On April 17, Beijing time, the NBA Western Conference playoffs play-offs were full of gunsmoke, and the Los Angeles Lakers traveled to New Orleans to challenge the Pelicans. In the previous game, the Lakers defeated their opponents 124-108 on this court to lock up eighth in the West, while the Pelicans fell to seventh. This battle is a battle for the Lakers to secure a playoff spot, and a battle for revenge for the Pelicans.
At the beginning of the game, the Pelicans were like a rainbow, Varan and Yingge scored one after another, and the Lakers relied on the play of James and Reaves to bite the score. At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans led 34-26. Among them, Zion performed particularly well, feeling hot and scoring 10 points. In the second quarter, the Lakers began to fight back, and Vincent hit a three-point shot, leading the Lakers to a 9-0 attack wave and successfully overtaking the score. After that, the two teams went back and forth, and the score rose alternately. At halftime, the Lakers led 60-50.
Yibian fought again, and the Lakers continued to expand their results, and Reaves and Hachimura made contributions one after another, once widening the difference to 18 points. However, the Pelicans did not give up, Zion, Murphy and others scored consecutive points, and at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers only led by seven points at 83-76.
In the final quarter, the competition between the two sides entered a white heat. The Lakers fell into a scoring drought for a while, but Vincent and Russell's back-to-back scoring helped the team stabilize their position. The Pelicans relied on the play of Zion and Murphy to keep catch-up. In the final moments of the game, Russell's three-point shot sealed the victory for the Lakers. In the end, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Pelicans 110-106 and advanced to the playoffs, where they will face the Nuggets.
In this game, James, Russell, thick eyebrows and others played well and made great contributions to the Lakers' victory. As for the Pelicans, despite Zion's 40 points, they still failed to lead the team to victory. Although the game is over, the wonderful moments are still vivid, and I look forward to the two teams continuing to provide fans with wonderful matchups in future games.