NBA regular season games continue, and a focus battle in the Western Conference begins. The game between the league's first Suns and the ninth Lakers in the Western Conference begins. It is broadcast live across the United States. I thought it would be a close game, but what I didn't expect was Lakers There was a big collapse in the first quarter. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams. The Suns' Paul will miss due to injury. The Lakers' thick eyebrows will continue to play. The two teams will start. The Suns : Bridges, Crowder , Ayton , Booker , Payne, Lakers: Reeves, Stanley Johnson , James , Monk, Westbrook .
After the first quarter of the game started, Ayton hit inside, James succeeded in a one-stop layup, and Westbrook Monk scored consecutively. The Lakers performed well during the opening period. Ayton scored consecutively under the basket to stop the Lakers, and came back from the timeout. Ayton hit the basket again, Booker also made a three-pointer, James succeeded in the mid-range shot, Booker made a super difficult 3+1, Payne and Crowder hit consecutive three-pointers, and the Lakers offense came to a standstill. The defensive end was completely unable to restrain the opponent. Vogel called timeouts continuously but had no effect. A-Holiday scored consecutively, Craig tipped the ball, the point difference became wider and wider, and Booker stole the ball. After the first quarter, the Suns led the Lakers 48:22 by 26 points. In the first quarter, the Suns scored 48 points, which tied the Suns' own record in the league this season. Single quarter record, against Nuggets , they scored 48 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, under the leadership of James Anthony , the Lakers once narrowed the point difference to 17 points. At the critical moment, Ayton scored consecutively under the basket, Bridges succeeded in a layup, and after James came off the court, the Suns pulled away again. After the half, the Suns led by 23 points. After half the game, James had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Monk had 13 points and 3 rebounds, Westbrook had 9 points, Anthony had 10 points, Suns Ayton had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Booker had 20 points, 7 assists and 3 steals. James is reaching a milestone. He has become the only player in the history of NBA who can score 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists in his career. Westbrook hit a layup, Bridges succeeded in a throw, James hit a three-pointer, Bridges hit a layup and drew a foul, James hit consecutive three-pointers, the Lakers' offense improved, but the defensive end was completely unrestricted. With the Suns, with 5 minutes left in the third quarter, Booker made a layup to score 2+1, the Suns scored over 100 points, Payne hit a mid-range shot, Booker followed up with a three-pointer, and the Suns took a 31-point lead. James, who was in hot form, could not stop the Lakers' decline. After three quarters, the Suns led the Lakers 119:90. After three quarters, the game had completely lost its suspense. In this quarter, the Suns, who were leading by a large margin, did not defend normally because they were leading by a large margin, but the Lakers did not defend either and completely gave up the game. When James came off the court, he was also dissatisfied with the team's performance and shook his head helplessly.
