In today's play-off game between the Lakers and the Pelicans, the Lakers defeated the Pelicans 110-106, James got a quasi-triple-double of 23+9+9, thick eyebrows 20+15, and Russell also scored 21 points. In the end, they led the Lakers to seventh place in the West, and they will play the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs on April 21, while the Pelicans will next face the winner of the Kings and Warriors for the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs - eighth in the West.
James
The game between the Lakers and the Pelicans can be described as ups and downs, both sides have double-digit leads, but whenever they lead by double digits, they will always be tied or directly overtaken by the opposite side, and the turning point of the game is in the second half of the fourth quarter, after the Pelicans outside organization was tied by Zion's dunk 95-95, Zion was sent off, and after this goal, the rhythm completely came to the Lakers' side, although the Pelicans could respond in the first two rounds, but after the Pelicans lost frontcourt rebounds one after another, the score between the two sides was maintained in two rounds, and the Pelicans finally regretted defeat。
Comparison of the two champions
And there is also a lot of controversy in this game, not only the Pelicans star who bombarded 40 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists was sent off, but there was also a huge difference in the free throws of the two teams, the Lakers made 29 free throws in the whole game, while the Pelicans only had 15 free throws, while the Lakers made 26 free throws, while the Pelicans made 11 free throws, and the difference between the two sides was 14 points by free throws, and it was obvious that the Pelicans had more offense on the interior throughout the game, but they got fewer free throws.
Zion
The Pelicans are undoubtedly the luckiest team in the West this season, not only because this game was manipulated by the referee, but also because a month ago, the Pelicans had already determined that they were fifth in the West, and they would face the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round, and they were the Clippers, but the turning point was that Ingram was injured, and the final ranking has been falling, and in the last game, the Suns successfully squeezed to seventh in the West, and the Warriors and Kings they are going to face are not weak, they are likely to miss this year's playoffs, which is embarrassing!
Playoff matchups