A night of passion and an unexpected hero for the revived Lakers

In an instant, life gives you what it took from you. In an instant, triples, especially his one triple, provided everything he got from the Lakers. enthusiastic joy For poor gold and purple troops, 1 bitter irony For the New Orleans Pelicans. Most unexpectedly, he was one of the night’s triple villains, and until then he was two of eight games. He had only played five NBA games in his life. In Los Angeles he had 4 games and in Boston he had 1. Matt Ryanwas the unexpected hero of the night, someone who had the hot wrists and cold blood for a perfect parabola to every limit, and the second person to play to extend the Lakers’ longevity ( 111-111) , where the team of the strongest minds, i.e. the team of Durbin Ham (120-117).2 consecutive wins Denver Nuggets. People who everyone thought were dead are more alive than ever.

do not have lebron (20 points), or Davis (20), not even updated westbrook (13). Aside from Ryan himself, Crypto Arena turned up the decibels with stolen balls. Patrick Beverly Finally, at the start of play in New Orleans, Willie Hernangomez was left minutes into another night. Austin Reeves Jump into the ground for the ball, Ronnie Walker IV -Life of the party with 28 points- Triple and give the initiative to the gold and purple in overtime. That’s how these new Lakers do it, sinking their elbows and getting muddy in tough times. all together.

Despite 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, it wasn’t a good shooting night for LeBron (9-23 and 0-7 on 3-pointers). Trey Brown Jr. (15 points). It was a bench contest where his 36 on the Lakers answered his 38 on the Pelicans. Zion Williamson (27) Productive but ineffective McCallum (22 points, 10/27 shots), with the help from the bench of Trey Murphy III (12) plus Jose Alvarado (15) Larry Nance Jr. (11), Willie Green preferred to rest Valanciunas before Willie.

The Pelicans started off with full confidence in their defensive plan. zone 2-3, do the rest.Collapsed the painting to completely ignore its surroundings, and despite the final ecstasy, only the purple and gold ones remained 27%. It worked for him in the first quarter (23-27) when the Lakers were blinded on offense when Davis was 1/7 in pitching. However, Hamm’s life seems to have changed with a new routine. Russell Westbrook From the bench, he dismantled the New Orleans plan with clarity in the second quarter, producing (6 points), but also sharing. Between penetrations, assists of all kinds, cuts, pick-and-rolls and “extra passes,” he took over the court while Anthony Davis shadowed him. Jonas Valanciunas in paint. As a result, the Lakers were 55-46 at halftime.

Nance Jr. and Alvarado bring new life to New Orleans

An inside ball to an inactive Valanciunas and lack of an offensive storyline gave the Pelicans something to think about. Something different in the second half. Only 9 points, the pivot of a meager 3/11 shot from the field was completely overtaken by Davis, not even receiving the ball far from the rim to look for open shots that are more difficult for Ross to defend. I did. The Angeles Center Lakers managed to clear up the confusion.entrance on stage Joseph Alvarado — three triples in the third quarter — and Nance Jr., the more agile center who gave Davis a lot of trouble, gave Davis’ offense much more dynamism. new orleans Hamm’s team, meanwhile, were 0-of-6 on this third-quarter triple, but were bogged down in front of the zone Green held to face the final quarter (82-79).

Westbrook was very good at shooting (6/10) and ruined his good numbers in the second half – he finished with 6 turnovers with 9 assists – and Durbin Ham He pulled it off in the final minutes. Lakers found no solution to stop Williamson – 14 points in last 12 minutes – especially when Davis wasn’t on court walkerled the Lakers with 11 points in the last quarter lebron clutch (4 points and 1/7 shooting in the final quarter) but is supported by his secondary. One of them, Matt Ryan, rose to instant fame from his anonymity. this is life. Eventually, Smile at the Lakers.