Today, the Lakers played away to the Pelicans. Before the game, the Lakers were just 0.5 wins ahead of the Pelicans, a competition between 9th and 10th in the West. The Lakers sent a starting lineup for this campaign as Westbrook, Reeves, James, Gabriel and Howard. The Lakers had a fantastic start, leading 12-0, with James scoring 10 points.
After Westbrook hit the three-pointer, he surpassed Wade in regular season career scoring and rose to 31st in NBA history.
Head-on fast-break singles james, isn't that looking for a cap?
Playing to the end of the first quarter, the Lakers 31-23 Pelicans. James had 11 points, 3 rebounds, Westbrook 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Howard 4 points and 2 rebounds, Gabriel 2 points, Munch 7 points and 1 assist, Reeves 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
In the second quarter, James suffered a bad foot and fell to the ground in pain. Vogel hurriedly called out a timeout, and James slowed down for two minutes to stay on the field.
With this three-pointer, James became the youngest Mr. 37,000 in NBA history.
Even this kind of three-point James continues to have, how to prevent?
The first half ended with the Lakers 69-49 Pelicans. James had 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and was 6-of-9 from three-point range! Westbrook had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Howard 6 points and 8 rebounds, Gabriel had 2 points and 1 rebound, Munch had 12 points and 6 assists, Tucker had 6 points and 1 assist, and Augustine had 6 points and 1 assist. The Lakers nearly tied the team's highest halftime scoring of the season with 71 points.
The Lakers' first goal in the second half was Westbrook's 2+0 assist for Gabriel.
James' 27th point!
Once a three-pointer was fouled, old Zhan hit all three free throws, and the score came to 30!
Reeves gave James an airdrop, which even the 1.0 young Zhan could not catch.
After halfway through the quarter, the Pelicans trailed to 69-78, narrowing to a single-digit point difference. James continued on three points.
But the other side immediately returned two three-pointers, Howard made a successful basket inside, the Pelicans hit another three points, James threw a shot inside, and there were 4 minutes left in the quarter, and the Lakers led 85-78. After the timeout, Guago threw in a three-pointer, Westbrook broke through, and when the Pelicans chased down just 2 points, Munch stopped the bleeding in time.
Westbrook played the final offense of the quarter, the Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a 94-90 score, and the Pelicans chased back 16 points in the single quarter, and the momentum was completely on their side.
In the fourth quarter, the Pelicans chased only 1 point. In more than three minutes, only James broke through the score on the Lakers side.
The Pelicans scored three points to tie the score, followed by two free throws to overtake the Lakers. James scored the 39th point.
The Pelicans continued to overtake, and Munch broke through to pick a basket to tie. The Pelicans' CJ shot in the middle, Tucker made a foul and made one of two free throws, and Munch scored with high difficulty.
The Pelicans made it 4-0 and Munch scored again.
Ingram fouled Tucker and made one of two free throws. The Pelicans made it 4-0, Westbrook grabbed two consecutive rebounds in the frontcourt, and Munch shot a three-pointer.
The Pelicans didn't score, James passed to Guago, and the three points didn't score. The Pelicans scored inside and the Lakers trailed by five points in the final 59 seconds. James didn't score three points, and then the ball caused James to interfere with the ball.
Munch didn't score three points, the Lakers took foul tactics, and finally the Lakers 108-116 Pelicans, James 39 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Westbrook 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Howard 8 points and 10 rebounds, Gabriel 4 points and 2 rebounds, Anthony 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Munch 23 points and 6 assists, Tucker 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Augustine 6 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Reeves 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
From leading by as many as 23 points in the first half to losing 8 points in the end, losing 31 points inside and out, the Lakers are real cattle! The Lakers dropped to 10th in the West, and they were only one win ahead of the Spurs and could lose play-off qualification at any time. James' career 37,000th point is another milestone...