The NBA Christmas game ushered in the game between the Lakers and the Celtics, and the Lakers used the starting lineup after the last game of the change, with James, Reddish, Prince, Vanderbilt and Davis, and the Celtics Porzingis ushered in a comeback, and Holiday and Tatum, Brown, White and Porzingis starting.
In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers started slowly and were beaten 12-0 by the Celtics, and 7 of the Celtics' 12 points were scored by Brown, and the Lakers were forced to take a timeout. After the timeout, James had two layups blocked by Porzingis, and it was Reddish's three-pointer who broke the deadlock.
The Lakers lacked some patience on the offensive end, and the offensive shot was a little anxious, and they didn't find the best way. After the timeout, the Lakers significantly increased the tempo of their offense, thus tearing down the Celtics' defense. Davis did a good job of rebounding on the second side, completing back-to-back baskets, and James also caused a kill on the transition offense.
In terms of success rate, Celtic were clearly superior, always taking chances to score, whether on the counter-attack or in position, so the score was further stretched. After Porzingis went off, the Lakers went on a 9-0 run, and the Lakers trailed the Celtics 23-32 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Celtics regained their touch from the outside, with Holiday and Pritchard hitting three-pointers, while the Lakers' Prince and James also hit three-pointers. I have to praise Pritchard, who helped the Celtics score 8 points in a row. After Davis returned to the game, the Lakers took the initiative, Hachimura completed the dunk on Porzingis, Davis also hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers chased the score to three points.
With four minutes left in the quarter, James and Brown made physical contact and both fell to the ground in pain。James was then substituted, and after this small episode, Porzingis finally made his fifth three-point shot, but the Lakers' offense was de-energized, and after Holiday threw in the middle range, the Celtics stretched the score to six points.
Reaves made his trademark foul with the ball, scored a two-and-one, and Prince hit a three-pointer to help the Lakers equalize. James chased Tatum to complete the block, but the referee gave a foul, and the Lakers failed the challenge and sent Tatum to the free throw line!After hitting both free throws, Porzingis scored on a layup, Lakers Prince hit a three-pointer, and Davis hit a step-back jumper to give the Lakers a 57-58 halftime trail over the Celtics.
In the third quarter of the game, James took the lead in scoring a basket to help the Lakers overtake the score, and Prince also hit a three-pointer. Celtics Brown, Porzingis and Tatum drew fouls on back-to-back fires and scored from free throws. The Lakers relaxed on the court during this time, and did not let the Celtics play a transition offense one after another, Porzingis and Brown completed dunks, and Holiday also hit a three-point shot, and the difference was overtaken by the Celtics by 5 points.
After the timeout, the Lakers began to let Davis score in the low post, and Prince continued to shoot three-pointers (he made his fifth three-pointer), but White immediately responded, and Porzingis also caused Davis to foul, score through free throws, and then hit three points, and the difference was stretched to about 10 points.
At the critical moment, Davis dunked Porzingis, and then faced Porzingis to score strongly, Reaves made a steal and converted the offensive three-point shot, narrowing the gap to 4 points and stopping the Celtics. On the contrary, Hachimura felt cold in this game, and the three-point score is currently 0 of 7.
After the Celtics called a timeout, the Lakers had problems with the defense, not only allowing Hauser to score unguarded under the basket, but then Horford and White converted three-point shots to stretch the gap to 13 points, and Reaves also returned a three-pointer. At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers trailed the Celtics 90-99, and the Lakers allowed the Celtics to score 41 points in the quarter, and the Lakers themselves scored 33 points.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the two sides fought chaotically on the court, and in the end it was the Green Army that took the lead in finding the state, Holiday scored under the basket, Horford scored three points, Brown scored two plus one with a basket, and the difference was stretched to 14 points, Ham could only replace Reeves and Davis in advance, replacing Russell and Hayes.
Davis continued to score after coming on and had a very good three-point shot lately, before scoring on a solo run by Porzingis. James made a pass error, and the Green Army converted to attack Tatum to complete the dunk!The Lakers were unable to close the score. In the last two minutes, although Hachimura made two consecutive three-pointers, the defense could not contain the opponent, Porzingis and White scored in a row, and finally the Celtics defeated the Lakers 126-115 and won the Christmas game.
Player statistics for both sides in this match.
Lakers: Davis 40 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, Prince 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, James 16 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, Vanderbilt 6 points and 6 rebounds, Reddish 5 points, Hachimura 12 points and 3 rebounds, Reaves 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, Russell 8 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.
Celtics: Porzingis 28 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, Tatum 25 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Brown 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, Holiday 18 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, White 18 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Pritchard 10 points and 2 rebounds, Horford 6 points and 6 rebounds.