LeBron James hits two late three-pointers and Dalton Knecht finishes with 27 points to help lift the Lakers to a 104-99 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.
It’s one of the great mysteries in the NBA, why a team like the Lakers can look so competitive one night and so lost 24 hours later. “Play harder” can be the core of every coaching message, the desire of every player and, for some reason, it doesn’t matter. Some nights, and especially on the ones like Saturday in New Orleans, teams just don’t have it. And no matter if the sneakers look like they’re made of cement or the jerseys of lead, those teams still try to win.
Facing a Pelicans’ team so banged up that only three players featured in their pregame hype video actually played, the Lakers were already facing a threat to their competitive focus. And then the game started. The Lakers looked like they were trudging through the swamp — they were slow to rebounds, late to rotations and, uncharacteristically, a mess on offense. James coughed the ball up. Anthony Davis had it squirt through his usually sure hands.
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