On March 21, Beijing time, an NBA regular season game was played today, the Pelicans went to Atalanta to challenge the Hawks, and in the absence of ingram and Zion's two cores, CJ McCollum led the team to six people to score in double figures, holding a double-digit lead most of the time, and finally defeated the Hawks 117:112 on the road.
After this game, the Pelicans' record came to 30-41, equal to the Los Angeles Lakers, but because the Pelicans had the advantage in this season's record, the Lakers were eventually overtaken by the Pelicans, falling from ninth in the West to tenth in the West. Pelican Official Push also forwarded the latest ranking, and then replied with a:"! ”
If it weren't for the recent Spurs and Trail Blazers record behind them, I'm afraid the Lakers would have already fallen out of the playoff zone! But the Lakers are still in a desperate situation, they are only 1.5 wins behind the Spurs behind them, in today's Spurs killed the Warriors with high morale, and the Lakers showed that they were powerless, and a little carelessness would dash the hopes of the playoffs.
According to the schedule, the Lakers' next opponents are: Cavaliers, 76ers, Pelicans twice, Lone Rangers, Jazz, Nuggets, Suns, Warriors and Thunder. In addition to facing multiple playoff teams, the two Games for the Pelicans are the most critical, which directly determines the Lakers' final record ranking, and can only be a backwater battle under today's circumstances.
In an interview with reporters today, the famous Charles Oakley suggested that James leave the Lakers to compete for the championship, Charles Oakley said: "Everything James is doing so far is incredible, and his performance on the court is incredible, but James is in the same situation as Jordan was in the early days of the Bulls, he deserves to join a better team, he needs to leave the Lakers to compete for the championship, the Suns and 76ers are the best place to go." ”
In addition, because of the sluggish performance of Embiid in today's game, this also led to James surpassing Embiid temporarily topped the position of scoring king, at present, James, Alphabet Brother, Embiid all have 29.8 points, because there are only about 10 games left in the regular season, so after each game, the scoring king will change, we also expect James to finally get the scoring king, but also look forward to the Lakers can enter the playoffs.