Live broadcast on December 1st, NBA regular season, the Lakers beat the Blazers 128-108 at home. After the game, Lakers star James talked about teammate Davis in an interview.
James said: “After the last loss (being killed by Pacers), we had a lot of exchanges on how we got better, especially in the fourth quarter. Davis is very important in the fourth quarter. He is too important for us. We must let him get the ball.”
In this campaign, James scored 31 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 cap; Davis scored 27 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 cap, of which the fourth quarter scored 14 points.
At the end of the last game, the Lakers were 22-32 behind their opponents in a single game. Davis only shot twice at that time.