After Wang Feng defeated the Timberwolves by 68 points, the Lakers won easily 116-107 against the Phoenix Suns on January 27, but then lost again at home against the Philadelphia 76ers on January 29.

In this game, the 76ers inside Joel. Embiid dominated the game, especially on the inside, finishing with 36 points, 11 rebounds and six assists on 16-of-20 shooting.

The Lakers' interior defense is still a little poor, and McGee's rim protection ability is there, but it is not very strong.

At least when facing Embiid, who is hot, McGee can't guard against it at all.

Later, Wang Feng also tried to defend Embiid at one point, but although his interior defense reached 90, the effect was not very good because he didn't have any interior defense-related badges.

After losing to the 76ers, the Lakers took on local rivals Los Angeles Clippers on the road on Jan. 31.

The two teams fought fiercely until the last 2 minutes, and the score was in a stalemate, but with the activation of Wang Feng's key shooter, he hit 2 dry pull-out three-pointers and 2 mid-to-long-range jumpers to score 10 points in a row, helping the Lakers finally win.

The Lakers won 123-120, a small 3-point advantage.

On the Clippers' side, James scored 24 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists, while all six players on the team scored double-doubles.

On the Lakers' side, 4 players scored double-doubles, and Wang Feng scored 44 points, 14 rebounds and 4 steals.

The January schedule is officially over, and the Lakers have a 10-5 record in 15 regular season games in January, and although they are still far ahead of the standings, they are obviously down significantly from the two months of November and December.

But this is actually expected, as I have said before, the Lakers' November and December schedules are relatively easy, and the strength of opponents is generally not strong, but since February, the team has faced a qualitative improvement in the strength level of opponents.

Teams such as the Warriors, Rockets, Clippers, Jazz and 76ers are not easy to deal with.

Heading into February, the schedule is no easy either.

There were only nine games in February due to the All-Star Weekend, but the Lakers still had to face challenges from the Warriors, Celtics, 76ers, Rockets and other teams.

And in January, the Western Conference Player of the Week was given to James. Harden, Harden really played an explosive performance in January, averaging 42.8 points, 7.9 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game, although the data is slightly different but not much different, but the Rockets' record in January is only 8-6.

So far in the season, the Rockets' sluggish form has finally begun to gradually pick up, but their performance in the regular season is still far from what they were last season.

Wang Feng's data in January is slightly inferior to Harden's, but he also averages 41+12 data per game in 15 games.

In terms of shooting percentage, Wang Feng is obviously more efficient than Harden, but the Lakers' record has become worse than last month, and the Rockets have improved their winning rate even if they are 8-6, so the Player of the Month award was awarded to Harden.

Although he failed to win against Harden in the scoring competition in January, Wang Feng didn't care too much.

The average points per game between the two in January were close, which made the difference between the two sides not be shortened too much, and Wang Feng was still in the lead, which was enough!

Wang Feng's scoring competition with Harden in January was really a rare visual feast.

Throughout NBA history, it's extremely rare.

Harden had one 60+ game, two 50+ games, five 40+ games in January, and only one of the rest of the games was below 35 points, scoring 32 points, which was a shocking performance.

Wang Feng scored 68 points in one game, scored 50+ points in one game, scored 8 games with 40+ points, and scored more than 30 points in the rest of the games.

As a result, Harden's average points per game this season has increased from 34 points to 37.2 points, and Wang Feng's average points per game has reached 39.6 points, close to 40!

Below Wang Feng and Harden, Antetokounmpo, who is ranked third, averages only 27.9 points per game at this time, a difference of nearly 10 points with Harden and 11.7 points lower than Wang Feng!

This year's scoring champion can be said to be without suspense and suspense at the same time.

One of the two Wang Feng and Harden will inevitably become the scoring champion, and there can be no third competitor.

It is still difficult to see which of these two will eventually win the scoring title.

Wang Feng is more efficient offensively, and has a 2.4-point lead over Harden in 52 games in the regular season, not looking at the 2.4-point difference, it is actually a total score gap of nearly 124 points.

In the last 30 games, if Harden wants to surpass Wang Feng in points per game, he must maintain the same attendance rate as Wang Feng and score 124 more points than Wang Feng, how can it be so easy?

If Harden can still maintain the super output frequency of about 43 points per game in January in February and March, it is a little possible, but Wang Feng sees Harden brushing points, and he is bound to increase the number of shots.

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The schedule enters February, and the Lakers immediately have a rematch with the Warriors in early February.

On February 2, the Lakers challenged the Warriors on the road, and finally lost the game 101-115, and the regular season record of the two sides became 1-2, and the Warriors came from behind.

The defeat in this game was really helpless.

Before the game, Jimmy, who had already secured the second leading position in the Lakers. Butler felt discomfort from twisting his ankle in the previous game and decided to take a break from the away game to play it safe.

Without Butler, Wang Feng is only left with Ingram, Kuzma, Rondo and Rose, and it is naturally impossible to compete with the Warriors who have a full lineup, including Cousins.

Wang Feng scored a game-high 38 points and 11 rebounds, Ingram also scored 20 points, and Kuzma, Rondo, Rose and Lopez all scored in double figures.

But that can't stand the five All-Stars on the Warriors' side.

Cousins had a rare highlight in the game, finishing with 18 points, 10 rebounds and four assists on 8-of-13 shooting in 25 minutes of limited playing time.

Curry, Durant and Thompson scored 16, 21 and 28 points respectively.

If Butler plays in this game, the Lakers still have hope of winning, as long as the game can be dragged into the last 2 minutes and the difference in points is not large, Wang Feng is sure to turn the tables and even give the Warriors another kill.

But it's a pity that without Butler's assistance, the score difference has gone up by 20 points after three quarters of the game, and even Wang Feng has no skills.

Jimmy. Butler's attendance rate in recent years is actually very good, especially in the playoffs in the next few years, his performance is quite amazing, and it is indeed quite hard to be able to reach the Finals with the Heat of that lineup, but in the 18-19 season, Butler's attendance in the regular season is really not particularly high, and he only played 65 games in another time and space, and now he only occasionally misses one or two games in the Lakers, which is already very good.

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