February 16 News Today, the Lakers beat the Pelicans 120-102 at home.
After the game, Lakers forward LeBron James was interviewed.
Talking about his views on the team completing multiple transactions on the trade deadline, James said: “First of all, I pay tribute to the players who left the team. Russ (Russell – Westbrook), Patrick (Beverly), JTA (
Toscano-Anderson), DJ (Damian Jones) and Thomas (Bryant). We started the season with those five guys, trying to make things happen, trying to be the best we could be on the court. So
, I salute these guys and what they did to try to get us to play well.”
In this game, James played 29 minutes and scored 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on 7 of 14 shots.