Beijing time on March 28, the NBA regular season continued, the key card position battle in the West, the Lakers lost to the Pelicans 108-116, this battle the Lakers almost led by 40 minutes, at most once led by 23 points, at the end of the half also led by 79-59 20 points, the result of the second half, the Lakers were beaten a wave of 67-39, helpless to swallow a defeat.
Statistically, James had 39 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Westbrook 18 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Munch 23 points and 6 assists, Howard 8 points and 10 rebounds, and Anthony 3 points and 2 rebounds;
For the Pelicans, Ingram had 26 points, seven rebounds and five assists, CJ McCollum 18 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Varan 19 points and 12 rebounds, Tre Murphy 21 points and Hult Jones 16 points.
This game, James cut again.
By the end of the half, James had shot six three-pointers and scored 25 points, and he played a total of 42 minutes, shooting 14-of-27, 7-of-13 three-pointers, 4-of-6 free throws, and had 39 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
In the second quarter, James sprained his left ankle during a rebound, when he fell to the ground, and slow motion showed that James's ankle was almost 90 degrees, but he tightened his shoelaces and continued to play.
James also talked about his ankle after the game, saying bluntly: "After the foot, I felt a tingling sensation in my leg, I have experienced an ankle sprain before, but I don't want to quit the game because I know how crucial this game is for us. ”
Unfortunately, James did not help the Lakers win this game in the end, and for himself, he once again ushered in the mileage sadness, but also the double mileage sadness:
James scored 39 points today and reached a career total of 37,024 points, from the 1,000th to the 37,000th, James took all the youngest record
James scored 14 goals today and scored 13,530 career goals, surpassing KalMaron to rise to second all-time, with Abdul-Jabbar's 15,837 in history
As long as James is still playing, his record will continue, even until the age of 37, he is still ranked first in the scoring list with an average of 30.1 points per game, but the current Lakers are really not optimistic.
After losing this game, the Lakers' current record has come to 31 wins and 43 losses, surpassed by the Pelicans (32 wins and 43 losses), dropped to the 10th place in the West, because the Lakers are at a disadvantage in the battle record, even if the two teams have the same record in the end, the Lakers cannot surpass the Pelicans.
Moreover, the 11th Spurs in the West are also chasing, the latter beat the Pelicans yesterday to win three consecutive wins, the current record is 30 wins and 44 losses, only one win away from the Lakers.
To make matters worse, the Lakers' remaining schedule is still the most difficult, the current Lakers' remaining eight opponents are the Lone Rangers, Jazz, Pelicans, Nuggets, Suns, Warriors, Thunder, Nuggets, of which 6 teams have a winning percentage of more than 50% - it seems that only the Thunder are easy to play, but don't forget, this season the Lakers are twice reversed by the Thunder.
Think about the fans' expectations of the Lakers before the start of the season, this gap is really huge - in fact, the disappointment of the Lakers has not stopped throughout the season, and now the thick eyebrows cannot be played, Vogel does not know how to use Westbrook, James has suffered an ankle sprain, the situation can be said to be very bad.
Interestingly, just today, O'Neill talked about the Lakers on the show.
O'Neal said: "I'm a little disappointed in the Lakers, a lot of people are, we forgot their age, the Lakers have been used to having stars in the lineup, but now the thick eyebrows can't play, I even doubt that they can get into the playoffs, but as long as they go in, they have to win the playoffs so they can play against the Suns in the first round, and if they end up eighth, they will black eight Suns." ”
Black Eight? Not to mention whether it can be black, for the Lakers, it is really too early to talk about the playoffs, look at the Pelicans in front of them, they started 1 win and 12 losses, and now they have surpassed to the 9th, and then look at the Spurs behind them, the past 5 games have won 4 games, a careless, the Lakers may not even be able to enter the playoffs.