Pelicans choked? What do you think? Or Lakers is just too much to handle to them. But hell no, they can surely keep up with the Lakers.
What I noticed is, when Lakers began to make a rally, the momentum of Pelicans were destroyed. They turned into a first-timers in a pressured match game. They are up by a decent lead until the start of 4Q then LeBron turned into his aggressive phase nailing a shot at the rainbow, perimeter and under the rim. Several good assists were made too by him as Pelicans defense wrecked. And those uncontested shots made by the Pelicans during the last-minute were all missed.
Good run though. It's almost a win for them but they "choked". However, they able to cover the spread.
No, I don't think they choked. It is just that the Lakers players are used to crucial games like that specially Lebron.
More like just shocked with how great the players of the Lakers could be.
But still just like you said, if they can keep up like that with the Lakers and almost a win then this Pelicans young team is still strong.
They have a lot of future ahead.
But imagine what if the Pelicans won that? How much was the odds here? I haven't looked at it yesterday.
As I remember, 4 hours before the match,
@3.2 for Moneyline
@1.9 for -6 Lakers / +6 NOP
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Then, it is a win for the the gamblers? Wow! Congratulations to them.