On April 17, Beijing time, the Pelicans hosted the Lakers, this game is about the playoff seats, the winner directly locked the seventh place in the West, the first round of the playoffs against the Nuggets, and the loser will play the play-off G2 (winner of Kings vs Warriors), and the first half of the play-offs has two lives. The Lakers trailed by eight points in the first quarter, and at halftime the Lakers led by 10 points at 60-50.
This game is a revenge battle for the Pelicans, the two teams lost to the Lakers at home in the final game of the regular season, the Pelicans lost to the Lakers + the Suns won the Timberwolves, the Pelicans' sixth place in the West was dragged by the Lakers to the seventh to play the play-offs, Ingram, CJ, Zion are very uncomfortable, they want revenge. (ESPN prediction is Pelicans win)
The Pelicans' offense played well in the opening game, a wave of 7-3 offensive, Zion dunked under the basket, Ingram hit a shot, Zion challenged the thick eyebrows and succeeded, but LeBron hit three points, Russell made two consecutive three-pointers to help the Lakers open the situation, CJ responded with three points, Jones faced James with two breakthroughs, and the thick eyebrows still had a big advantage in the face of Wallan, and the Lakers led by 1 point when they entered the first timeout.
After the pause, Jones' offensive and defensive performance helped the Pelicans play a 5-0 offensive overtake, Russell scored 5 points in a row after coming on the court, Alvarado came on the court to lead the defense of Russell, the two clashed, the referee watched the replay, Alvarado and Russell were blown T, and the Lakers trailed by 8 points after the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Zion made a shot, James was basketed by Zion's hat, after the Pelicans made a mistake, James dunked, James hit the ground to assist Hayes and dunked, Russell assisted Prince for three points after the shot, the Lakers overtook and CJ tied the shot.
Ingram faced Hachimura's gorgeous European step layup and narrowed it to 1 point, James broke through the two to score, and then faced Valan's defense with a quick stop and accelerated layup, James scored 4 points in a row and then pulled it away to 5 points, McCollum and Vincent struggled, Vincent suspected of falling under the ice on the field, after a pause, Prince scored three points, Reaves hit both free throws, the Lakers opened a wave of 5-0 to 10 points, James broke through and made two fouls and made two free throws, James made two fouls in 0.6 seconds, and Lao Zhan continued to defend the fat tiger's attack frame.
Ingram stepped back to break the scoring drought, Prince missed a three-pointer in the bottom corner, Zion cut to the basket and dunked, James broke through and made Zion's foul again and hit both free throws
At halftime, James had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Bush Brow 6 points and 8 rebounds, Russell 15 points and 6 assists, Zion 20 points and 8 rebounds, Ingram 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and McCollum scored only 5 points on 2-of-9 shooting.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream