On February 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Hornets hosted the Lakers today. In this game, the Hornets including Ball, Hayward and other 6 players were absent, and the whole game has been behind under the remnants. Miller and Bridges combined in the final quarter to close the comeback, and Reaves and Davis made free throws in the final minute to seal the win, and the Lakers beat the Hornets 124-118.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Russell scored the first layup, and Ismael scored six points in a row to color. Miller didn't let that out, first hitting a pull-up jumper from the free-throw line, and then a layup from the outside to help the Hornets go on an 11-4 run to get started. Russell made a layup to make it 2+1, James and Davis hit the basket one after another, and the Lakers quickly overtook the score. After the timeout, Davis was still unstoppable on the inside, and Prince also opened a three-pointer from the outside, and the Lakers led the Hornets 37-29 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Hornets were still unable to limit the opponent's offense, and the Lakers scored another 37 points in a single quarter. By halftime, the margin had reached 16 points.
In the second half, the two teams began to tug at a point difference of about 10 points.
In the fourth quarter, the Hornets launched a crazy counterattack under the leadership of Miller and Bridges, the former kept hitting three-pointers, and the latter hit the inside many times to complete the score, and once narrowed the gap to 4 points in the last 2 minutes of the final quarter. At this time, thick eyebrows stepped forward, he made consecutive rebounds on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, he directly blocked Bridges's three-point shot, keeping this precious victory for the team. In the end, the Lakers defeated the Hornets 124-118, winning three straight and sending the latter to an eight-game losing streak.
James played 39 minutes and 32 seconds in this game, shooting 12 of 22, 0 of 5 three-pointers, and 2 of 3 free throws, scoring 26 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, while having 4 turnovers and a plus/minus of +2. After this game, James' career rebounds exceeded the 11,000 mark, ranking first in active service and 31st in history.
Brother Thick Mei showed the ability to combine offense and defense, he shot 12 of 16 in this game, scored two free throws, and the plus/minus was a game-high +16. It took only three quarters to record a triple-double and tie a career-high with 11 assists. In the crucial fourth quarter, Thick Eyebrows scored 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block on 4-of-4 shooting. It was also his second triple-double this season and the third of his career. This season, Brother Bush's passing has improved a lot.
Russell and Shuila played an All-Star point guard performance again today, he shot 10-of-21 from the field, 5-of-12 from three-point range, and personally got 28 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers.
In this wave of road trips, the Lakers have a total of 4 wins and 2 losses, although they lost to the Rockets, Hawks and other teams with inferior records, but also won strong opponents Green Army and Knicks, overall, the Lakers' performance is acceptable.