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. In the first quarter, the two teams fought hard to score, the Pelicans were the main anti-guest, 5 points ahead of the Lakers; entering the second quarter, the Lakers, led by James and the thick eyebrow brother, will tie the score; easy to fight again, James feels hot, cut 21 points in a single quarter to set a new record for personal scoring in the season, cut 36 +7 in the third quarter, and the Lakers led the opponent by 1 point in the third quarter 87-86. In the final quarter, Varan scored 2 points first under the basket.
Wei Shao's first three quarters felt cold, but in the fourth quarter, he suddenly opened up, came up and hit three points, and soon, CJ used his personal ability to throw and score 2 points, Munch pulled three points to color, and then, Wei Shao suddenly cast a cold arrow, and it rained again for three points, and the Pelicans were stopped. Timeout back, Ingram emergency stop mid-range to win, Wei Shaoqiang killed the basket to give and ask, Alvarado scored 2+1 to stop the bleeding, Ingram made two fouls, but James was bold, turned around and played the board to take 2 more points.
Since then, Jones has scored three points, Johnson has made two free throws, and the Lakers still lead by 4 points. In the last 5 minutes, Thick Brow hit two free throws, Ingram also hit two goals, and after only one round, Varan scored two more points, and the point difference was only 1 point. At the critical moment, the thick eyebrow brother killed the basket to win, CJ Golden Rooster independently threw and then scored, Wei Shao accelerated to the basket to return a goal, but Varan arc top three points also have, pelicans chased the score. In the final 2 minutes and 36 seconds, Ingram won the mid-range, Varan made two fouls and hit all two free throws, and the Pelicans rebounded by 4 points.
At the decisive moment, the Lakers made a mistake, CJ threw no shot, but Wei Shao quickly attacked the air to catch up, James was obviously physically weak, there was a mistake, fortunately Bradley's three-point life, the point difference was only 1 point, and the Pelicans were suspended. In the final 15 seconds, the Lakers chose to foul CJ, who hit both free throws, and in the end, the Lakers lost to the Pelicans 111-114. After this game, the Lakers suffered five consecutive losses, with a record of 31 wins and 46 losses, ranking eleventh in the West, and the Pelicans won three consecutive games with a record of 34 wins and 43 losses, ranking ninth in the West.
In this game, James played 39 minutes, 13 of 23, 3 of 8 from three points, cut 38 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and made 6 turnovers; Thick Brow Brother was 8 of 17, contributing 23 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, becoming a fig leaf for the team; Westbrook was 5 of 15, with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists; Munch was 5 of 11, with 13 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists; Bradley was 4 of 5 with 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. For the Pelicans, CJ was 12-of-23 and had 32 points, seven rebounds and four assists; Ingram had 29 points, seven rebounds and seven assists on 10-of-17 shooting; Varan had 17 points, 12 rebounds and six assists on 10-of-10; Jones had 12 points.
In this game, James scored 21 points in the third quarter to set a new record for single-quarter scoring in his own season, but due to lack of physical strength, there were frequent mistakes in the last quarter, and the three-point tie was unsuccessful. Coupled with the Lakers dropping the chain at a critical moment, it is regrettable to swallow a loss, but overall, the performance of the Lakers double stars is very good, especially James.