranking eighth in history, and the top seven were Big O (77), Iverson (79), Baylor (88), Harden (101), Kobe (122), Jordan (173), and Chamberlain (271).
4. James is the oldest player in history to score 40+ and shoot 100% from three-point range.