On April 2, Beijing time, when the Lakers were squeezed out of the Western Playoff territory by the Spurs, and the leading edge of the scoring king battle was also reduced, james returned after two games off. In the face of a crazy battle with the Pelicans, james, even if he repeatedly encountered opponents, still had a magical performance of 21 points in a single quarter, and the whole game exploded for 38 points, continuing to expand the leading edge in the scoring list. It's just that James's dumb fire in the last quarter is only 2 points, and the continuous mistakes in the last moment, but also lost a three-point draw, unable to stop the Lakers from being swept away by the Pelicans, and it is also continued to be pulled away from the gap between them and the Spurs.
After this game, this season's average score per game ranking:
1. James: 30.27 points (has played 56 games, and 2 more need to meet the number of games)
2. Alphabet brother: 30.11 points
3. Embiid: 30.00 points
4. Durant: 29.64 points (unable to reach 58 games, the total score needs to be divided by 58 games to calculate the average score per game)
When James lost to the Pelicans last time, he suffered a knee injury that caused the Lakers to lose, and James also missed the next two games due to injury, and the Lakers had no choice but to continue to be in a losing streak. After the Pelicans have extended their lead and the Spurs have easily beaten the Blazers to continue to retain the tenth place in the West, the Lakers need to try to win as much as possible in the remaining Devils schedule.
Faced with a crazy tug-of-war with the Pelicans, the two sides were never able to open the score gap and fell into a continuous crazy fight. James has played extremely efficiently in the first two quarters, and he has given 6 of 9 on the offensive end, including 1 of 2 of 2 outside three-pointers, plus 2 of 4 free throws, to get 15+5+1, plus four turnovers to become flaws, helping the Lakers bite the score in the first half.
James's offensive performance in the second half was once again erupted, he once saved the ball and fell into the audience outside the field, and was also put down by Ingram's first-level malicious foul, becoming James's second malicious foul in the game, and he was also put down by the Pelicans' Hayes malicious foul in the first half.
In the lakers' crisis situation, James played a crazy performance in the third quarter, he dedicated 6 of 10 in a single quarter, not only hit two three-pointers on the outside, but also constantly broke through to create kills, and won 8 free throws in a single quarter to hit 7 goals. James single-handedly blasted 21 points in a single quarter to help the Lakers and pelicans start a confrontational posture, and he had already blasted 36 points in the first three quarters, allowing him to continue to improve his season scoring average.
At the end of the final quarter, after Wei Shao led the team to play a wave of small climax to overtake the score, the Pelicans also continued to bite the score. James' offensive efficiency has declined, he once completed a breakthrough hit, but then Zhan Huang hit the iron in succession, and the Lakers were also bitten by the opponent and continued to fall into a bitter battle.
With less than 3 and a half minutes left, the Lakers led by just one point, and James connected Westbrook to hit the inside basket to score, but Valanciunas' three-pointer continued to chase to a 108-108 draw. After Brother Thickbrow missed a throw, Ingram hit a two-pointer on horseback archery, and Valanciunas also caused Brother Thickbrush to foul two free throws to shoot a 4-pointer. It was only that James made a series of mistakes, but with 15.8 seconds left, James's key assist Bradley's three-point trail was only one point away. McCollum was hit by Two Freellon tactical fouls, and the Lakers failed to hit the key, and finally regretted that the Pelicans were swept away, and the difficulty of impacting the playoffs increased.
(Drunken Lying Floating Life)