Los Angeles Lakers @ New Orleans Pelicans

42-30, 21-15 Away

110

42-30, 21-15 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	36	27	28	19	110
Pelicans NO	28	31	17	22	98

New Orleans PelicansPelicansNO

31-41, 18-18 Home

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Anthony DavisA. Davis#3
Andre DrummondA. Drummond#2
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#1
Dennis SchroderD. Schroder#17
bench
Alfonzo McKinnieA. McKinnie#28
Kyle KuzmaK. Kuzma#0
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley#10
Talen Horton-TuckerT. Horton-Tucker#5
Marc GasolM. Gasol#14
Wesley MatthewsW. Matthews#9
Ben McLemoreB. McLemore#7
Alex CarusoA. Caruso#4
Markieff MorrisM. Morris#88
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	25	11-22	2-5	1-2	1	6	2	3	0	1	0	0	-2
30	14	5-12	0-3	4-6	5	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	+12
21	13	6-11	0-0	1-3	13	0	2	2	2	5	8	5	-1
28	10	4-8	2-6	0-0	1	6	0	1	0	0	1	3	+17
29	12	5-11	2-6	0-0	3	4	0	2	0	0	3	3	-1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
1	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
27	8	3-5	0-0	2-2	6	3	0	0	0	0	6	0	+7
4	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1
14	6	2-6	1-2	1-2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
27	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	7	4	1	1	2	1	6	2	+13
11	8	3-6	2-5	0-0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	+1
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
19	9	4-8	1-4	0-0	3	5	1	0	1	1	2	2	+13
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	110	45-96	11-35	9-15	42	30	9	14	5	8	34	16
		47%	31%	60%

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
James JohnsonJ. Johnson#16
Naji MarshallN. Marshall#8
Willy HernangomezW. Hernangomez#9
Eric BledsoeE. Bledsoe#5
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerN. Alexander-Walker#6
bench
Wenyen GabrielW. Gabriel#32
James NunnallyJ. Nunnally#21
Jaxson HayesJ. Hayes#10
Kira Lewis Jr.K. Lewis Jr.#13
Didi LouzadaD. Louzada#0
Wes IwunduW. Iwundu#4
Lonzo BallL. Ball#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	8	4-11	0-2	0-3	4	3	2	0	0	1	3	4	-16
35	18	6-13	4-6	2-2	6	7	7	1	0	0	6	1	-8
30	19	8-11	0-0	3-5	13	1	2	0	2	4	9	4	-16
22	13	5-9	2-4	1-2	4	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	-12
37	14	5-15	2-8	2-2	4	5	4	1	0	1	3	0	-2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	4	1-4	0-2	2-2	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	+4
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	+2
20	10	4-7	0-0	2-2	7	3	0	1	0	2	5	2	+4
26	12	4-6	1-2	3-3	3	4	2	1	0	0	3	0	0
19	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	-16
DNP-SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER
DNP-RIGHT THUMB INJURY
	98	37-78	9-25	15-21	47	26	21	4	5	8	39	18
		47%	36%	71%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

LAL

LAL win season

2-1

112

Game 1@ LAL

Final

111

Game 2@ NO

Final

128

110

Game 3@ NO

Final

Game Information

New Orleans, LA

Referee:Derrick Collins

Referee:Scott Foster

Referee:Mousa Dagher

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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