The battle broke out today in the NBA Western Conference Play-offs, the first game was between the 7th and 8th ranked Pelicans in the Western Conference.lakersIn the match, although the Pelicans tied the game with Zion Williamson’s 40 points in the fourth quarter, he was injured and left the game in the last 3 minutes of the game, allowing the Lakers to eventually clinch the Western Conference seed with 110 points. Confiscated. :106. 7 seed advancenba,
The Pelicans and Lakers competed for the 7th seed in the Western Conference playoffs today. There was a fierce confrontation between the two teams in the first half. The Pelicans’ Williamson showed high-efficiency attack by making 5 of 6 shots and scoring 10 points in a single quarter. The Pelicans scored 34 points in a single quarter, but the Lakers guard D. ‘Angelo Russell was also hot in the first quarter, scoring 13 points with 3 three-pointers in the quarter, helping the Lakers’ tough start, which was slow to cut the score.
In the second quarter, the Lakers began to shoot from the outside, and LeBron James stepped up to take over the situation after the warm-up; in the latter half of the second quarter, he led the Lakers to an offensive score of 13:0 before 14. The biggest margin in the half was a 10-point lead, but Williamson completed a buzzer-beating layup before the gun sounded in the second quarter, helping the Pelicans reach a 10-point margin at 50:60 before intermission. break. After beating the Lakers in the first half, James and Russell each scored 15 points, with Williamson leading the way for the Pelicans with 20 points.
After easy baskets, the Lakers once took the lead by 18 points with Rui Hachimura and Austin Reeves getting involved in the scoring process, however, Williamson also continued his hot touch in the first half and led the Pelicans before the end of the third. Helped catch the quarter. 7 point difference.
This season, the Pelicans never came from behind to win in the first three quarters, but in the fourth quarter they still relied on consecutive three-pointers from Trey Murphy III and Jose Alvarado and Williamson’s alley-oop slam dunk, Once the game was tied in the last 3 minutes and 53 seconds of the game, but in the last 3 minutes of the game, Pelican Williamson, who had already scored 40 points in the game, was injured and retired before the court. He lowered his head and angrily threw the towel on the ground, looking quite disappointed.
The Lakers also relied on Russell’s three-pointer in the last 50 seconds of the game to once again take a 4-point lead. However, the Pelicans’ CJ McCollum stepped up and scored 4 consecutive points at the critical moment to help the Pelicans. Make. The 2-point margin was cut to 11 seconds at the end of the game, but Reeves and Davis made the next 4 free throws. In the end, the Lakers defeated the Pelicans by a 4-point margin and advanced to the playoffs.
All Lakers starters scored in double figures. James scored 23 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. Russell made 5 three-pointers and scored 21 points, besting 40 points.
After defeating the Pelicans by a narrow margin in this game, the Lakers also secured the 7th seed in the Western Conference playoffs and will face the defending champion Golden Nuggets in the first round. As for the losing Pelicans, they will later face the Kings. And will wait for the kings.WarriorAfter the winner of the battle is announced, he will compete with him for the final playoff ticket in the Western Conference.
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