At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on November 28, the NBA regular season continued, and the San Antonio Spurs hosted the visiting Los Angeles Lakers. After four quarters of fierce battle, the Lakers finally defeated the Spurs 119-101, ending the opponent's four-game winning streak and avoiding a three-game losing streak.
Statistics:
Lakers: James 16 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, Davis 19 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists, Knecht 20 points and 8 rebounds, Hachimura 16 points, Reaves 13 points, Russell 17 points, Christie 12 points;
Spurs: Wembanyama 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks, Champagnie 18 points, Barnes 19 points, Castle 10 points and 7 assists, Vassell 14 points.
Both Injuries and Stoppages:
Lakers: Wood (knee), Vanderbilt (foot), Bronny (foot), Schifino (hamstring);
Spurs: Sochan (thumb).
Tournament Progression:
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Spurs took the lead in a 9-2 start, but Knecht's three-point shot helped the Lakers boost morale, and they took advantage of the situation to hit a 10-2 attack wave to overtake by one point. Champagnie hit a shot to help the Spurs stop the bleeding, but the Lakers were still hot, and sent the Spurs a wave of 7-0 to widen the difference to 6 points, and Barnes hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding again. The Lakers scored six more points in a row to extend the margin to as many as nine points, and Keldon finally hit two points to barely chase the score. The thick eyebrows played 2+1 to widen the difference to double digits, and then the scores of the two sides rose alternately, and the Lakers temporarily led the Spurs by 9 points at 32-23 in the first quarter.
Back in the second quarter, Russell's throw helped the Lakers continue to extend their lead, and the two teams started a tug-of-war in the following time, and the score also rose alternately, and the Lakers maintained a lead of about 10 points. In the middle of the quarter, although the Spurs once narrowed the gap to within 10 points, Russell's three-pointer extinguished the flame of the Spurs' counterattack. The Spurs went on another wave of chasing points, but Russell stepped up and hit a crucial three-pointer to give the Lakers a 14-point lead. In the time since, every time the Spurs close the point difference, the Lakers have always had someone who can step up and hit key shots, and at halftime, the Lakers led the Spurs by 11 points at 58-47.
At the beginning of the third quarter, James made a layup to continue to help the Lakers extend their lead, and then the Spurs suddenly erupted into a wave of 9-2 attacks to narrow the gap to 6 points, and Hachimura hit a key three-point shot to stop the bleeding. On the Spurs side, Wembanyama and Barnes scored five points in a row to close the gap to four points. However, the Lakers did not suffer from the collapse of previous games, and they quickly went on a 7-2 run to re-establish a 10-point lead. Since then, the Lakers have maintained a double-digit lead, and in the second half of the quarter, the Lakers launched a 10-0 attack wave to extend the difference to nearly 20 points, Wembanyama dunked twice in a row to recover four points, and at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led the Spurs by 15 points at 92-77.
In the final quarter, Barnes scored two points to continue to catch up, Russell hit another three-pointer, and the Spurs gradually narrowed the gap back to 10 points, but the Lakers launched a wave of 9-2 to widen the gap again. Wembanyama hit a rebound to stop the slump, but the Lakers maintained a high shooting percentage. In the second half of the tournament, the Lakers launched another 9-3 attack wave to re-establish a nearly 20-point lead. With 3:33 left in the game, the Spurs replaced all their main players and announced their surrender, and the game went into garbage time. In the end, the game was over, and the Lakers defeated the Spurs 119-101 to end their opponent's four-game winning streak and stop their own two-game losing streak.
Both teams start:
Lakers: Reaves, Hachimura, Knecht, James, James;
Spurs: Paul, Castle, Champagnie, Barnes, Wembanyama.