Lakers vs Pelicans

The Los Angeles Lakers play the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday, and if you're wondering how you can watch the action live, you've come to the right place.

F LeBron James F Jaxson Hayes F Brandon Ingram

Lakers return home to face New Orleans at 7:30pm PT on Spectrum SportsNet and NBA TV.

While Jonas is excellent on the offensive side of the ball, defensively he struggles as do the Pelicans as a whole. “I came in with the mindset and understanding it was going to be a playoff-type atmosphere, playoff implications and things of that nature,” James said. Jonas Valanciunas is perhaps one of the more underrated centers in the league. Howard did hold up well against Valanciunas early in Sunday’s matchup but fatigued late. Ingram finished with 26 points (10-of-17 from the field), seven rebounds, and five assists. The numbers scream double-double, and rightfully so. The energized individual effort hit a speed bump early in the second quarter after James landed awkwardly on Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes’ foot. “If we’re able to catch a little fire going into these playoff games, a little consistency with lineups, anything is possible. New Orleans is 17th in the league with a defensive rating of 111.4 and Valanciunas is 9th on the team in defensive efficiency (109.7). Both LeBron and AD are listed as QUESTIONABLE for tonight’s game. “We do feel like we are going to get them back at some point,” Vogel said. “If we’re able to get into the play-in game at full strength, we know we have a shot.

Action Network NBA analyst Raheem Palmer previews Friday's Pelicans-Lakers matchup and gives his best bet.

Further, even if James and Anthony Davis, both of whom are game-time decisions tonight, are ruled in, Palmer still doesn’t think a victory is surefire. “They’re also playing their third game in four nights.” Even though the Lakers are desperate to climb back into the playoff picture, Palmer believes this is a good spot to fade Los Angeles.

SportsLine's model just revealed its NBA picks today for New Orleans Pelicans vs. Los Angeles Lakers.

Pelicans? And which side of the spread hits well over 50 percent of the time? We can tell you that the model is leaning Under on the point total, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in well over 50 percent of simulations. Now, the model has set its sights on Lakers vs. Lakers picks, you need to see the NBA predictions and betting advice from the computer simulation model at SportsLine. The model enters Week 24 of the 2021-22 NBA season on a stunning 83-51 roll on all top-rated NBA picks, returning over $2,600. The New Orleans Pelicans (33-43) hit the road to take on the Los Angeles Lakers (31-45) at 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, April 1 at Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers are coming off a 122-109 loss to the Utah Jazz on Thursday night that extended their losing streak to four games.

The Lakers got LeBron James and Anthony Davis back, but because of their own self-inflicted lineup wounds, it didn't matter. Now they're on the precipice of ...

And the Lakers don’t have the margin for error to make up for any mistakes, and certainly not this many in succession on the same night. Not on a roster this flawed, and certainly not in what was maybe the Lakers’ highest-stakes game of the year. And for all the examples we have of them or their supporting cast not showing up to play this season, the Lakers actually came out with great energy tonight. These are just a few examples of the questionable rotation decisions Vogel made on this night in the first half alone that put the Lakers behind the 8-ball. The bad decisions that led them to this point came in waves. Because if bad basketball groupings that don’t make a lot of sense together on paper or in practice were an album, Vogel played all his greatest hits in the Lakers’ 114-111 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.