#Lakers #Pelicans #NBA #SoFiPlayInThe New Orleans Pelicans could have avoided a rematch against the Los Angeles Lakers by winning the regularseason finale between the teams Sunday and claiming a topsix playoff spot.

Instead, the Lakers again outclassed the Pelicans and didn't even have to leave town as the two teams will square off in New Orleans on Tuesday during the NBA playin round.

The winner of the contest between the No. 8 seed Lakers (4735) and No. 7 Pelicans (4933) will advance to play the secondseeded Denver Nuggets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

The loser will get a second chance to make the playoff field on Friday when its playin opponent will be the Golden State Warriors or Sacramento Kings.

The Lakers led by as many as 32 points during Sunday's convincing 124108 win over New Orleans. Los Angeles beat the Pelicans by 44 points Dec. 7 and won three of this season's four matchups.

Lakers star LeBron James isn't feeling comfortable about the repeat matchup even though his squad just steamrolled the Pelicans on the latter's home floor.

"Tuesday's game is going to be extremely hard, extremely difficult, extremely physical," James said. "I've always known that, when you play a playoff series and I look at this like a twogame playoff series if you win that first game, a team has multiple days to kind of sit on that feeling, or sit with that taste in their mouth of defeat.

"So they're going to be extremely ready for us and we have to come in with the same sense of urgency that we had the previous game."

Pelicans coach Willie Green certainly isn't going to forget the bitter taste between now and tipoff.

"We have to come back with the right mentality," Green said. "They were the aggressors. We have to be the aggressive team. We have to be the more physical team. We have to keep them out of our paint and make them take contested shots and rebound the ball.

"They played with a ton of force. They came out right away. At least for the first half, they punched us right in the mouth and kept going."

James recorded 28 points, a seasonbest 17 assists, 11 rebounds and five steals during the easy win. Anthony Davis had 30 points on 13of17 shooting and collected 11 rebounds before leaving with back spasms just past the midway point of the final quarter.

Davis, listed as questionable on the injury report, maintained there was no way he would sit out against the Pelicans, the team with which he spent the first seven seasons of his NBA career.

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