The King has scored 130 points in five consecutive games recently, but the current center, Domentas Sabonis, was absent from today’s game against the Lakers due to illness.
The King’s firepower was really affected in this game, but the Lakers’ offensive state was also quite ordinary in addition to the first quarter.
It was only at the last minute that the King defeated the Lakers with 116:111 breathtaking and won the recent five consecutive victories.
The last time King lost the game was against the Lakers.
The two sides were close at the beginning, but the Lakers suddenly made a 11:0 attack at the end of the first quarter, and succeeded in taking a 39-28 lead in this quarter.
In the second quarter, the Lakers’ firepower declined, and the King gradually closed the gap, and finally led the Lakers by one point with the three-point shot of the rookie Keegan Murray. Although the rookie Max Christie also returned the three-point shot in the last seven seconds, leading the Lakers again, but the King’s center, Richard Holmes, immediately held the ball and cut in to get two points, helping the King to lead the Lakers 61-60 after half time.