Lakers earn sloppy win over Pelicans

The Los Angeles Lakers were not supposed to have any problems against the lowly New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. However, turnovers led the Lakers to have to scrape for a victory.

LA committed 21 turnovers that led to 21 points for New Orleans. Luckily for the Lakers, Luka Doncic‘s 27 points and LeBron James‘ 21 points were enough to help LA escape with a 110-101 victory.

“We knew we weren’t playing against their record,” LeBron said after the game. “It’s the first time they’ve been whole in quite a while. And we know when they’ve been whole what kind of team they’ve been.

“We didn’t come in with the notion that we were playing against their record. We came in with the notion that we were playing a very athletic team that’s been playing exceptional basketball of late.”

The Lakers have now won three games in a row and sit in the sixth spot in the Western Conference.