On January 31, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today ushered in the focus of the battle between the Lakers and the Hawks.
And this game is also a test for the Lakers against Murray the Eagle, is it worth fighting for the Lakers? As a result, Murray performed well, scoring 24 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, and 2 steals, with the highest plus/minus in the game. In the end, the Lakers lost to the Hawks 122-138, and James contributed 20 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists on 7-of-17 shooting from the field, Rivers had 28 points and 6 assists, and Russell only had 9 points and 5 assists.
Murray scored 8 points and 5 assists in the first quarter, organized a scoring defense, and completely crushed the Lakers' guard line. At the same time, Ham used the three-guard lineup of Russell, Rivers and Christie in the second half of the first quarter, and he really couldn't change Ham, who was obsessed with the guard lineup. At the beginning of the second quarter, James assisted Wood for a dunk, and at the same time sent another assist to Vanderbilt to stop the Hawks. As a result, the Lakers' offense was weak in the second half, and with Bogda's three-point opening, the Lakers finally trailed the Hawks 56-67 in the first half.
However, at the beginning of the second half, no one expected that the Hawks would quickly pull the difference to more than 20 points in three minutes, and James repeatedly attacked and fell to the ground to make fouls, struggling to support. In the second half of the third quarter, the two teams opened up three-pointers, and no one could guard anyone, and finally with Rivers' three-point failure to score at the whistle, the Lakers trailed the Hawks by 15 points at 88:103.
In the fourth quarter, Laker James took the lead in shooting a three-pointer to narrow the score to 12 points, and then Hachimura made a steal to score a dragon to pull the difference to 10 points, and Trae Young then attacked to make fouls, two free throws, James reorganized the offense, scored two points in an inside pass, Bogdanovic also colored, and then Rivers broke through and scored two points, and the game entered a scorching tug-of-war. However, when the Lakers pulled the score into within 10 points, Murray scored three consecutive breakthroughs as soon as he came up, scoring six points in a row, showing the Lakers what is called an all-round guard, which is simply an offensive and defensive organization.
Lakers: Rivers, Russell, James, Prince, Hayes.
Hawks: Trae Young, Bey, Jalen Johnson, Murray, Capela.
Lakers: James 20 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, Rivers 28 points and 6 assists, Russell 9 points and 5 assists, Hachimura 16 points.
Hawks: Trae Young 26 points and 13 assists, Bey 24 points, 4 assists and 9 rebounds, Jalen Johnson 19 points and 11 rebounds, Murray 24 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, Capela 13 points and 12 rebounds, Bogdanovic 18 points.