For one quarter Friday night, Jose Alvarado played better than anyone else on the Crytpto.com Arena court.

Better than LeBron James.

Better than Luka Doncic.

And better than Austin Reaves.

But when all was said and done, the Pelicans didn’t have enough to match the Lakers’ Big Three of James, Doncic and Reaves.

The Pelicans wrapped up their trip to L.A. with a 124-108 loss.

Alvarado finished with 27 points, tying the season high he scored against the Cleveland Cavaliers in November.

Alvarado scored 18 points in the first nine minutes to help the Pelicans build a 30-25 lead at the end of the first quarter. Alvarado knocked down four 3-pointers in the quarter and at one point had outscored the Lakers by himself. His fourth 3-pointer with 2:58 left in the quarter was his 18th point, putting the Pels ahead 23-17.

He cooled off in the second quarter, going scoreless and the Lakers got going to take a 62-53 halftime lead.

He finished the night 6-of-10 on 3-pointers. 

“Jose’s been doing a great job filling in for guys being out,” said Pelicans’ coach Willie Green. “This is an opportunity for him and he’s taking full advantage of it.”

The Lakers had too much firepower though, just like they did in a win over the Pelicans in March. In that game, James scored 34 and Doncic had 30. This time Doncic scored 35 and James had 27. Reaves, who missed that last game, scored 30 Friday. James also finished with six assists, but didn’t have a rebound. It was just the fifth time in his career that he didn’t have a rebound. 

“All three guys are tough to guard,” Green said before the game. “You have to make everything difficult for them.”

That was much easier said than done though as the Lakers (47-30) finished the season sweep against the Pelicans (21-56).

Rookie Yves Missi finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds for his 13th double double of the season. Alvarado and Missi were two of six Pelicans to reach double figures. They were joined by Karlo Matkovic (15), Kelly Olynyk (12), Jamal Cain (11) and Antonio Reeves (10)

The Pelican return to Smoothie King Center Sunday to play the Milwaukee Bucks.