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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 21 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
 Pelicans | 30 | 26 | 15 | 28 | 99 |
LALTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 39-8943.8% | 12-4030.0% | 14-1877.8% | 43 | 24 | 11 |
| NOP | 35-8342.2% | 11-2937.9% | 18-2378.3% | 50 | 24 | 17 |
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Los Angeles Lakers104| 41 | 10 | 3-15 | 2-9 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +9 | −7.1 | ||||||
| 37 | 27, Career high (his best before, 19) | 10-17 | 5-10, Ties his career high | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +11 | +8.8 | ||||||
| 37 | 31 | 12-20 | 2-4 | 5-7 | +2 | +7.7 | ||||||||
| 37 | 21 | 8-19 | 2-7 | 3-5 | 0 | +1 | −4.9 | |||||||
| 30 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | +1 | −5.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.9 | |||||
| 21 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −3.0 | ||||||
| 11 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | +3 | +6.0 | |||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.1 | |||
| Team | 104 | 39-8943.8% | 12-4030.0% | 43 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 14-1877.8% | 17 | 10 | 3 | |||
Bench 13 points on 5 for 12 shooting
Did not play: Cam Reddish (injury/illness); Maxwell Lewis and Bronny James (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans99| 38 | 32 | 11-23 | 3-5 | 7-9 | 0 | +2.8 | ||||||||
| 36 | 12 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | −4.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 31 | 7 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −1 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | −2 | −0.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 16 | 6-18 | 2-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −7 | −4.1 | ||||||
| 21 | 6 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | −8 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.2 | ||||
| Team | 99 | 35-8342.2% | 11-2937.9% | 50 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 18-2378.3% | 18 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 30 points on 11 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Jose Alvarado and Trey Murphy III (injury/illness); Antonio Reeves and Daniel Theis (coach’s decision).
Lakers104Pelicans99ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Dalton Knecht scored a career-high 27 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from 15 points down in the second quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 104-99 for their fifth straight win.
The Lakers trailed 51-36 with 4:38 left in the second quarter and 56-46 at halftime. They outscored the Pelicans 68-48 the rest of the way.
LeBron James’ pull-up 3-pointer with 37.6 seconds left made it 101-97, and Knecht’s 2 free throws with 0.6 seconds left put it away at 104-99.
During clutch time, the Lakers outscored the Pelicans 15-12. James (No. 7 in clutch wins added, 2024-25) scored 9 of the Lakers’ 15 on 3 for 5 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line.
Anthony Davis had 31 points (18 in the paint) and 14 rebounds, and James added 21 points. The Lakers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Pelicans, Brandon Ingram had 32 points, 8 assists and 3 steals.
The Pelicans committed 17 turnovers to the Lakers’ 11. They gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Lakers missed.
Los Angeles LakersNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Lakers’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (2nd quarter, 4:22 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
90 points from the field on 89 shots: 8.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-25 | 76.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-19 | 36.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 1-5 | 20.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-15 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-25 | 24.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Missi | 36 | 10 | 4-7 | −6 |
| Trey Jemison III | 13 | 9 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Brandon Ingram | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 3-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 24 | 6 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Jaylen Nowell | 14 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Brandon Ingram | 9 | 2 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Brandon Boston | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 12 | 5-6 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javonte Green | 23 | 0 | 0-2 | −7 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 12 | 6 | 3-3 | +2 |
| Brandon Boston | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Trey Jemison III | 6 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 8 | 2-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAL
50/50
NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
L. James 29' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Reaves 7 AST)
Q4 1:51
35.4%
73→37
L. James 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 0:38
32.5%
37→5
Ingram 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (32 PTS) (Boston Jr. 5 AST)
Q4 2:09
29.5%
43→73
Boston Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Nowell 3 AST)
Q4 3:01
25.4%
21→46
Robinson-Earl 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Ingram 8 AST)
Q4 5:39
19.0%
37→56
