Jan 15, 2021 - New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Lakers

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The NBA Has Given Itself Over To Chaos

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2021 NBA Cap Space: Projecting All 30 Teams

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1/15/2021 Los Angeles v. New Orleans Game Preview

	New Orleans Pelicans	(4-7, 2-4 away)
	L.A. Lakers	(11-3, 4-3 home)

January 15, 2021 at 10:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Staples Center
Los Angeles, California

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Season Series - L.A. Lakers won 1-0

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 15, 2021	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	95 - 112	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
New Orleans	11	48.5	39.5	85.8	.460	10.1	31.2	.324	16.9	23.9	.707	16.5	17.8	11.3	37.0	48.3	22.7	7.6	4.0	105.9
L.A. Lakers	14	48.0	43.1	88.4	.488	12.7	32.1	.396	16.4	21.7	.757	14.9	18.4	10.4	38.1	48.5	25.7	7.0	6.6	115.4
NOP Opponents	11	48.5	38.1	85.6	.445	16.0	42.6	.375	15.3	19.2	.796	14.2	21.3	7.7	32.7	40.5	27.3	8.2	5.2	107.5
LAL Opponents	14	48.0	39.9	90.5	.441	11.4	33.7	.339	13.1	17.2	.763	13.4	20.1	9.2	32.7	41.9	23.7	8.3	4.8	104.4

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Mar 1, 2020	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	122 - 114	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 25, 2020	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	109 - 118	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Jan 3, 2020	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	113 - 123	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Nov 27, 2019	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	114 - 110	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 31, 2019	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	130 - 102	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 27, 2019	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	119 - 125	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Feb 23, 2019	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	115 - 128	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 21, 2018	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	104 - 112	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Mar 22, 2018	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	125 - 128	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 14, 2018	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	117 - 139	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Oct 22, 2017	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	119 - 112	New Orleans	Regular Season	Staples Center
Apr 11, 2017	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	96 - 108	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Mar 5, 2017	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	105 - 97	New Orleans	Regular Season	Staples Center
Nov 29, 2016	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	88 - 105	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 12, 2016	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	126 - 99	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 8, 2016	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	102 - 110	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 4, 2016	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	99 - 96	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 12, 2016	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	91 - 95	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Apr 1, 2015	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	113 - 92	New Orleans	Regular Season	Staples Center
Jan 21, 2015	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	80 - 96	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 7, 2014	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	104 - 87	New Orleans	Regular Season	Staples Center
Nov 12, 2014	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	102 - 109	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 4, 2014	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	132 - 125	New Orleans	Regular Season	Staples Center
Nov 12, 2013	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	95 - 116	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Nov 8, 2013	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	85 - 96	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 9, 2013	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	96 - 104	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Mar 6, 2013	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	108 - 102	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 29, 2013	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	106 - 111	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Dec 5, 2012	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	103 - 87	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 9, 2012	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	93 - 91	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 31, 2012	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	85 - 88	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Mar 14, 2012	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	107 - 101	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 28, 2011	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	98 - 80	L.A. Lakers	Playoffs	Smoothie King Center
Apr 26, 2011	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	90 - 106	L.A. Lakers	Playoffs	Staples Center
Apr 24, 2011	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	88 - 93	New Orleans	Playoffs	Smoothie King Center
Apr 22, 2011	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	100 - 86	L.A. Lakers	Playoffs	Smoothie King Center
Apr 20, 2011	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	78 - 87	L.A. Lakers	Playoffs	Staples Center
Apr 17, 2011	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	109 - 100	New Orleans	Playoffs	Staples Center
Mar 27, 2011	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	84 - 102	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Feb 5, 2011	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	101 - 95	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 7, 2011	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	97 - 101	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Dec 29, 2010	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	103 - 88	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 29, 2010	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	100 - 108	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 1, 2009	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	99 - 110	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Nov 8, 2009	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	88 - 104	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Feb 20, 2009	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	111 - 115	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Jan 6, 2009	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	116 - 105	New Orleans	Regular Season	Staples Center
Dec 23, 2008	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	100 - 87	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 12, 2008	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	93 - 86	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 11, 2008	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	104 - 107	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Mar 14, 2008	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	98 - 108	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 9, 2008	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	109 - 80	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 6, 2007	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	118 - 104	New Orleans	Regular Season	Staples Center
Mar 23, 2007	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	111 - 105	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 20, 2007	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	103 - 113	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 6, 2006	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	105 - 89	New Orleans	Regular Season	Staples Center
Apr 19, 2006	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	95 - 115	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Mar 26, 2006	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	94 - 105	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Mar 8, 2006	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	113 - 107	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 4, 2006	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	90 - 106	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 22, 2004	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	89 - 101	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Nov 28, 2004	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	76 - 89	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Nov 9, 2004	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	106 - 98	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 30, 2004	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	88 - 107	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Staples Center
Nov 7, 2003	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	95 - 114	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 15, 2003	L.A. Lakers	New Orleans	90 - 82	L.A. Lakers	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 13, 2002	New Orleans	L.A. Lakers	98 - 82	New Orleans	Regular Season	Staples Center

2020-2021 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	L. Ball	E. Bledsoe	B. Ingram	Z. Williamson	S. Adams
Rotation		J. Redick	J. Hart	N. Melli	J. Hayes
Rotation		N. Alexander-Walker
Lim PT	K. Lewis, Jr.		S. Thornwell	W. Gabriel	W. Hernangomez
Lim PT			N. Marshall		W. Magnay

2020-2021 L.A. Lakers Lakers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	D. Schroder	K. Caldwell-Pope	L. James	A. Davis	M. Gasol
Rotation	A. Caruso	W. Matthews	K. Kuzma	M. Morris	M. Harrell
Rotation		T. Horton-Tucker
Lim PT	Q. Cook		A. McKinnie	J. Dudley	K. Antetokounmpo
Lim PT				D. Cacok

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
12	Steven Adams	C	11	31.1	4.4	6.5	.676	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.6	.448	1.8	1.9	3.3	5.2	8.5	2.6	1.3	0.8	9.9
6	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	SG	9	17.4	4.6	9.4	.482	1.6	4.0	.389	0.9	0.9	1.000	1.7	2.2	0.2	2.3	2.6	1.4	0.8	0.1	11.6
2	Lonzo Ball	PG	9	33.4	4.8	12.1	.394	2.2	7.2	.308	0.7	1.1	.600	2.9	2.9	0.4	3.9	4.3	4.4	1.1	0.7	12.4
5	Eric Bledsoe	PG	10	29.0	4.1	9.4	.436	1.8	4.8	.375	1.3	1.8	.722	2.1	1.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.1	1.0	0.4	11.3
32	Wenyen Gabriel	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Josh Hart	SG	11	29.1	2.7	6.5	.417	1.3	4.0	.318	1.4	2.1	.652	0.8	2.2	0.9	7.2	8.1	1.6	0.8	0.1	8.1
10	Jaxson Hayes	PF	11	11.6	1.4	2.5	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.778	0.6	1.7	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.6	0.2	0.5	3.4
9	Willy Hernangomez	C	1	7.1	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
14	Brandon Ingram	SF	11	35.0	8.1	17.6	.459	2.0	5.6	.355	5.3	6.2	.853	2.9	1.2	1.0	5.6	6.6	5.5	0.7	0.9	23.5
13	Kira Lewis, Jr.	PG	4	9.8	1.8	5.2	.333	0.5	2.0	.250	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	4.5
25	Will Magnay	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Naji Marshall	SF	1	3.4	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Nicolo Melli	PF	8	12.6	0.5	2.5	.200	0.4	2.0	.188	0.4	0.5	.750	0.5	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.8
4	J.J. Redick	G	11	22.1	2.5	7.7	.329	1.6	5.5	.295	1.5	1.5	1.000	0.8	1.6	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.1	0.3	0.0	8.2
15	Sindarius Thornwell	SG	3	9.8	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.7
1	Zion Williamson	PF	10	32.0	8.7	15.9	.547	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	7.2	.611	2.9	2.3	3.6	4.9	8.5	1.6	1.2	0.5	21.8

L.A. Lakers Lakers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
37	Kostas Antetokounmpo	PF	1	7.7	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
12	Devontae Cacok	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	SG	10	23.0	3.8	7.1	.535	2.1	3.8	.553	1.0	1.1	.909	0.8	1.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.4	1.2	0.3	10.7
4	Alex Caruso	G	9	17.4	2.0	4.0	.500	1.6	2.7	.583	0.1	0.2	.500	1.2	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.2	1.1	0.2	5.7
28	Quinn Cook	PG	10	3.7	0.7	1.5	.467	0.4	0.8	.500	0.4	0.5	.800	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	2.2
3	Anthony Davis	PF	12	31.9	8.5	15.6	.545	1.1	2.9	.371	3.6	4.8	.754	1.8	1.4	1.8	6.6	8.3	3.1	1.2	1.8	21.7
10	Jared Dudley	PF	6	3.6	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5
14	Marc Gasol	C	14	19.7	1.4	3.1	.465	0.6	1.5	.381	1.0	1.1	.875	1.3	2.9	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.1	0.5	1.6	4.4
15	Montrezl Harrell	F	14	24.2	5.6	9.1	.622	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	3.5	.714	1.1	1.9	2.9	4.4	7.4	0.9	0.6	0.5	13.8
5	Talen Horton-Tucker	SF	13	15.6	2.5	6.0	.423	0.6	2.2	.276	1.2	1.4	.833	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	6.8
6	LeBron James	F	14	31.8	8.7	17.9	.486	2.4	6.4	.382	4.2	5.8	.728	3.5	1.4	0.8	7.3	8.1	7.7	0.8	0.4	24.1
0	Kyle Kuzma	F	14	24.8	4.1	9.4	.432	1.9	4.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.667	1.6	1.9	1.1	4.0	5.1	1.2	0.3	0.7	10.6
9	Wesley Matthews	G	11	21.4	1.9	4.3	.447	1.5	3.7	.390	0.3	0.4	.750	0.1	1.5	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.4	5.5
28	Alfonzo McKinnie	F	9	3.4	0.9	1.3	.667	0.3	0.4	.750	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3
88	Markieff Morris	PF	14	15.5	1.7	4.2	.407	0.9	2.9	.325	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.6	0.6	3.4	4.0	0.9	0.1	0.4	4.6
17	Dennis Schroder	PG	14	30.9	5.3	12.6	.418	1.2	3.6	.340	2.3	2.9	.780	2.4	2.8	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.8	1.0	0.2	14.1

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