LA Lakers come back with an amazing effort of LeBron James, that it was enough to win against Golden State Warriors of Stephen Curry (124-116). LeBron showed all his potential against one of his classic enemies. Also he did one of the best matches in all his career as a professional player. But if we talk about his phase en Los Angeles, we can say that is his best performance till the date. With this success, Lakers meet again with a victory after the halt of All-Star game.
Local team entered better in the match, show Crypto.com Arena that they were motivated to win. In the first 10 minutes of game, they were 27-15. However, Kerr´s team, powered by Stephen Curry, fought to come back and arrive to rest 5 points ahead. Then, after an equal third quarter, in which Warriors had 12 points above LA Lakers, they would arrive to the last minutes of the game with the same difference between both teams: 5 points.
Lakers equalized the match in the first terms of this last quarter. After both teams did some mistakes like lose possession or bad plays, Los Angeles Lakers finally got the win. A triple of Carmelo Anthony in the last 40 seconds of the game gave Lakers an advantage of 6 points. Later, LeBron completed his incredible performance with two free throw shootings after Curry scored a triple to give emotion.
This victory of Lakers has been possible thanks to “The King”. At 37 years of age, the performance of LeBron against Golden State will be remembered in the books of history of NBA. With 56 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists LeBron achieves his best performance in the “yellow team”. In fact, just one player (Kobe Bryant) made more than 50 points in a match with 37 years of age. It´s true that after NBA All-Star he looked a bit tired. However, with this level we can see that he can keep fighting to be the best players in the league. With this victory Lakers are 28-35 in the West Conference and they break the streak of four consecutive defeats.
After the match, James talked in post-game with the media to talk about his exhibition. “I feel that my way to play would fit in any time of the history of NBA” said “The King”. Also, he said that he has a growth mindset and he wants to keep adapting to the play style while it evolves. LeBron´s coach, Frank Vogel, took advantage of his post-game interview to praise to his best player.” There really no words to describe him. Was an awesome performance. LeBron is the best in my opinion”. Also, he wanted to unchecked his player despite of the bad season of Lakers. “I feel 100% that the season of LeBron is going unnoticed thanks to the bad moment in Lakers”.
Jorge Barbero
