On April 2, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 111-114, and after the game, the Lakers suffered five consecutive defeats. Now, they seem to be drifting away from the play-offs.
It is worth mentioning that the Lakers have fallen behind the Pelicans by 3 wins and 1 win behind the Spurs. The Pelicans are ninth with 34 wins and 43 losses, while the Spurs are tenth with 32 wins and 45 losses, and the Lakers are 11th with 31 wins and 46 losses.
What's more, in the next 5 games, the Lakers will face challenges from the Nuggets, Suns, Warriors, Thunder and Nuggets. Of the four teams, only one team, the Thunder, has a winning percentage of less than 50%.
In addition, for the Lakers, what is more heart-wrenching is that this season, facing the Pelicans, the Lakers were swept by opponents. According to statistics, this is the first time that the Pelicans have swept the Lakers in the regular season since the 2017-18 season.
In this game, James played 40 minutes, he shot 13 of 23, cut 38 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, in the past 5 games, James averaged 37.8 points per game, but it is difficult to help the team win.
In this campaign, Wei Shao shot 4 of 8 in the last quarter, cut 10 points and 2 rebounds, and finally had 15.4 seconds left when the Pelicans kicked off, the Lakers fell behind 1 point and no one went to foul, Wei Shao, who was carrying five fouls, could only get off, and then, with 6 fouls on his back, he directly walked out of the game. Today's Lakers can be said to have little time left for them!