On February 28, Beijing time, the Pelicans defeated the Lakers 123-95.
With a 28-point difference, the Pelicans led by 32 points at one point in the game. In the eyes of many people, this is simply a one-sided massacre.
Let's first look at the data of Lakers players.
LeBron James 32 points and six rebounds; Russell Westbrook 16 points and six rebounds; Cameron Anthony 13 points and five rebounds; Dwight Howard 6 points and 11 rebounds; Talon Horton Tucker 5 points and five assists.
The Lakers are still familiar routines, James has excellent statistics, but contributed to the bottom of the game -22 plus-minus and 7 turnovers.
In the face of an increasingly less powerful James, Westbrook naturally will not disappoint, with 7 turnovers on 5-of-15 shooting and a worst -26 plus-minus. Played 27 minutes and played a plus-minus of -26. This is rare in the history of the league.
I know the Lakers are sucking this season, but I really didn't expect it to rot so completely.
Actually beaten by the Pelicans 123-95 without the ability to fight back.
The entire Lakers' performance is simply incredible, and what is even more desperate than this is that the opponent Pelican's knife is not so sharp.
If the Pelicans perform well and the Lakers are not in shape, it is acceptable to play such a score difference.
But the key problem is that the Pelicans aren't playing very well. Ingram showed all his shortcomings to the Lakers, panicking, butter hands, shooting and passing hesitation, completely out of shape. Even if it is adjusted back later, it has not returned to its previous excellent state, at least not the state of being able to play such a big score difference.
So, some Pelicans fans even say that fortunately the Lakers suck enough.
For the Lakers, this is really a humiliating game to the extreme, Aunt Jenny withdrew in the third quarter, and James and the Lakers actually played against the fans at home. This was unimaginable in The Kobe Era.
In the year when Kobe Bryant's Achilles tendon was broken, the Lakers were also the luxury big three, and they were also defeated, but that year Kobe Bryant was looked up at and left the court with his head held high.
Now, James can only hold his best stats in history and spray the home fans.