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11/30 01:02 CST New Orleans faces Los Angeles, looks to break road skid
New Orleans faces Los Angeles, looks to break road skid
By The Associated Press
New Orleans Pelicans (3-17, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles
Lakers (14-4, second in the Western Conference)
Los Angeles; Sunday, 9:30 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lakers -14.5; over/under is 233.5
BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans hits the road against Los Angeles looking to stop its
four-game road skid.
The Lakers are 11-3 against Western Conference opponents. Los Angeles is the
top team in the Western Conference averaging 53.3 points in the paint. Deandre
Ayton leads the Lakers scoring 13.8.
The Pelicans are 1-15 against Western Conference opponents. New Orleans is
third in the league with 13.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Yves Missi
averaging 3.4.
The Lakers average 11.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.8 fewer makes
per game than the Pelicans allow (15.2). The Pelicans average 110.7 points per
game, 4.4 fewer than the 115.1 the Lakers allow to opponents.
The teams square off for the second time this season. The Lakers won the last
meeting 118-104 on Nov. 15. Austin Reaves scored 31 points to help lead the
Lakers to the win.
TOP PERFORMERS: Luka Doncic is averaging 35.1 points, 8.5 rebounds, 9.4 assists
and 1.8 steals for the Lakers. Reaves is averaging 38.0 points over the last 10
games.
Derik Queen is averaging 11.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists for the
Pelicans. Zion Williamson is averaging 25.0 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Lakers: 8-2, averaging 118.2 points, 41.3 rebounds, 25.1
assists, 9.2 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 50.3% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 113.8 points per game.
Pelicans: 1-9, averaging 113.4 points, 43.6 rebounds, 24.4 assists, 9.9 steals
and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 121.8 points.
INJURIES: Lakers: Marcus Smart: day to day (back), LeBron James: day to day
(foot).
Pelicans: Karlo Matkovic: day to day (calf), Herbert Jones: out (calf),
Dejounte Murray: out (leg), Trey Murphy III: day to day (elbow), Jordan Poole:
day to day (quad), Jordan Hawkins: day to day (illness).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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