All five Lakers players scored in double figures in an away win over the Pelicans. Redick: All members are expected to play in back-to-back games
6686 Sports News on November 15 Today, the 25/26 NBA regular season NBA Cup group stage continued to fight. The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 118-104 at the away court.
In this campaign, the Lakers adopted a nine-man rotation. All the starting five scored in double figures, and all played more than 30 minutes, with positive plus and minus values. Among them, Reeves played 39 minutes, made 9 of 16 shots, and scored a team-high 31 points; Doncic contributed 24 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists; Hachimura scored 14 points and 4 rebounds; Smart scored 13 points and 5 rebounds; Ayton scored 20 points and 16 rebounds.
After the game, according to Lakers team reporter Dan Woike, coach JJ Redick said when talking about tomorrow's back-to-back schedule that he expects all able-bodied players in the field to continue to play in the next game.
Tomorrow, the Lakers will continue their road trip to challenge the Milwaukee Bucks.