The Lakers beat the Pelicans! The three-core team scored 75 points, Smart was a three-pointer, and it was difficult for the substitutes to contribute!

In the game between the Lakers and Pelicans on November 15, 2025, the Lakers maintained a substantial advantage in the first three quarters of the game, constantly widening the point difference, and finally completed a 118-104 victory.

The three cores in the game finally completed their explosion. Especially when Ayton had been in a continuous downturn before, this game finally showed his value. Not only can he maintain efficient finishing, but his rebounding and defense are also very good, scoring 20+16. Of course, this is also because the Pelicans don't have any inside players, so Ayton can do whatever he wants. In the follow-up, the Lakers need to give him as many balls as possible. He has no place in the final quarter, and Ayton's own enthusiasm also needs to be mobilized.

Rivers and Doncic are pretty good at controlling their status. At least they are very efficient on the offensive end, and they can also organize, and they can always lead the team to perform well. It was in the final quarter when Rivers led the team with a single core that the team was losing points continuously. On the other hand, Doncic especially increased his singles play this time, which is a good direction. It can improve the Lakers' ability to solve the problem on the offensive end. The two of them sent out 55+19 assists in the whole game. This kind of drive was perfect.

Smart's shooting percentage was still too bad. He made 1 of 10 three-pointers in the game, and there were many three-pointers during this period that he failed to grasp. This performance is really frustrating.

And after coming on the bench, many players had a collapse performance. Knecter finally managed to perform in garbage time in the last game. In this game, he made 2 of 5. His defense was not good enough and he lost points on the field. In addition, Van Der Biao had no offense at all and his golf quotient was still very low. The final result was 1-for-4. After Hayes came on the field, he was unable to provide any positive impetus. He was 1 for 3 and couldn't even understand how to eat the pie.

Now the situation of the Lakers has become very obvious. They seem to be able to only rely on the three-core to perform, or Rui Hachimura can provide some scoring help. Fortunately, Laravia on the bench today provided some defensive impetus, but the contribution of other players is still too little.