Los Angeles Lakers Knocked Out Again, Defeated 109-129 To New Orleans Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans player Jose Alvaraado (right) stole the ball from LeBron James (left) in an NBA match held at the Smoothie King Center of New Orleans, Louisiana. (photo: dock. between)

JAKARTA - The Los Angeles Lakers lost again on the first day of 2024 with the difference reaching 20 points from New Orleans Pelicans, namely 129-109 in a match held at Louisiana' New Orleans Smoothie King Center, Monday 1 January WIB. Lakers did not move in front of Pelicans by only winning once with a difference of 1 point throughout the game. While Pelicans controlled the match with the biggest difference of advantages reaching 22 points. Lakers, LeBron James, scored 34 points, Anthony Davis recorded double-doubly 20 points and 10 rebounds, Austin Reaves 20 points and 9 assists, and Taurean Prince 15 points. James said his team did not perform optimally in that match, and even in the previous matches. "We have to find out and be better, of course. We are not like a team that played from behind. We have played a lot in this position in the past year," James said as quoted by the NBA official website. Lakers did start the NBA season 2023-2024 by becoming the champion of the In-Season Tournament unbeaten throughout the competition. However, the story is different in the NBA regular season where Lakers often lost. With that defeat, LeBron et al are ranked ninth in the West Region NBA standings with 17 wins and 17 defeats.

In the Pelicans camp, Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram both scored 26 points, CJ McColllum 22 points, and Jonas Valanciunas and Herb Jones each scored 13 points. In another NBA match today, the NBA standings East Boston Celtics finished the NBA bottom team in the San Antonio Spurs with a 33-point lead, namely 134-101.

In the match that was held at AT&T Center San Antonio Texas, Spurs really couldn't do anything by never being able to outperform the Celtics throughout the game. Celtics was superior throughout the match with a difference of 37 points in the fourth quarter.Jayson Tatum who returned to play after injury scored 25 points, Jaylen Brown 24 points, Derrick White 17 points, and Kristops Porzingis 14 points. This victory also brought the Celtics to record six consecutive wins. San Antonio Spurs' STAR Victor Wembanyama scored 21 points, and Devin Vassell 22 points. "I can feel, compared to previous years, they have something more all year ago. And of course, it's hard to play against them, and it's a good challenge. But we took lessons today," said Wembanyama.

Here are the results of another NBA match today:Washington Wizards 126-130 Atalanta Hawks Oklanama City Thunder 124-108 Brooklyn NetsMemphis Grizzlies 92-123 Sacramento Kings Phoenix Suns 112-107 Orlando Magic