A frozen offense finally thawed when needed most, as the Lakers squeaked out a win over New Orleans despite shooting just 36.8 percent from the field.
The 95-91 victory was only the eighth time in franchise history that Los Angeles won while hitting worse than 37 percent.
“I don’t care about percentages,” said Lou Williams, who had 19 points. “One thing about scoring in this league that everybody knows understands is some nights you make shots and some nights you don’t.
“The thing you’ve got to do is bring some type of value to the game.