On March 28, Beijing time, the Lakers challenged the Pelicans away, and due to the equal ranking of the two teams, this battle was a key meeting of the play-off seats, and James hit the milestone with injury.
At the beginning, James's desire to win was strong, scoring 10 consecutive points to help the Lakers take a 12-0 lead, McCollum teamed up with Ingram to lead the team to catch up, Westbrook scored and assisted a shoulder, and the Lakers won an 8-point advantage in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Pelicans struggled to narrow the point gap with only 3 points left, James made three consecutive hits outside the line to extend the score to 20 points, and the total score in the regular season exceeded the 37,000 point mark, and the Lakers entered the second half with a 20-point lead.
In the third quarter, the Pelicans rose to the chase, and Murphy set off a 16-3 offensive frenzy with three consecutive points, and the Lakers only had a four-point advantage. In the fourth quarter, Murphy scored another 5 points to achieve a rebound, after which the competition between the two sides fell into a white-hot situation, the Lakers frequently played iron, and McCollum and Ingram scored consecutive points to seal the victory. In the end, the Pelicans reversed the Lakers 116-108 and won the key victory of the card battle.
At the age of 37 and 88 days, James became the youngest Mr. 37,000 points in NBA history, and his career sports goals reached 13,529, officially surpassing Malone (13,528) and rising to the second place in the number of sports goals, with Abdul-Jabbar in first place, with 15,837 career sports goals.
Westbrook struggled to save the savior, he contributed 18 points, 7 boards (3 front boards), 5 assists and 1 break, and surpassed Dantley (23177 points) in career totals to rise to 30th in history.
After the painful loss of the card slot, the Lakers slipped to the tenth place in the West, only 1 win ahead of the Spurs, the first place in the West, the remaining 8 games will face 7 strong opponents, the bad thing is that James also suffered an ankle sprain, maybe this season's Lakers are really disappointing.