5/16/2021 New Orleans v. Los Angeles Game Preview

L.A. Lakers (42-30, 21-15 away)
New Orleans Pelicans (31-41, 18-18 home)
May 16, 2021 at 9:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Season Series - L.A. Lakers won 2-1

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 crypto.com Arena
Mar 23, 2021 L.A. Lakers New Orleans 111 - 128 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
May 16, 2021 L.A. Lakers New Orleans 110 - 98 L.A. Lakers Regular Season Smoothie King Center

2020-2021 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
L.A. Lakers7248.5109.540.686.1.47211.131.2.35417.223.3.7399.734.644.224.77.85.415.219.1
New Orleans7248.4114.642.589.1.47710.630.4.34819.026.1.72911.735.747.426.07.64.414.618.0
LAL Opponents7248.5106.839.886.4.46011.432.2.35215.920.5.7768.833.242.024.78.24.515.021.3
NOP Opponents7248.4114.941.989.3.46914.538.1.38016.621.1.7908.932.941.825.97.75.913.521.3


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 23, 2021 L.A. Lakers New Orleans 111 - 128 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 15, 2021 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 95 - 112 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
Jan 3, 2020 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 113 - 123 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
Apr 11, 2017 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 96 - 108 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Mar 5, 2017 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 105 - 97 New Orleans Regular Season crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
Apr 1, 2015 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 113 - 92 New Orleans Regular Season crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
Nov 12, 2013 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 95 - 116 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
Apr 17, 2011 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 109 - 100 New Orleans Playoffs crypto.com Arena
Mar 27, 2011 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 84 - 102 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
Nov 8, 2009 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 88 - 104 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Feb 20, 2009 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 111 - 115 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Jan 6, 2009 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 116 - 105 New Orleans Regular Season crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 Paycom Center
Dec 6, 2006 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 105 - 89 New Orleans Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Apr 19, 2006 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 95 - 115 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Mar 26, 2006 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 94 - 105 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
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 Paycom Center
Dec 22, 2004 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 89 - 101 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Nov 28, 2004 New Orleans L.A. Lakers 76 - 89 L.A. Lakers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena
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 crypto.com Arena

2020-2021 L.A. Lakers Lakers Depth Chart

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

2020-2021 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters L. Ball E. Bledsoe B. Ingram Z. Williamson S. Adams
Rotation K. Lewis, Jr. N. Alexander-Walker J. Hart J. Johnson W. Hernangomez
Rotation   D. Louzada N. Marshall W. Gabriel J. Hayes
Rotation     W. Iwundu    
Lim PT   J. Nunnally      

L.A. Lakers Lakers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
37 Kostas Antetokounmpo PF 15 3.7 0.8 0.2 0.7 .300 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.9 .462 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.5
12 Devontae Cacok PF 20 4.9 1.9 0.8 1.4 .586 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.6 .455 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
1 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG 67 28.4 9.7 3.3 7.6 .431 1.8 4.4 .410 1.4 1.7 .866 0.4 2.3 2.7 1.9 0.9 0.4 1.0 1.7
4 Alex Caruso G 58 21.0 6.4 2.3 5.3 .436 0.9 2.4 .401 0.8 1.3 .645 0.5 2.4 2.9 2.8 1.1 0.3 1.3 1.9
3 Anthony Davis PF 36 32.3 21.8 8.4 17.0 .491 0.7 2.8 .260 4.4 5.9 .738 1.7 6.2 7.9 3.1 1.2 1.6 2.1 1.7
2 Andre Drummond C 21 24.8 11.9 4.9 9.1 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.6 .605 3.1 7.1 10.2 1.4 1.1 1.0 2.0 3.8
10 Jared Dudley PF 12 6.7 0.5 0.2 0.8 .222 0.2 0.5 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 1.4 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6
14 Marc Gasol C 52 19.1 5.0 1.7 3.7 .454 1.0 2.3 .410 0.7 1.0 .720 0.7 3.4 4.1 2.1 0.5 1.1 1.0 2.2
15 Montrezl Harrell F 69 22.9 13.5 5.4 8.7 .622 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.7 .707 2.3 3.9 6.2 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.9
5 Talen Horton-Tucker SF 65 20.1 9.0 3.4 7.5 .458 0.6 2.0 .282 1.5 2.0 .775 0.4 2.2 2.6 2.8 1.0 0.3 1.6 2.0
23 LeBron James F 45 33.4 25.0 9.4 18.3 .513 2.3 6.3 .365 4.0 5.7 .698 0.6 7.0 7.7 7.8 1.1 0.6 3.7 1.6
0 Kyle Kuzma F 68 28.7 12.9 4.9 11.1 .443 2.0 5.6 .361 1.0 1.4 .691 1.6 4.5 6.1 1.9 0.5 0.6 1.7 1.8
9 Wesley Matthews G 58 19.5 4.8 1.5 4.3 .353 1.1 3.4 .335 0.6 0.7 .854 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.4
28 Alfonzo McKinnie F 39 6.6 3.1 1.2 2.4 .516 0.4 1.0 .410 0.3 0.5 .556 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.7
7 Ben McLemore SG 21 17.5 8.0 2.6 6.7 .390 2.0 5.4 .368 0.8 1.0 .762 0.2 1.4 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.8
88 Markieff Morris PF 61 19.7 6.7 2.5 6.2 .405 1.1 3.4 .311 0.6 0.8 .720 0.8 3.6 4.4 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.9 1.7
17 Dennis Schroder PG 61 32.1 15.4 5.4 12.5 .437 1.2 3.5 .335 3.4 4.0 .848 0.5 3.0 3.5 5.8 1.1 0.2 2.7 2.6

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
12 Steven Adams C 58 27.7 7.6 3.3 5.3 .614 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 2.3 .444 3.7 5.2 8.9 1.9 0.9 0.7 1.3 1.9
6 Nickeil Alexander-Walker SG 46 21.9 11.0 4.2 10.0 .419 1.7 4.8 .347 1.0 1.4 .727 0.3 2.8 3.1 2.2 1.0 0.5 1.5 1.9
2 Lonzo Ball PG 55 31.8 14.6 5.3 12.7 .414 3.1 8.3 .378 0.9 1.2 .781 0.6 4.2 4.8 5.7 1.5 0.6 2.2 1.9
5 Eric Bledsoe PG 71 29.7 12.2 4.3 10.3 .421 1.7 5.0 .341 1.9 2.7 .687 0.4 3.0 3.4 3.8 0.8 0.3 1.6 1.6
32 Wenyen Gabriel PF 21 11.5 3.4 1.1 2.9 .400 0.6 1.5 .406 0.5 0.8 .647 1.0 1.6 2.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.5
3 Josh Hart SG 47 28.7 9.2 3.2 7.3 .439 1.3 4.1 .326 1.5 1.9 .775 1.1 6.9 8.0 2.3 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.4
10 Jaxson Hayes PF 60 16.1 7.5 2.9 4.7 .625 0.1 0.2 .429 1.6 2.0 .775 1.5 2.8 4.3 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.7
9 Willy Hernangomez C 47 18.0 7.8 3.2 5.7 .563 0.0 0.2 .100 1.3 2.0 .667 2.5 4.6 7.1 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.4
14 Brandon Ingram SF 61 34.3 23.8 8.4 18.0 .466 2.3 6.1 .381 4.6 5.2 .878 0.6 4.3 4.9 4.9 0.7 0.6 2.5 2.0
25 Wesley Iwundu F 18 14.0 2.8 0.9 2.8 .340 0.1 1.0 .111 0.8 0.9 .824 0.5 2.1 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.3
16 James Johnson F 22 24.5 9.2 3.6 8.3 .434 0.7 2.7 .267 1.3 2.1 .596 0.8 3.3 4.1 2.2 0.8 0.9 1.3 2.8
13 Kira Lewis, Jr. PG 54 16.7 6.4 2.4 6.2 .386 0.7 2.2 .333 0.8 0.9 .843 0.2 1.1 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.2 0.6 1.6
0 Didi Louzada SF 3 18.8 2.7 1.0 4.3 .231 0.7 2.7 .250 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.0 1.0 1.7
8 Naji Marshall SF 32 21.9 7.7 2.6 6.5 .392 0.9 2.6 .349 1.7 2.3 .707 0.5 4.2 4.6 2.8 0.8 0.3 1.2 1.8
21 James Nunnally F 9 5.3 1.7 0.6 1.4 .385 0.4 1.3 .333 0.1 0.2 .500 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
1 Zion Williamson PF 61 33.2 27.0 10.4 17.0 .611 0.2 0.6 .294 6.0 8.7 .698 2.7 4.5 7.2 3.7 0.9 0.6 2.7 2.2

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