On January 31, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Lakers challenged the Hawks away, before the game, the Lakers ranked 9th in the West with 24 wins and 24 losses, while the Hawks ranked 11th in the East with 19 wins and 27 losses. Lakers starters: Russell + Reaves + Prince + James + Hayes, thick eyebrows are absent, Hawks starters: Trae Young + Murray + Saddiq + Johnson + Capela.
In the first quarter of the game, Reeves picked up the basket and scored first, James 2+1, Lakers 5-0, Johnson dunked, Trae Young made a layup, Russell and James teamed up to respond, Murray dunked, Reaves made a layup, Prince split dunk, Capela ate cake, the two sides come and go, Bogdan throws, Okongwu eats cake, the score comes to 18 draws, both sides are not allowed to go outside, Murray jumps to help the Hawks overtake, Hachimura responds with a mid-shot shot, and then the Lakers cut off the power, Saddiq scores 4 points in a row, Hunter chases down and hits a three-point shot, Saddiq counterattacks and dunks, The Lakers trailed by 7 points, Hachimura made up a dunk to stop the bleeding, Reaves and Bogdan exchanged three points, Christie made a shot, Moody made two free throws, Wood ate a cake dunk, Murray hit a jumper again, and the Lakers trailed by 7 points in the first quarter 29-36.
According to statistics, the Lakers were 1 of 10 outside in the first quarter. In the second quarter, James assisted Wood and Vanderbilt dunks in a row, Trae Young on the Hawks' side scored three points, Russell didn't feel the iron frequently, Hachimura made a layup, Bogdan outside **, Johnson tossed, the difference was 9 points, Russell made a foul, James made a layup, but the Hawks always responded, the difference did not narrow, Lao Zhan obviously couldn't run, with Trae Young's three-point shot, the difference came to double digits, Hayes and James dunked, Capela interfered with the ball, the Lakers played a wave, Hayes 2+1 was blown for offensive fouls, Trae Young and Saddiq hit three pointers, Capela made a layup, Prince scored five straight points to stop the bleeding, Murray scored a mid-range shot, and Reaves made a layup to beat the Lakers 56-67 at halftime.
Halftime statistics, James 8 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Hayes 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals, Reaves 13 points, 5 assists and 2 steals, Russell 4 points, 1 of 7 no touches, Hachimura 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, Vanderbilt 6 points, Wood 4 points and 5 rebounds, Prince 7 points. On the Hawks' side, Bey had 13 points and 3 rebounds, Johnson had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Capela had 6 points and 6 rebounds, Murray had 12 points and 7 assists, Trae Young had 13 points and 7 assists, and Bogdan had 10 points.
Easy side battle, Capela dunked at the beginning, Murray and Johnson were also scoring, Reaves shot to stop the bleeding, Trae Young hit a three-point shot, Johnson made a basket, the difference was 20 points, James made a layup, Reaves chased a three-point shot, Russell also had three points, the Lakers fought back, Trae Young and James exchanged three points, Russell jumped, the difference was 15 points, Wood ate cake after a timeout, Hunter outside **, Okongwu hat Wood, Bogdan scored three points, the difference was 19 points, Christie three points finally scored, As a result, Bogdan also responded with three points, Wood, Hachimura and James took turns to score, with a difference of 12 points, James missed two free throws, Trae Young made a three-point shot, Johnson split a dunk, Reaves hit two free throws, and the Lakers ended the third quarter 88-103 Hawks.
In the crucial final quarter of the game, can the Lakers close the difference? James hit a three-point shot, Hachimura made a layup, the difference was 10 points, Trae Young and Bogdan scored consecutive points in response, Van Debilt and Reeves continued to fight back, James nailed Bogdan, but then Saddiq made a dunk, Van Debiao steals a layup to make 2 + 1, but unfortunately the free throw did not score, Okongwu three points, Trae Young layup, Murray God went down to cut 6 points in a row, the Lakers are really no way, no wonder they want to get Murray, the difference is 19 points, the Lakers did not give up, Reeves made 2 + 1, and the result was Murray's layup response, Ham directly switched to the bench lineup, and both sides began to practice, and finally the Lakers defeated the Hawks 122-138.
Lakers data: James was 7 of 17, 2 of 6 three-pointers, 4 of 9 free throws and got 20 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 turnovers, perhaps because of back-to-back, Lao Zhan gave us the feeling that he was powerless, he couldn't run in the second half, and there was a round to watch the opponent dunk and score. Reeves had 28 points, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers, and played well on the offensive end, but unfortunately the defensive end was also easy to target, and he killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800. Russell had 9 points and 5 assists, 3 of 11 had no hands, and his performance was not as good as Murray on the other side. Prince had seven points and two rebounds, and Hayes had four points, six rebounds and four steals.
Hachimura 16 points and 4 rebounds, Wood 9 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Vanderbilt 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, although the score is less, but the defense is remarkable, it is a fig leaf for the Lakers, I don't know what Ham thinks, Russell and Reaves can't be on the court at the same time, Reeves should go to the bench, Vanderbilt enters the starter, this is the Lakers' more ideal lineup, Christie 5 points. In the entire first half, the Lakers' three-point shooting rate was only 15%, a season low, this record is too humiliating, and the Lakers' three-point firepower has picked up in the second half, but it is still not ideal.
Overall, the Lakers inspected Murray successfully, in fact, if Russell can't impress the Hawks, they can also try Reaves as a bargaining chip, Russell and Reaves must go one. After this battle, because the Jazz also lost to the Knicks, the Lakers are still ranked 9th in the West, only 0 ahead of the 11th-ranked RocketsFive wins, a dramatic change in the play-off landscape, and the Rockets are threatening the Lakers.
Hawks stats: Trae Young 26 points, 2 rebounds, 13 assists and 5 turnovers, Murray 24 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 3 turnovers, offense and defense are good, especially in the final quarter, Murray kept scoring to end the suspense of the victory and defeat, it's time for the Lakers to make a decision, take Russell as a bargaining chip in exchange for Murray, it's really not a loss, just take Reaves for it, Capela 13 points and 12 rebounds, Johnson 19 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Saddiq 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. In addition to the starting five Tigers, Bogdan scored 18 points, and after this game, the Hawks overtook the Nets in the ranking and rose to 10th in the East.