James 28+11+17, the play-off showdown is out

Lakers

The Finale

The Los Angeles Lakers, who are eighth in the West, won the most important game of the regular season of the season, which is the final game of the regular season, facing the New Orleans Pelicans, who are sixth in the West. The reason is simple, if the Lakers lose and the Warriors and Kings win, the Lakers will fall to the tenth place in the West, not only will they have no home-court advantage, but they will need to win two play-off games to get a play-off spot, which is very tough. But once they win this game, the Lakers will be able to secure the eighth place in the West, and they don't need to look at anyone's face.

In such an important game, James and Davis all played, and the team showed determination to win. The same goes for the Pelicans, if the team loses and the Suns win the game, then the team falls into the play-in zone. In such a situation, Ingram ushered in a comeback, which is self-evidently helpful to the team.

The older James gets, the more demonic he becomes

At the beginning of the first quarter, James did not score on 0-of-2 shooting, but he delivered 8 assists and 2 steals in a single quarter, which made Zion extremely uncomfortable on the offensive end. Davis had 14 points and 3 rebounds on 7-of-10 shooting, Hachimura had 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, the Lakers scored 30 points in a single quarter, while the Pelicans only scored 24 points, Ingram, who had just returned, had 9 points and 4 rebounds on 4-of-5 shooting, and Jones hit 2 three-pointers. After returning from the second quarter, McCollum had 8 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, and Nance Jr. had 7 points and 1 rebound, but Ingram and Zion combined for only 2 points, and the team scored 29 points in a single quarter.

The Lakers were on fire, James scored 13 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals on 6-of-10 shooting, constantly attacking the Pelicans' restricted area. Hachimura had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and Reaves also had 7 points on 3-of-4 shooting, and the team scored 40 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, the Lakers led the Pelicans by 17 points, 70-53. In the second half, the Lakers made 5 turnovers in a single quarter, Davis was troubled by fouls, Reaves scored 9 points on 3-of-5 shooting, Russell hit 3 three-pointers, and the team still scored 29 points in a single quarter. Zion found his form, scoring 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-7 shooting, and McCollum had 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and the team scored only 24 points in a single quarter, bringing the difference between the two teams to 22 points.

In the final quarter of the game, the Pelicans narrowed the gap to 17 points in one go, and Ham did not hesitate to replace James, who scored another 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists to help the team stabilize the situation, but who would have thought that Davis suffered an injury and then returned to the locker room. In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 124-108.

The play-off matchup is out

The Los Angeles Lakers won the game and successfully locked up the eighth spot in the West, while the Pelicans also fell to seventh in the West, and will next show a play-in showdown with the Lakers to compete for the seventh spot in the West and enter the playoffs. The only hope is that Davis' injury is not a big problem, and without Davis, it will be difficult for the Lakers to beat the Pelicans again. James got a triple-double of 28 points, 11 rebounds and 17 assists, in addition to 5 steals and 1 block. Davis shot 13-of-17 from the field for 30 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

In addition to James and Davis, Reaves also had 20 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Russell made 5 of 10 three-pointers, 19 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, and Hachimura had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. On the Pelicans' side, Zion was bullied by James, with only 12 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists on 4-of-13 shooting, Ingram had 13 points and 5 rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting, McCollum had 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, powerless to come back, Jones 18 points and 5 rebounds, Nance Jr. 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Murphy 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Alvarado 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, as for Wallan, he only played 7 minutes in the whole game.