On December 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Lakers hosted the Rockets, Vanderbilt returned, before the game, the Lakers 11-9 ranked 7th in the West, while the Rockets were 8-8 ranked 9th in the West, the two sides have played twice before, each other has won and lost, who can win today is worth looking forward to. Lakers starters: Russell + Prince + Reddish + James + thick eyebrows, Rockets starters: VanVleet + Jalen Green + Dillon + Smith + Shin Jing.
At the beginning of the game, Prince hit a three-point shot, Shen Jing blocked thick eyebrows, Jalen Green jumped, Shen Jing and James scored successively, the two teams played very intensely, and then Dillon, Smith and Jalen Green played a wave of streams, Shen Jing also scored in the middle of the shot, the Rockets opened the point difference, Russell stopped the bleeding in time with three points, James singled Dillon to cause 2+1, Shen Jing threw and responded, James made free throws to continue to cut points, Holiday responded with three points, thick eyebrows ate cakes and dunked, Christie outside** , thick eyebrows threw again, Russell made a layup, the Lakers instantly narrowed the difference, the thick eyebrows jumped to chase 23 draws, Shen Jing scored three points, Tate rebounded, Jalen Green shot, the Rockets stabilized the situation, Reaves hit three points, and the Lakers fell behind by 5 points at 25-30 in a single quarter.
James scored six points in the first quarter and eight points and four rebounds. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets' shooting rate dropped sharply, James scored continuously, Smith dunked with both hands on the Rockets' side, Reaves made a foul, Reddish picked a basket, and Reeves made another 2+1, thick eyebrows tossed to help the Lakers overtake, Reaves has been scoring in this quarter, and also staged a two-handed dunk, Christie also completed the dunk, on the other hand, the Rockets suffered a scoring drought, Udoka had no choice, the Lakers expanded the difference to double digits, Ham sent a three-guard lineup, fortunately, the Lakers did not make a mistake, Reaves hit a three-point shot, James made a layup, Van Jordan scored three points to stop the bleeding for the Rockets, and as a result, James made a 360-degree aerial rotation layup, which was also too showy, and the Lakers were 60-44 Rockets at halftime.
Halftime statistics, James 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Bushy Mei 16 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks, Russell 5 points and 4 assists, Reaves 15 points and 2 rebounds, 15 points all from the second quarter, Prince 3 points and 3 rebounds, Christie 5 points and 3 rebounds. On the Rockets' side, Van Jordan had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Jalen Green had 8 points and 4 rebounds, Dillon had 4 points, Smith had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Shen Jing had 9 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Yibian fought again, at the beginning of the game, Jalen Green and thick eyebrows scored each other's layups, Dillon and Shen Jing scored three points, and Russell jumped and thick eyebrows responded with a violent dunk, the difference was 12 points, the Rockets fought back tenaciously, Prince stopped the bleeding in time with three points, and then made a layup, scoring 5 points in a row, with a difference of 17 points, Shen Jing hooked his hand, Smith made a foul, Christie responded with three points, Vanderbilt missed three points, Van Jordan led the Rockets to narrow the gap with three points, the Lakers were very tough, Reddish cut 4 points in a row, Holiday with a big hat Holiday with a difference of 15 points, Reaves stole Jalen Green, Van der Biao three points actually did not stick to three points, thick eyebrows hat Eason, Reeves tossed, and then made one of two free throwsChristie hit a three-pointer to end the third quarter with the Lakers 86-72 Rockets.
In the crucial final quarter of the game, can the Lakers withstand the offensive of the Rockets?James missed two free throws in the opening game, and Reddish made a layup to make a 2+1, James made a layup, the Lakers expanded the difference again, once leading by 19 points, Udoka was expelled, Ethan and Van Jordan scored successively, thick eyebrows hooked hands to respond, 15 points, the Rockets did not give up and wanted to fight back, as a result, James assisted thick eyebrows dunk, Christie made fouls, the Lakers did not give the Rockets a chance to chase points, Van Jordan scored three points, thick eyebrows ate cakes and dunked, both sides gradually changed to the bench lineup, Whitmore got the opportunity to appear, after the game, the thick eyebrows beat his chest to celebrate, the Lakers were really brutal, and finally the Lakers beat the Rockets 107-97.
The Lakers defeated the Rockets again, and the two sides have met three times this season, with the Lakers winning two games and losing the one due to the absence of Brother Bush, after which the Lakers' record has come to 12-9 and remains in seventh place in the West. In terms of data, James had 16 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 turnovers, and he had not fully exerted his strength, in the second half of the second quarter, James made a 360-degree turnaround and layup, stunning the whole court. Brother Thick Eyebrows 27 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks, integrated offense and defense, thick eyebrows were suppressed by Shen Jing in the first quarter, from the second quarter, thick eyebrows were obviously a lot tougher, and scored many times on the inside, Shen Jing couldn't prevent it at all, and on the other hand, Shen Jing's data is also very good, but in fact, in the face of thick eyebrows, Shen Jing can only float outside to shoot, and the inside line can't hit at all.
Russell had nine points, seven assists and five steals, and Reddish had 11 points and five rebounds. The Lakers also have three winning wonders, the first is Reaves, who scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, and scored 15 points in the second quarter, setting a new career record for single-quarter scores, and is the hero of the Lakers' widening of the point gap. followed by Prince, who contributed 11 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, the statistics seem average, but the defensive end is remarkable, locking Jalen Green. Finally, there was Christie, who played well, contributing 12 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. In this game, the only thing the Lakers need to complain about is Ham, and he was replaced with three guards in the second quarter, but fortunately, Reaves suddenly broke out and made up for Ham's mistakes, plus the Rockets suffered a scoring drought, and the Lakers were not narrowed in the end.
Rocket data, Shen Jing cut 21 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, he is still the most stable player of the Rockets, Smith 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Jalen Green 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 turnovers, bad hand, frequent mistakes, it turns out that the Rockets can't build a team around Green, the future still depends on Shen Jing, Ethan 6 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, the Rockets are four less, only Shen Jing's performance is barely okay. VanVleet had 22 points, five rebounds and seven assists, and Dillon had 10 points and two rebounds. After losing to the Lakers, the Rockets have suffered three straight losses, with an 8-9 record, falling to 10th in the West, overtaken by the Clippers, the problem for the Rockets is that they are too young, and once they establish a lead, they can't keep it all the time.