The Lakers beat the Pelicans 110-106, behind James's 23+9+9, two "mutations" are the key

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110-106, the Lakers defeated the Pelicans and advanced to the playoffs as seventh, James 23 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, behind the two mutations, the two mutations were the key turning point.

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Thick eyebrows and back cramps with injuries are not efficient, James needs to ensure physical fitness and only plays 8 minutes, and when the team's offense is sluggish, Russell suddenly erupts.

Russell chased a three-pointer

received James's counterattack and wonderful pass, three points at the top of the left arc, and then chased three points, made a foul free throw basket in the middle distance after the personal breakthrough, and scored 13 points in a single quarter with 4 of 7 and 3 of 5 three-pointers, carrying the team to bite the score at 26-34.

Vincent scored his first three-pointer

When the Lakers trailed by 10 points at 26-36 in the second quarter, Vincent became a surprise player. He didn't play for a second in the first quarter, and as soon as he came on the court, Vincent scored a three-pointer after receiving a pass from James, and then the second three-pointer continued to bombard.

Vincent defends McCollum with three points

More importantly, he also has the top defensive awareness and motivation on guard, and can tear McCollum, the Pelicans' outside core, one-on-one, so that the latter can only contribute 2 points after 1-of-3 in the first quarter and 1-of-6 in the second quarter, holding down the opponent's engine, which has a far-reaching impact:

James makes a strong layup

The Lakers are the second fastest offensive team this season, especially when James is on the court, he can tear apart the opponent's defense with his personal ability, when Vincent led the whole team to improve the defense, James began to lead the whole team to play a counterattack, led by 10 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, the Lakers blasted out a 34-16 climax, and completed the overtake at halftime with 60-50.

Yibian fought again, Zion led the Pelicans to launch a counterattack, and James took the lead to improve defense, two typical cases:

James caused Zion's offensive foul

Zion went on a rampage with the Tigers, and James went out of his way to get him to foul and then foul Jones.

James goes around Zion, and Ingram misses

What's more classic is that he began to catch the ball around Zion, causing two Pelicans turnovers, one direct steal to Zion, and Reaves completed the counterattack, if so, the Lakers had an 18-point advantage of 73-55.

Zion layup

But Zion played the best battle of his career, as we saw in the picture, he scored the 40th point and carried the team to a 95-95 draw, and when the suspense of the game increased sharply, two "mutations" came.

1. Zion suddenly returned to the locker room without warning, never appeared again, and the Pelicans lost their first leader, so:

James key mid-range

James' foul baskets and mid-range play helped the Lakers maintain a one-ball lead, but Nance Jr. and Murphy responded tenaciously and the second mutation came.

Second, Russell broke out again suddenly.

James was caught in the middle of a mistake with the ball, and Alvarado led the team on the counter-attack, and the result:

Reeves raised his eyebrows

Russell was in the right position to complete the steal, the Lakers defended the offense, Reaves helped the thick eyebrows to catch a heavy dunk, and then Nance Jr. attacked the basket, and he was alertly fouled, and the latter made 1 of 2 free throws to give the Lakers a 101-100 lead.

Russell makes a key three

In the Lakers' positional battle, Reaves broke through the outside pass, and Russell hit a key three-pointer in the bottom corner of the right side, setting the score at 104-100 to establish a two-ball advantage and win the game!

At this point, looking at the Lakers' ability to beat the Pelicans, as mentioned above, behind James' quasi-triple-double, two unexpected events are turning points: Zion suddenly left the court, making the Pelicans lose their leader; Russell suddenly broke out, two defenders and one offense took on the responsibility of the third leader, and locked the victory, which was reflected in the data: Russell 21 points and 6 assists, with a plus/minus of +16, the most in the game!