17 points to win! The Lakers set a record of 5 in one battle! The starting five scored 119 points, and Lao Zhan sent 14 assists
On February 10, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Lakers played back-to-back home games against the Pelicans. After losing to the defending champion in the last game, the Lakers felt good this time, but failed to take the initiative, but scored 51 points in the second quarter, and then began to take the initiative on the court, and kept the lead, not giving the Pelicans too many opportunities to fight back. In the end, the Lakers beat the Pelicans 139-122 at home.
The Lakers fought back-to-back, but Zhan Mei played all of them, Russell also ushered in a comeback, the team came up with a good momentum, and the Pelicans started a race, and the Lakers were also at some disadvantages, trailing by 3 points after the first quarter. But in the second quarter, the Lakers felt hot on the outside, began to score consecutive points, and took the initiative on the court, and finally scored 51 points on 9-of-12 three-pointers in a single quarter, of which Russell hit 4 goals alone. The 51 points in a single quarter also tied the record for the highest single-quarter score in the history of the Lakers, with 87 points in the half, which is also the second highest halftime score in team history. The Pelicans' offense was also good, with the two teams scoring 161 points in the first half, setting a new high in the league in the first half in the past 10 years.
In the second half, the Lakers have been occupying the initiative on the court, and the Pelicans are also constantly chasing points, and once the point difference was close to single digits, but the Lakers readjusted their state and opened the point difference again, and soon the Pelicans also gave up resistance early and directly replaced the substitute players, and the Lakers bench players also continued to score points, and Wood scored consecutive points in a row, directly stretching the score difference to 20 points. In the end, the Lakers defeated the Pelicans 139-122.
The Lakers' offensive state this time is very terrifying, especially the starting five, all of which score 20+, which is still very scary. Russell hit six three-pointers and scored a team-high 30 points, Reaves scored 27 points, James had 21 points and 14 assists, Hachimura had 21 points, and Davis had 20 points, six rebounds and six assists. This time, the Lakers also set 5 records, 3 records in the first half, and scored 115 points after the third quarter, which is also the highest score in team history since 1989, and the team of 5 people scored 20+, which is the first time in team history since 1984.
After beating the Clippers, the Pelicans failed to continue their momentum against the Lakers this time, and fell to seventh place in the West after the loss. Zion's performance this time was still very good, with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, but unfortunately the team's outside firepower was not good this time, McCollum scored 19 points, and Ingram got 22 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, unable to withstand the impact of the Lakers' starting five, and ultimately lost.