{"id":482020,"date":"2024-04-17T06:09:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T10:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482020"},"modified":"2024-04-17T05:42:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T09:42:45","slug":"james-reaches-his-17th-playoff-as-lakers-beat-pelicans-110-106","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/james-reaches-his-17th-playoff-as-lakers-beat-pelicans-110-106\/","title":{"rendered":"James reaches his 17th playoff as Lakers beat Pelicans 110-106"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James delivered a vintage performance, tallying 23 points, nine assists, and nine rebounds to lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> to a hard-fought 110-106 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans in the Western Conference play-in tournament on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a remarkable 40-point, 11-rebound effort from Zion Williamson, the Pelicans fell short in their quest for victory. Williamson&#8217;s impact was evident until he exited the game due to an apparent injury shortly after tying the score at 95 with a driving layup. His absence proved pivotal, as the Lakers capitalized on the opportunity, with key contributions from James, Anthony Davis, and DeAngelo Russell.<\/p>\n<p>Davis played a crucial role with a double-double performance, registering 20 points and 15 rebounds, while Russell added 21 points, including five three-pointers. James and Davis were flawless from the free-throw line, collectively going 18 of 20.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, the Lakers secured a spot in the playoffs and are set to face off against the defending champion <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a> in the first round, marking a rematch of last season&#8217;s Western Conference finals. The series is scheduled to commence on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Pelicans will host the Sacramento Kings on Friday in a high-stakes showdown to determine the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference. The winner of this clash will advance to the playoffs, while the loser will see their postseason aspirations come to an end.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zQoO6dDwWz0?si=i852O9HroUvbFLrN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James delivered a vintage performance, tallying 23 points, nine assists, and nine rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a hard-fought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482021,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16972,16970,17204],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[17644,17645,18565],"acf":{"announce":"Zion Williamson's remarkable performance with 40 points and 11 rebounds was not enough for New Orleans","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482023,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482020\/revisions\/482023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482020"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482020"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}