On April 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Los Angeles Lakers home game with the New Orleans Pelicans is underway.
There was also a small episode before the game, and the US media posted a photo report that when the Pelicans players shot in the morning local time, the Lakers arena directly turned off the lights, and the Pelicans players had to continue shooting in a dim situation, but the authenticity of this information needs to be confirmed, after all, the local time in the United States is April Fool's Day, and it is not ruled out that the Lakers' home court deliberately joked, and it may also be that the home equipment is really a coincidence.
However, it is no joke that the Lakers have reached the point where they cannot afford to lose, and the current Pelicans are one place ahead of the Lakers in the West, ranking ninth, this game can be described as "one top two games", the team that wins the game can stabilize its own play-off qualification, and the team that loses will have a small probability of being surpassed by the Spurs behind and directly miss the playoffs.
Therefore, in the pre-game news report, james and thick eyebrows who have previously been suspended will choose to return in this game, which shows their importance to this game, but in the state of the Lakers this season, the team wants to win the Pelicans is not easy, after the trade to CJ McCollum, the Pelicans' record has improved to a certain extent, the team's performance on the offensive end is getting better, and whether the Lakers' poor defense can improve in this game is difficult to judge.
So although it is uncertain whether the "lights off" trick is true, at least it is certain that the Lakers have indeed reached the point where they must use all means in order to win, but to put it mildly, even if they enter the playoffs, or even enter the playoffs, their performance this season is also very disappointing, the ideal championship level of the top giants, to the real playoff marginal team, this is not what most Lakers fans can accept.