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New Orleans Pelicans fall flat in second half shellacking at hands of Los Angeles Lakers, lose 130-102

Christian Wood with his first double-double for the Pelicans. He's got 15 points and 11 rebounds through 23 minutes.

(New Orleans is down a ton.)— Oleh Kosel (@OlehKosel) April 1, 2019

As it has for much of March, Wood’s penchant for setting career-highs and achieving career-firsts was one of very few bright spots in the New Orleans Pelicans (32-46) 130-102 loss to the visiting Lakers of Los Angeles (35-42).

From the opening tip, the Pels were playing with fire. They actually led by one after the first half despite coughing the ball up 12 times, a number they would duplicate in the second half and one that the Lakers would not reach even after the full 48 minutes (they finished with 10.