On April 2, the NBA regular season began a focus battle, the Lakers against the Pelicans, this game is highly anticipated, because the Spurs won before the game, the Lakers want to get a play-off ticket, they must beat the main competitor Pelicans. The Pelicans led the 11th-place Lakers in the West by two wins before the game and had the upper hand. The Lakers lost miserably yesterday, James and Thick Brow brother came back in the line of fire, the team lost 8 of the last 10 games, and the hope of the playoffs was in jeopardy, so Zhan Mei came back and joined forces with Westbrook and Howard and others to fight to the death.
Early in the game, the Lakers who played at home scored the first goal by the comeback thick-browed brother, but soon the old Ingram and McCollum scored five consecutive points, and it was clear that the Pelicans players entered the game at a fast pace. Howard steals, Westbrook assists James counter-attack dunks, the connection of the three superstars, quite wonderful.
With 8 minutes and 40 seconds left in the first quarter, Hayes had a deliberate act while defending James, James was on the ground with his hands on the ground, and Anthony stepped forward to clash with Hayes. The referee gave a penalty after watching the replay, Hayes first-level malicious foul, James two penalties and one throw, but unfortunately James lost both of the penalties.
It is worth mentioning that James bumped into Hayes while covering for thick eyebrows in the previous attack.
The Pelicans didn't give up either, taking advantage of James' mistakes to smooth out the score gap. McCollum scored consecutive points, and he felt quite good and helped the Pelicans reverse the score. At the crucial moment, James pulled away a 1-on-1 three-pointer, very strong. Ingram and Hayes scored consecutive points, and the Lakers' Munch outside also hits, and the two teams alternated leads. The Lakers trailed the Pelicans 25-30 in the first quarter, with six turnovers in a single quarter and James returning to score nine points in the quarter.
Obviously, today's game Lakers are still very well prepared, life and death, but also home games, James and thick eyebrows after the comeback of the strong performance, this is very important for the Lakers. Also looking forward to the next performance of the Lakers, although today's win can not return to the top ten, but to save the hope of advancing to the playoffs.