The NBA regular season Spurs finally ended their longest 18-game losing streak against the Lakers, with Popovich's Spurs winning, Vassell scoring a career-high 36 points and Wembanyama netting a double-double. James is very regretful that in the absence of Brother Bush and Russell, he scored 23 points, 7 rebounds, 14 assists and 2 steals, including 14 assists which was his season high, and 9 assists in a single quarter in the second quarter, tying a career record.
In this game, the Lakers replaced the starters early in the final quarter and surrendered and conceded defeat, and after the game, James talked about the lack of personnel in an interview, saying:"We have to stay healthy. When we're healthy, we're one of the best teams in the league. When we are not healthy, we go through some ups and downs. I've said it over and over again, when we're healthy and at full strength, we can compete with anyone. ”
Obviously, James was a little unconvinced by such a fiasco, but his performance did not meet expectations, especially in the crucial second half, James only scored 5 points, although there were a lot of assists, but he missed consecutive shots, resulting in the Lakers not being able to narrow the gap in the final quarter and collapse and lose the game. James' plus/minus is an embarrassing -28.
James was shot in the face by opponents and teammates several times during the game, including being poked in the eye by Collins and being hit in the face by Wembanyama and teammate Hachimura, James said: "I have a bit of a headache, but I'll be fine. ”
After the game, Lakers coach Ham smiled when he hugged Popovich, and he said that the Lakers' injury problems, saying that the thick eyebrows have an ankle problem, Reddish has a knee injury, Russell is not feeling well, and Reaves has cramps when he goes off the court, so he lost the game.
After the Lakers won the midseason championship, there were indeed obvious fluctuations, the midseason belonged to the intensity to the highest, before rushing to the championship, after the midseason injury, fatigue and laxity all came, so there is now the fluctuation of the Lakers' record, the next opponent is the Knicks, the Bulls and the Timberwolves, the first in the West, looking forward to the Lakers' injured return as soon as possible.
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