On February 28, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season was in full swing. In today's Western Focus game, the Lakers welcomed the Pelicans at home to challenge. The Lakers were left behind early, trailing by as many as 30 points at most, and eventually lost to the Pelicans 95:123.
In today's game, the Lakers made a total of 23 turnovers across the team, setting a record for the worst of the season. The 28-point defeat set the team's second loss of the season, and the team made just 7-of-34 three-pointers today, and three of those three-pointers were hit by Ellington at trash time. It was the Lakers' second consecutive loss since the All-Star Weekend and the fifth of their last seven games, and their record became 27-33, ranking 9th in the West.
After the game, Lakers coach Vogel said: "Our outside feel is too poor, such a situation will make the opponent easily shrink the defense and block the three-second zone." A lot of our mistakes came out of the lack of projection threats on the outside and we had to hit the basket hard. We need to put this defeat behind us and focus on the next game against the Lone Rangers. ”
Wei Shao said, "This is just one of those nights where I didn't perform well. We played hard against the opponent, and I think their scouting report said, 'Play harder than the Lakers, let's see what happens.'" Throwing in or losing is part of the game, but we just didn't try to play. ”
It is worth mentioning that Westbrook also said: "We lost a game that should have been won, but we still made it our bigger goal this season to win the championship. According to Lakers reporter Jacob Rude, Wei Shao's words carried an "ironic" tone.
James said: "I played badly tonight, I had a lot of bad missteps. I promised to do better, but I didn't, and the knee injury didn't affect my performance. I've been trying to figure out how to make myself better. But it's clear that 7 turnovers doesn't help us win. ”
According to the schedule, the Lakers will play the Lone Rangers at home on March 2, and they will strive to win to avoid a three-game losing streak.