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NBA: CJ McCollum nets 22 as Pelicans cruise past Lakers

NBA: CJ McCollum nets 22 as Pelicans cruise past Lakers

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Updated Feb 28, 2022 06:04 PM PHT

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New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum (3) defends a pass by Los Angeles Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker (5) in the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters.
New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum (3) defends a pass by Los Angeles Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker (5) in the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters.


CJ McCollum scored 22 points to lead six New Orleans scorers in double figures as the visiting Pelicans routed the Los Angeles Lakers 123-95 on Sunday night.

Jonas Valanciunas added 19 points and 10 rebounds, Brandon Ingram scored 19 points, Devonte' Graham had 12 off the bench, and Herbert Jones and Jaxson Hayes scored 11 each as the Pelicans swept a two-game road trip that began with a 117-102 victory at Phoenix on Friday.

New Orleans, which took control against the Suns by outscoring them in 42-31 in the third quarter, did the same against the Lakers, outscoring them 44-25 in the third quarter.

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LeBron James scored 32 points, Russell Westbrook had 16 and Carmelo Anthony added 13 for the Lakers, who lost their second straight game after the All-Star break and fell for the sixth time in eight games. Los Angeles committed 23 turnovers and made just 7 of 34 3-pointers.

Ingram had a basket and an assist as the Pelicans scored the first four points of the third quarter and took a 55-40 lead.

The Lakers crept within 10 points, but New Orleans increased the lead to 67-50 on a layup by McCollum.

Westbrook converted a three-point play, but McCollum and Valanciunas made back-to-back 3-pointers during a 13-0 run that gave the Pelicans an 80-53 lead.

Graham scored seven points down the stretch as New Orleans took a 95-65 lead at the end of the third quarter.

The score was tied at 15 before New Orleans made a push to take a 24-20 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Graham's 3-pointer started the second-quarter scoring and the Pelicans led by nine points twice before the Lakers came back.

Anthony scored five points as Los Angeles pulled within one point before New Orleans rebuilt the lead to seven.

The Lakers got within four before the Pelicans went on a 10-0 run. James banked in a 3-pointer for the final points of the second quarter, leaving New Orleans with a 51-40 halftime lead.

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MMA: Pacio's decision to train with bigger fighters pays off vs. Brooks

MMA: Pacio's decision to train with bigger fighters pays off vs. Brooks

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Joshua Pacio ahead of his match against Jarred Brooks for the undisputed ONE Strawweight MMA World Champion at ONE 171 in the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar on February 20, 2025. Handout/ONE ChampionshipJoshua Pacio ahead of his match against Jarred Brooks for the undisputed ONE Strawweight MMA World Champion at ONE 171 in the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar on February 20, 2025. Handout/ONE Championship

MANILA -- While training for his highly-anticipated trilogy bout against Jarred Brooks, Filipino MMA star Joshua Pacio took a big risk that paid off in a major way.

Proving that practice makes perfect, Pacio put himself to the test during his sparring sessions. There, he was put in precarious positions and choked on a daily basis.

His regimen was rewarded when he defeated Brooks in co-main event of ONE 171: Qatar last Thursday at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, allowing him to unify the ONE Strawweight MMA World Title.  

The Lions Nation MMA representative endured relentless pressure from Brooks in the first round. He survived a bevy of chokes from the American before responding in kind in the second round with suffocating pressure of his own to get the TKO win. 

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For "The Passion," he wouldn’t have survived those submission attempts if he hadn’t been consistently choked by #2-ranked bantamweight MMA contender Stephen Loman during training sessions. 

"The D'arce [was] not actually close, maybe the guillotine and the last one [was] like 70 percent. But you know, there's a lot of guys choking me out in the gym. I've been there a hundred times in that position, and I know the feeling," he said. 

"I'm used to it. Imagine Stephen Loman choking me every day in the gym." 

Pacio had entered the bout as a massive underdog, but he never succumbed to self doubt.

"I'm confident in my training, in my preparation. Every position we studied in training camp, every position that Jarred [would] do to me. You know, lots of hours, we drilled it. Situational, we drilled it," he said. 

"My jiu-jitsu coach, my wrestling coach, we've been working on every position that Jarred [would] do. So I [was] very confident that wherever the fight [went], ground, stand up, I'd [be] very confident."

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