Beijing time on April 2, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Los Angeles Lakers at home to meet the New Orleans Pelicans, which is a contest between the eleventh and ninth in the West. At the beginning of the first quarter, the two teams fought 25-30, the Lakers trailed by 5 points, and the half-time battle ended, and the Lakers tied the score. Easy side to fight again, Varan free throw first to get 2 points, thick eyebrow high difficulty jump shot also to color, soon, Ingram strong kill basket to play 2 + 1, James also returned a 2 + 1, Ingram art is bold, mid-range splashing water splash, James to give, three points up and down.
However, Jones quickly dunked back 2 points, the two teams took points from each other, after that, Munch shot himself to score 2 points, James made two free throws to tie the score, but CJ stopped in the middle distance, Ingram also hit the shot, James was unstoppable, and the left-handed play board under the strong kill basket was again 2+1, and the game was suspended. Timeout back, James was vicious, consecutive penalties to shoot 5 points, Ingram forced to kill the basket to stop the bleeding, James if there is help, accelerate into the basket also, Jones suddenly cast a cold arrow, three points splashed.
Not to be outdone, Brother Thick Brow completed the two-handed dunk, Ingram was in good shape, the middle distance killed the heart, Munch quickly attacked 2 points into the account, and the Pelicans paused. After the timeout, Jones took 2 points on the layup first, the thick eyebrow brother bottom corner three-point 100 steps through Yang, Munch also hit two goals, but Marshall forced the basket under 2 points to stop the bleeding, James felt hot, the breakthrough layup also had, just after one round, James made two free throws, cut 21 points in a single quarter, CJ returned a goal from mid-range, the third quarter ended, the Lakers led the opponent by 1 point 87-86.
James played 31 minutes and 43 seconds in the third quarter, 12 of 19, 3 of 7 three-pointers, exploded 36 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, plus or minus +7; Thick Brow Brother 7 of 12, contributing 19 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists; Westbrook felt cold, plagued by fouls, 1 of 7 in the third quarter, only 2 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists; Munch 10 of 4, had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists; Howard was 2 of 3, with 6 points and 5 rebounds; Bradley was 4 of 4, contributing 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist; Pelicans, down in three quarters, CJ was 10-of-17 and scored 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
Ingram had 21 points, four rebounds and six assists on 8-of-12 shooting; Varan had 8 points, nine rebounds and five assists on 3-of-7; Haas had 6 points; Jones had nine points; and Marshall had 7 points and one assist. James' performance in the third quarter was very hot, with 21 points in a single quarter setting a new record for single-quarter scoring in the single quarter, and it seems that James very much wants to win this victory, and after this game, James basically locked in the scoring king.