Ingram battle for the old lord
No small card, no George, Tyrren Lu used a group of role players, beat the Los Angeles Lakers, although Anthony Davis is out, but you know, James and Westbrook are in good health, they are both out. Losing under such circumstances is undoubtedly a fatal blow for the Lakers. But the Lakers won't stop, they're still in the ninth place in the West, and they still have 29 games left in the season, so as long as they adjust their form, anything can happen.
In this game, the Los Angeles Lakers want to face the New Orleans Pelicans, Ingram has become the team's star, although in recent games, by the new signing McCollum stole the limelight, but you must admit that from the offensive and defensive ends, Ingram is the boss of this team. What kind of performance will Ingram show in the face of the old lord?
The Lakers keep making mistakes
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Lakers who played at home seemed to be a bit careless, and there were 9 mistakes in the single quarter, although James had 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 3-of-4 shooting, but there were also 2 mistakes, and Westbrook had 8 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 turnovers. The Lakers only scored 20 points in the first quarter, which was really miserable, but fortunately, the Pelicans' feel was not ideal, and the whole team only scored 24 points, of which McCollum had 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on 1-of-4 shooting, and Ingram was 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 2-of-7 shooting.
After returning from the second quarter, James made a mistake as soon as he came up, and the Pelicans briefly took a nine-point lead, but Anthony took the second team and played a 9-1 small climax, successfully narrowing the point difference to one point. The Blazers immediately responded with a wave of 6-0 to take a seven-point lead again. Anthony's back jumper stabilized the situation, and then the two teams fell into a scoring drought, and the iron was continuous, and Ingram caused Tucker to foul, making two free throws and one shot. After James steals. A dragon pulled the bar to make a layup, and Ingram immediately jumped in response.
James missed a three-point shot, but Snell's three-pointers would not be soft. James' pass continued to go wrong, Ingram jumper was there, then caused a foul, two free throws and one shot, Westbrook missed the ball, Jones stole the dunk, and the point difference reached 14 points. James hit a key long-range three-pointer, McCollum failed to respond, and at the end of the half, the Los Angeles Lakers trailed the New Orleans Pelicans by 11 points 40-51.
16 turnovers at halftime
The Los Angeles Lakers had 16 turnovers in the first half, which was simply unbelievable. Among them, LeBron James 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, 6 of 11 shooting, but there were 5 turnovers, as for Westbrook, 8 points, 2 rebounds, no assists, and 6 turnovers. Anthony had seven points, three rebounds and one assist, all from the second quarter, while Howard had 2 points, 10 rebounds and one assist, with three turnovers. The only good news is that the Los Angeles Lakers are only 11 points behind, with two more quarters left in the game.
If the Lakers still want to win this game, then the second half must control the mistakes. The New Orleans Pelicans contributed 12 steals in the first half, scoring 12 points on a fast break, which was key to their lead. Ingram was ruthless against the old master, scoring 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 4-of-9 shooting, while McCollum had 7 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. It is worth mentioning that the Pelicans also had 8 turnovers in the first half, which is not much compared to the Lakers, but in the NBA league, it is indeed a bad statistic.