OUT: Cam,DLo,2Ws. NOP made 17 3s vs 10 for LA and 21 pts right there. 4 guys
in DFs with AD getting the DD and AR 1 AST short & LBJ 2 ASTs short. Lakers
for the whole H2 couldn't put enough together to offset the H1 17 pt deficit.
LA also -18 in SCPs due to -8 ORBs. 109-129 Lakers lose by 20 and end the year
with a 50-50 record.

FBP: 6 vs 7; PIP: 50 vs 42; POT: 13 vs 17; SCP: 7 vs 25.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF PM EFF
James 34 (50 /43 /88 )/ 5/ 8/ 1/ 0/ 4/ 2/-11/ +0
Davis 20 (47 /0 /75 )/10/ 3/ 5/ 0/ 3/ 4/-17/ +0 DD
Reaves 20 (58 /20 /83 )/ 2/ 9/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 3/-19/ +0
Prince 15 (56 /57 /100)/ 1/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/-12/ +0

Next games following:
Game 35 LAL vs MIA: Wed Jan 03 19:00 -- -- Crypto.com Arena
Game 36 LAL vs MEM: Fri Jan 05 19:00 -- -- Crypto.com Arena
Game 37 LAL vs LAC: Sun Jan 07 18:30 -- -- Crypto.com Arena

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Quarterly Laker scoring leaders/notes (pluses OR/ST/BL; minuses TO/PF/oOR):

Q1 - Poor D (esp perimeter), poor RBing has LA -9 - shooting 57/40/78% vs
64/70/75%; pluses 1/5/1; minuses 3/3/5. Davis 9, Prince 6,
Hachimura/James 4. 33-42=-9Q.

Q2 - They keep this up and it'll be a 114-148 result - shooting 35/30/88% vs
46/43/82%; pluses 0/0/4; minuses 4/6/3. James 17, Davis 4. 24-32=-8Q.
Rui leaves game with a calf strain.

Q3 - Lakers finally out-O NOP, but only +2 - shooting 59%40/100 vs 47/43/90%;
pluses 1/1/3; minuses 3/5/2. Reaves 13, James 9, Christie 5.
32-30=+2Q (89-104=-15).

Q4 - Lakers unable to put together some decent O to get back in the game -
shooting 37/14/83% vs 52/50/82%; pluses 2/2/2; minuses 3/1/2. Davis 7,
James/Reaves 4. 20-25=-5Q.

H1 - Poor O in Q2, poor D, poor RBing, 7 TOs - shooting 46/33/82% vs 55/59/80%;
pluses 1/5/5; minuses 7/9/8. James 21, Davis 13, Prince 9. 57-74=-17H.

H2 - H2 was better than H1 with the perimeter D the real problem - shooting
49/29/88% vs 48/41/83%; pluses 3/3/5; minuses 6/6/4. 52-55=-3H.

FG - NOP shot 50% from 3 vs 31% for LA accounting for -21 pts for LA and pretty
much the L - shooting 48/31/84% vs 52/50/82%; pluses 4/8/10; minuses
13/15/12. 109-129=-20G.

Team scoring by Q (FG%/FG-AT includes 3P%/3P-AT):
Lakers Opponent Lakers Opponent
Q FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG% 3P% FT% FG% 3P% FT% LAL OPP
Q1 12-21 2-5 7-9 16-25 7-10 3-4 57.1 40 77.8 64 70 75 33 42
Q2 7-20 3-10 7-8 10-22 3-7 9-11 35 30 87.5 45.5 42.9 81.8 24 32
Q3 13-22 4-10 2-2 9-19 3-7 9-10 59.1 40 100 47.4 42.9 90 32 30
Q4 7-19 1-7 5-6 10-21 4-10 1-2 36.8 14.3 83.3 47.6 40 50 20 25

H1 19-41 5-15 14-17 26-47 10-17 12-15 46.3 33.3 82.4 55.3 58.8 80 57 74
A3 32-63 9-25 16-19 35-66 13-24 21-25 50.8 36 84.2 53 54.2 84 89 104
H2 20-41 5-17 7-8 19-40 7-17 10-12 48.8 29.4 87.5 47.5 41.2 83.3 52 55
FL 39-82 10-32 21-25 45-87 17-34 22-27 47.6 31.3 84 51.7 50 81.5 109 129

Team stats by Q (RB includes team RBs):
Lakers Opponent Diff
Q AS RB OR ST BL TO PF OR AS RB ST BL TO PF AS RB OR ST BL TO PF
Q1 9 7 1 5 1 3 3 5 11 14 2 1 5 5 -2 -7 -4 +3 -2 -2
Q2 3 12 0 0 4 4 6 3 8 16 3 3 1 7 -5 -4 -3 -3 +1 +3 -1
Q3 9 11 1 1 3 3 5 2 6 9 2 1 2 5 +3 +2 -1 -1 +2 +1
Q4 5 11 2 2 2 3 1 2 8 14 2 1 5 5 -3 -3 +1 -2 -4

H1 12 19 1 5 5 7 9 8 19 30 5 4 6 12 -7 -11 -7 +1 +1 -3
A3 21 30 2 6 8 10 14 10 25 39 7 5 8 17 -4 -9 -8 -1 +3 +2 -3
H2 14 22 3 3 5 6 6 4 14 23 4 2 7 10 -1 -1 -1 +3 -1 -4
FL 26 41 4 8 10 13 15 12 33 53 9 6 13 22 -7 -12 -8 -1 +4 -7

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 33 24 32 20 109
New Orleans Pelicans 42 32 30 25 129 - Final

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Rui Hachimura SF 08 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 18 -4 +6
Jarred Vanderbilt PF 21 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 7 -13 +4
Anthony Davis C 35 7-15 0-2 6-8 2 10 3 3 0 5 4 20 21 -17 +25
Taurean Prince SG 34 5-9 4-7 1-1 0 1 4 2 2 2 2 15 16 -12 +18
LeBron James PG 37 12-24 3-7 7-8 0 5 8 4 0 1 2 34 33 -11 +31
Austin Reaves 36 7-12 1-5 5-6 1 2 9 0 1 1 3 20 20 -19 +27
Christian Wood 25 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 -12 +7
Max Christie 29 3-11 1-6 0-0 1 7 0 2 2 0 1 7 9 -8 +6
Jaxson Hayes 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -6 +1
Jalen Hood-Schifin 05 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 +2 +3
Cam Reddish 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
D'Angelo Russell 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Colin Castleton DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Alex Fudge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
D'Moi Hodge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Maxwell Lewis DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_ON_ASSIGNMENT
Gabe Vincent DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 39-82 10-32 21-25 4 41 26 13 8 10 15 109
Percent 47.6% 31.3% 84.0%

Fastbreak points: 6
Points in the paint: 50
Points off turnovers: 13
Second chance pts: 7
Biggest lead: 1
Technical fouls: 0

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Brandon Ingram SF 38 10-18 4-7 2-5 1 5 8 3 3 2 3 26 25 +17 +30
Zion Williamson PF 32 8-12 0-0 10-12 2 4 6 4 0 0 5 26 29 +12 +26
Jonas Valanciunas C 25 4-7 0-0 5-5 2 8 1 0 1 1 1 13 19 +3 +21
Herbert Jones SG 29 5-9 3-5 0-0 3 4 1 0 0 0 3 13 16 +8 +14
CJ McCollum PG 36 8-19 6-11 0-0 0 5 9 1 1 1 2 22 22 +15 +26
Naji Marshall 21 3-8 0-3 0-0 2 5 3 0 0 0 2 6 10 +10 +9
Dyson Daniels 08 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 14 +6 +3
Larry Nance Jr. 23 3-4 1-1 4-4 2 10 3 1 0 0 3 11 17 +17 +22
Jose Alvarado 20 3-8 2-5 0-0 0 3 1 1 4 2 1 8 14 +8 +12
Jordan Hawkins 08 0-1 0-1 1-1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 +4 +3
Kira Lewis Jr. 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jeremiah Robinson- 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Cody Zeller 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
E.J. Liddell DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_ON_ASSIGNMENT
Trey Murphy III DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Matt Ryan DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Dereon Seabron DNP - INACTIVE_COACH
Totals 240 45-87 17-34 22-27 12 53 33 13 9 6 22 129
Percent 51.7% 50.0% 81.5%

Fastbreak points: 7
Points in the paint: 42
Points off turnovers: 17
Second chance pts: 25
Biggest lead: 22
Technical fouls: 0

Lead changes: 2
Times tied: 0
Officials:
46: Ben Taylor
28: Mousa Dagher
30: John Butler
Venue: Smoothie King Center - New Orleans, LA
Attendance: 18434

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 33 24 32 89
New Orleans Pelicans 42 32 30 104 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Rui Hachimura SF 07 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 21 -4 +6
Jarred Vanderbilt PF 21 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 7 -13 +4
Anthony Davis C 25 5-10 0-1 3-4 1 4 3 2 0 4 4 13 19 -12 +16
Taurean Prince SG 29 4-7 3-5 1-1 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 12 15 -8 +15
LeBron James PG 26 11-20 3-7 5-6 0 4 5 3 0 2 2 30 42 -6 +28
Austin Reaves 26 5-8 1-3 5-6 1 2 7 0 1 0 2 16 22 -12 +22
Christian Wood 19 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 6 -11 +7
Max Christie 17 3-8 1-4 0-0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 7 15 -3 +6
Jaxson Hayes 09 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -6 +0
Jalen Hood-Schifin 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Cam Reddish 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
D'Angelo Russell 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Colin Castleton DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Alex Fudge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
D'Moi Hodge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Maxwell Lewis DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_ON_ASSIGNMENT
Gabe Vincent DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 180 32-63 9-25 16-19 2 30 21 10 6 8 14 89
Percent 50.8% 36.0% 84.2%

Fastbreak points: 6
Points in the paint: 40
Points off turnovers: 8
Second chance pts: 6
Biggest lead: 1
Technical fouls: 0