National Basketball Association

Pelicans Gobble Up Lakers, 105-88

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

foxsports

It was about as ugly as an unplucked unibrow for the Lakers, as they were thrashed 105-88 by the Pelicans Tuesday night in The Big Easy.

Speaking of unibrows, Anthony Davis continued his sensational early season play against the Lakers. He was a one man tour de force, slashing and jumping his way to 41 points, 16 rebounds, three assists, and six combined steals and blocks. Davis was playing at different speed than the Lakers all night — evident in the third period when he sprinted back on defense to intercept a Jose Calderon pass to a streaking Julius Randle, preventing an easy bucket.

Things were shaky from the jump for the Lil’ Lakers, though, as Nick Young suffered an Achilles strain early in the first quarter and was unable to return. Swaggy P will be reevaluated in Chicago tomorrow, but I did about three minutes of amateur medical digging on the injury, and WebMD said a severe injury can have someone on the shelf for 6-10 weeks. Oy.

To make matters worse for the Lakers, The Brow started his TKO of the Lakers early, putting up 13 points (including six attempts from the charity stripe) as LA trailed by 11 after the first. The LA bigs didn’t have an answer for Davis’ length all game, as he wheeled his way to eight buckets in the paint and 14 FT attempts.

Anthony Davis made eight shots in the key vs LAL tonight — along with 14 FTs pic.twitter.com/qdGjZN8IPc

— LakersTheBlog.com (@lakerstheblog) November 30, 2016

You’d be hard-pressed to find a bright spot for the Lakers on the night beyond Julius Randle returning to action on his 22nd birthday. Big Ju had 12 points and 10 boards in his comeback, and frankly, that was pretty much it.

Game Notes

The Lakers will look to climb back to .500 when they face off with the Bulls in Chicago tomorrow night. Until then, grab your lucky rabbit’s foot, cross your fingers, and say a prayer Swaggy’s injury isn’t too serious.