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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) May 16, 2021
🏀 vs. Lakers
🕗 8 p.m. CT
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Final game of the season, this time at home, against the Los Angeles Lakers, who have seen Lebron return and put up 24/7/8 on 50% shooting in 28 minutes for his return win against Indiana last night. AD put up 28/10/5 as he seems to be getting his legs back under him as well; at just the right time for them, of course.
For us, all of the usual suspects will be missing the game - the Lakers will move up to the 6th seed tonight if Portland loses and Dallas wins, avoiding the play ins. As a result, there's good reason to suspect that Lebron and AD will play and they will be trying to win.
Other Games: Two big ones tonight: Bulls vs Bucks and Kings vs Jazz. If we lose and Bulls/Kings both win, we move into joint 8th pick with the Bulls and the Kings don't move up with us, making it only a two way tie. If we win, we are stuck at 9th no matter what happens with Bulls/Kings. Both of these wins are unlikely: Bucks and Jazz are good teams, but perhaps there's some chance of rest for some guys?