On December 8, Beijing time, the NBA midseason championship semifinals and a regular season game started today, with the Lakers playing against the Pelicans. Before the game, both teams had similar records, with the Lakers 13-9 in fifth place in the West, and the Pelicans 12-10 and eighth in the West. However, in the pre-game ESPN's **, the probability of the Lakers winning is 386%, Pelicans 614%。
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Lakers were on fire and 4-of-4 led 10-3;But then the Lakers missed consecutive shots on the offensive end, and lost backcourt rebounds on the defensive end, and the Pelicans relied on the second offense to play a wave of 14-5 attack to overtake the score 17-15;Then the two sides entered a battle of offense, the score was tied and led alternately many times, Reaves missed the last three points, and the first quarter of the game ended, the Lakers trailed by one point at 29-30.
As soon as the second quarter came up, James scored the first 11 points of the Lakers, hit three three-pointers and an open cut layup, and the Lakers played a wave of 11-3 to surpass the Pelicans by 7 points;Then James sent another assist, and scored 2+1 to help the Lakers lead by 11 points at 50-39. But after James went down, the offense was powered off, and the Pelicans went on a 12-3 run to narrow the deficit to two pointsIn the three minutes after James returned, the Lakers went on a 14-3 run to give them a 13-point lead at 67-54 at halftime. James scored 18 points in a single quarter of the game.
At the beginning of the third quarter, James led the Lakers to play a wave of 9-2 to stretch the difference to 20 points;After Zion scored four points in a row to narrow the gap to 16 points, the Lakers went on a 14-0 run to stretch the gap to 30 points, and almost all of these 14 points were related to James, either his score or his assist. What is commendable is that after James went off the court, the rest of the Lakers players not only did not let the Pelicans narrow the difference, but opened the difference, and at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led by 39 points at 110-71.
The fourth quarter was complete garbage time, and there was nothing more to say. The only interesting thing is that when the game entered a pause in the fourth quarter, Yang Jian, who was commenting the game, read out a comment from netizens: Warriors fans can't eat at noon.
In terms of personal data, James only played 22 minutes in two and a half quarters, 9-of-12 and 8-of-8 free throws to finish with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists;Thick eyebrows scored 16 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in the third quarter, Prince had 15 points and 3 rebounds, Russell had 14 points, Reaves had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, and Hachimura had 12 points.