All Five Starters Score In Double Figures As Lakers Defeat The Pelicans - Beritaja

The Lakers were looking to stack wins and are not successful position to judge an force by its win-loss record.

So, erstwhile the Lakers encountered a Pelicans squad that arrived astatine Crypto.com Arena connected Tuesday nighttime pinch a 19-43 record, they knew they couldn’t spend to place New Orleans. Especially since the Pelicans had won 4 of their past 5 and because they person a talented halfway of young talent that includes Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III and Dejounte Murray.

But pinch each 5 starters scoring successful double figures, the Lakers (37-24) pulled retired a 110-101 win complete a stubborn Pelicans team.

Luka Doncic led the Lakers pinch 27 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists. But he was conscionable 10-for-22 from the section and three-for-10 from three-point scope and he had 7 turnovers.

LeBron James had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. But he had 5 turnovers.

Austin Reaves had 15 points connected four-for-15 shooting and 2 for 7 connected three-pointers, 8 rebounds and 5 turnovers.

Deandre Ayton had 13 points and 8 rebounds and Marcus Smart had 10 points and played his accustomed stellar defense, picking up 4 steals.

The Lakers had 20 turnovers done 3 quarters, which didn’t thief their cause.

They had conscionable 1 successful the 4th fourth and that came connected a late-game 24-second usurpation erstwhile they were moving retired the clock.

The Lakers didn’t thief themselves by losing their composure.

Doncic was fixed a method foul successful the 2nd quarter. Luke Kennard received a method foul successful the 3rd 4th and Ayton sewage a method foul successful the 4th fourth aft being called for a foul blocking a changeable by Williamson.

When the Lakers decided conscionable to play basketball, they had plentifulness of highlights.

Austin Reaves celebrates aft making a three-pointer successful the 2nd half.

(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

James slipped trying to drawback a lob from Smart, falling down connected the court. But James regained his balance, sewage the shot and threw down a two-handed, rim-rattling dunk while being fouled by Murray.

Smart and James hooked up again, this clip successful the 3rd quarter. Smart stole a pass, leaped successful the aerial and threw the hoops to a sprinting James. James past threw the walk backmost to Smart, who successful move threw it backmost to James for different dunk.

The Lakers recovered the Pelicans to beryllium a fistful each game, falling down 78-76 astatine the extremity of the 3rd quarter. The Lakers were sloppy pinch the hoops successful the third, turning the shot complete 10 times.

This showed the Lakers that the Pelicans were not conscionable going to beryllium a pushover.

“You know, they’re publically talking about it: they want to beryllium successful the play-in and everybody loves playing the Lakers here, truthful it’s going to beryllium a reliable game,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said earlier the game. “And I deliberation we person to do a awesome occupation of getting backmost and a awesome occupation of protecting the [rim] ... I mean, they’re conscionable astatine the rim each the clip …They’re playing really bully hoops correct now.”