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After a short break, the two play-off games in the West took the lead, in which the Lakers went to the away road to challenge the Pelicans again, in the last game of the regular season, the Lakers were locked in the eighth position by beating the Pelicans on the road, from the perspective of tactical adjustment, to beat the Pelicans on the road in a row, it is obviously a big challenge for the Lakers, the winner of the two teams will directly lock the seventh position in the West, and the losing side will play another game to compete for the eighth place in the West.

As a result, in this do-or-die battle, the two teams did not disappoint, and the Lakers relied on the focused performance of All-out Zhan to build an early double-digit lead.

The Pelicans relied on the impact of Zion's terror to bite the score when Ingram had a limited playing time and a poor shooting touch for role players.

In the final quarter, the Pelicans tied the score for a while, but Zion retired injured at a critical moment, and the Lakers relied on Russell, Reaves, and James's multi-point flowering, plus Brother Thick Mei's winning frontcourt rebounds and kills at critical moments to successfully win the victory, and finally the Lakers narrowly defeated the Pelicans 110-106.

It is not difficult to see from the score that this is a very thrilling victory for the Lakers, and it can only be said that luck is on the side of the Lakers.

Among the Pelicans' Big Three, only Zion performed well, playing 36 minutes, shooting 17 of 27, scoring a game-high 40 points, plus 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, in the last 3 minutes of the final quarter, Zion left the game with an injury without contact, and Zion was extremely depressed when he left the court, throwing a towel in anger.

According to the Pelicans coach after the game, Zion suffered a sore left leg, the exact location of which is unclear, and an imaging test will be performed next.

The reason why Zion was injured at the end of the quarter was also inseparable from the poor performance of his teammates next to him, and he had to carry the offense alone.

Ingram, the second leader, still has a time limit for playing in this game, played 24 minutes in the whole game, and did not appear at the decisive moment, shooting 4 of 12 in the game, getting 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, but also had 3 turnovers, plus or minus -16, the second to last in the game.

The lowest was CJ, the third leader off the bench, with a plus/minus of -17, only 4 of 15 shots from the field, 1 of 9 three-pointers, and only 9 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

On the other hand, on the Lakers' side, James fought hard for 41 minutes, delivering 23 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks on 6-of-20 shooting.

He is also the only defensive point of the Lakers who can limit Zion, with a plus/minus of +11 in the whole game, the second highest on the team, which can be described as doing his best.

Brother Thick Mei played with an injury, and also played 41 minutes, shooting 6 of 16, scoring 20 points, 15 rebounds, 1 break and 3 blocks.

In the slump for most of the time, Bushy Eyebrow saved the team and James in the decisive moment, and after the latter missed a shot, Bushy Eyebrow grabbed the winning frontcourt rebound and hit all four key free throws to kill the game.

In addition, Russell shot 7 of 14, 5 of 11 three-pointers, and efficiently scored 21 points, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and delivered a key steal + three points in the bottom corner at the decisive moment.

Another guard, Reaves, also performed remarkably, scoring 16 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists on 5-of-11 shooting from the field, and successfully shared the pressure on James at the decisive moment.

Hachimura, who also started the game, shot 5 of 6 from the field, scored 13 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal, and his performance was efficient and stable.

At the same time, Vincent off the bench became a wonder man, shooting 3-of-6 from the field, 2-of-4 from three-point range, with 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.

It is worth mentioning that the 9 points not only tied the highest single game this season, but also exceeded his previous total of 6 games (7 points).

It was under their leadership that the Lakers beat the Pelicans to lock up seventh place and will face the Nuggets again in the playoffs, and the two teams met in the Western Conference finals last season, with the Nuggets sweeping the Lakers 4-0.

The Lakers will get three precious days off to face the series G1 against the Nuggets on April 21.

Celebrity Skip commented after the game: "Now we have a Western Conference matchup in the first round of the playoffs (Lakers vs Nuggets), and the winners of the two teams will enter the Finals against the Celtics." ”

The Nuggets can be described as the Lakers' sufferers, according to the statistics of the American media "StatMuse".

Last season, Jokic averaged 27.8 points, 14.5 rebounds and 11.8 assists per game against the Lakers, shooting 51% from the field and 47% from three-point range.

Murray averaged 32.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game while shooting 52.7 percent from the field and 40.5 percent from three-point range.