On April 17, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers VS New Orleans Pelicans play-off G1 started, the winner of this game will face the Denver Nuggets, the second in the West, in the first round, and the loser will play the play-off G1 (winner of Kings VS Warriors), and the Lakers fell behind 26-34 after the first quarter.
James and Davis were both decided to play before the game, and Anthony Davis was originally doubtful, but he decided to play with an injury in order to help the team win. The two teams just went through a super card battle in the regular season finale, and it was the Lakers who pulled the Pelicans from the sixth seed in the West, and this time the Pelicans carried the flames of revenge.
Zion's career is 1-7 against James, but the Pelicans have home-court advantage in this game, and ESPN is still more optimistic about the Pelicans to win. Lakers starters: Russell, Reaves, James, Hachimura, Davis, Pelicans starters: McCollum, Ingram, Zion, Jones, Wallan.
At the beginning, the Pelicans played a 4-0 climax, Reaves hit the first three-point game in the athletic battle, Ingram responded immediately, Wallan basketed with a strong back and thick eyebrows, James also came with an outside three-pointer, Ingram also hit a mid-range single, AD responded to Wallan's throwing, and the Lakers narrowed the gap to 1 point.
Zion made a small turn to James under the basket, and shot directly against the challenge in the face of the thick eyebrows' defense, and the thick eyebrows singled out Varland to make two fouls and hit two free throws, and then Varland was defended in the face of the thick eyebrows under the basket, James assisted Russell to hit a three-point shot, Jones cut into the score, Russell drifted three points again, and CJ immediately responded with a three-pointer.
Jones accelerated past James, James chased the big hat was an offensive interference ball, Hachimura pulled the free throw line, James missed a big three-pointer, and a breakaway missed the official timeout. After the timeout, Jones hit the shot again, the Lakers missed 6 consecutive offenses, and the Pelicans overtook 4 points and entered the timeout again.
Jones's defense of Reeves made a mistake in dribbling, Russell clashed with Alvarado, he directly gave Russell a headbutt, Foster directly gave Alvarado a T, and then the referee went to watch the replay, Russell was also blown T, Hachimura missed the shot, and Jones came back and hit a three-point shot.
At the end of the first quarter, Russell scored 13 points, James Mei combined 8 points and 5 rebounds, Zion had 10 points and 6 rebounds, and Jones scored 7 points.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream