On February 28, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Lakers played against the Pelicans. In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers had as many as 9 mistakes, James scored 6 points, Westbrook 8 points, and the Lakers still trailed by 4 points.
In this game, the Lakers must go all out to win the game and ensure their playoff playoff qualification, and James and Westbrook lead the team to play. In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers took the initiative at the beginning, James scored 4 points, Ariza played 2+1, Wei Shao also scored 2 points, and the Lakers led 9-5. The Pelicans Varlan hit a free throw, McCollum hit a three-pointer, the Lakers made consecutive turnovers, Jones counter-attacked and scored, and the Pelicans rebounded 12-10 to surpass the score. Westbrook scored four consecutive points, Snell hit a three-pointer and the Lakers trailed by two points.
Westbrook scored two points again, got 8 points, Alvarado scored on his own, the Lakers made mistakes again, it was already 7 mistakes in a single quarter, Ingram scored under the basket, and the shooting was still efficient. The Lakers still made mistakes, but fortunately Munch's defense was in place, and he took the ball directly in the air.
After the timeout, the Lakers still made mistakes, the 8th time, Ingram made two fouls and one shot, James turned to the basket and finally scored, the Lakers scored again, the Pelicans also attacked and did not score, James made a mistake, followed by Graham scored, Tucker returned with three points, Hayes dunked easily, the Lakers fell behind by 4 points 20-24 in the first quarter, there were 9 mistakes in the first quarter, James and Westbrook were 2 times, Howard made 3 mistakes, and James scored 6 points.
Lakers starters: Westbrook, Reeves, James, Ariza, Howard
Pelicans starters: Hayes, McCollum, Jones, Ingram, Varan