Lakers vs Pelicans

The Los Angeles Lakers play the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, and if you're wondering how you can watch the action live, you've come to the right place ...

- G – CJ McCollum - G – Jose Alvarado The Lakers did so by putting up a robust 121 points and shooting 43.3% from 3-point range.

In Troy Brown Jr. and Lonnie Walker IV, the Lakers signed a pair of 23-year-old former first round picks who'd had respective flashes of success for their ...

“His determination to be present on both sides of the ball, and be effective on both sides of the ball,” said Ham. Yet and still, he was highly productive in each, most recently with 23 points (10 of 18 FG’s), 15 boards, two assists, a block and a steal in Sunday’s win. The lid on the rim finally seemed to lift, as their improvement continued: I know what I’m capable of and it’s only going to continue to get better and better. Anthony Davis has been dealing with back soreness since early in the preseason, which cost him the game at Minnesota, and ailed him in two games against Denver. At DEN: 8 of 30 (26.7 percent) On the defensive side, he knows what he wants out of me, and I’m willing to take on that challenge. Walker IV is averaging 14.2 points per game, most recently scoring 10 key points in the third quarter against Denver to help flip the game around. “I think this is one of the very first times where I’m allowed to play through my mistakes and do what I do. and Lonnie Walker IV, the Lakers signed a pair of 23-year-old former first round picks who’d had respective flashes of success for their previous teams, but weren’t retained by Washington, or San Antonio, respectively. In consecutive starts, Brown Jr. Pacific on Spectrum SportsNet.

In overtime, the Lakers took control by getting a three from Lonnie Walker, a transition dunk from Anthony Davis, and a LeBron James bucket to close out the ...

Russ, Bron, and AD get most of the attention, but Los Angeles had a balanced attack against New Orleans. The game was a stalemate at 44-44 when the Lakers went on a 12-0 run to secure a comfortable second-half lead and ultimately win the game. Darvin Ham held off bringing in Russ and AD for as long as he could and finally brought them back into the game with 6:37 left up one. Sky Walker made an appearance during this run and caused the Lakers bench to get a bit too excited and earned them a technical. Despite losing the quarter 35-26, the Lakers entered the third with a four-point lead. Wednesday’s victory was the best basketball the Lakers have played in recent memory.

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[Zion Williamson](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395628/zion-williamson) scored 27 points and McCollum had 22 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Pelicans, who dropped to 4-3. [LeBron James](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james) had 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Lakers. [Anthony Davis](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis) had 20 points and 16 rebounds for the Lakers, who blew a 16-point lead and appeared to be finished before [Dyson Daniels](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4869342/dyson-daniels)' two missed free throws with 1.4 seconds left in regulation allowed the Lakers to run one last play. Ham praised the eight-time All-Star selection's toughness in his third season of frequent injury woes: “His back situation is something we definitely need to manage, but it's something that's not going to worsen with what he's doing.” ... We can’t wait until the second half to decide we want to play, and that’s what we did.” McCollum’s jumper trimmed the Lakers’ lead to three in the final minute, but McCollum missed a potential tying 3-pointer with 6.7 seconds remaining, and the Pelicans couldn’t foul before the buzzer. New Orleans appeared to have it wrapped up when We didn’t deserve to win that game, so credit to the Lakers. “As a shooter, once you can get your feet down and you see the rim clean enough, that made it a lot easier.” Ryan attended three universities, went undrafted and worked as a DoorDash delivery driver before he made his NBA debut with one game for Boston last season. [Austin Reaves](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066457/austin-reaves) made a slick crosscourt pass to Ryan, and the newcomer who surprisingly made the Lakers' roster last month drilled a fallaway 3 in front of their bench to force OT. “I'm thrilled for him,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said.