The Lakers lost back-to-back road to the Pelicans 109-129 and suffered a two-game losing streak.
McCollum came up and hit a three-pointer and Valanciunas hit a shot. Ingram made long-range shots, mid-range, and Zion Williamson had two fast-break dunks, and the Pelicans started the game 15-8. On the Lakers' side, Davis continued to attack the basket, Vanderbilt stole and dunked, Prince cut 2+1, and then hit three points, and in the last 5 minutes and 30 seconds, Prince stole Zion and assisted James to score a fast break, and the Lakers overtook 22-21. McCollum hit four three-pointers in a row and the Pelicans went on a 14-2 run to take a double-digit lead. Davis dunked and Wood hit a three-pointer to put the Lakers up 33-42 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Zion made consecutive kills, and the Pelicans led by 15 points. James, who only scored 3 points in the first quarter, broke out, broke through to play 2+1, and scored 12 points with three points in a row. But the Lakers had only James scoring 12 points in nine minutes. Herbert Jones hit three straight three-pointers to give the Pelicans a 19-point lead. James broke through and scored and made a layup in the air to hit 2+1!He scored 18 points in the quarter as the Lakers trailed 57-74 at halftime.
Reaves hit a three-pointer at the beginning of the second half, James counterattacked and assisted Vanderbilt for a layup, and then scored five points in a row to help the Lakers chase down the 11-point gap. Zion scored a strong shot, then made four free throws for a foul. James broke through to the layup and dunked on a fast break. Three three-pointers from Ingram, Alvarado, and Daniels at the end of the quarter withstood the Lakers' comeback off the bench, and they still led 104-89 at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Zhan Mei hit the basket together and helped the Lakers chase 99-100. But Ingram responded with a mid-range, long-range shot, and the Pelicans led by 16 points again with 6:45 left to go. Davis hit a mid-range shot and Prince made a three-pointer. But McCollum made another long-range shot, and Ingram scored five straight points in the final minute, and the Pelicans led to 20 points, and the game was out of suspense.
James had 34 points and 8 assists, Davis had 20 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks and 3 assists, Prince had 15 points, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and Reaves had 20 points and 9 assists on 7-of-11 shooting.
Zion had 26 points and six assists on 8-of-12 shooting, Ingram had 26 points, eight assists, three steals and two blocks, McCollum had 22 points and nine assists, Valanciunas had 13 points and eight rebounds, Jones had 13 points and Nance had 11 points and 10 rebounds.