The Knights' victory is expected to return to the next city
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09:00 Beijing time on December 29, NBA regular season: When the Pelicans play against the Cavaliers, New Orleans will try to keep their home three-game winning streak.
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Cleveland Cavaliers (20-13, fifth in the East)
New Orleans Pelicans (12 wins, 22 losses, 14th in the West)
Venue: Smoothie King Center | New Orleans, LA
New Orleans; At 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday
The Pelicans have been disappointing this season, with Zion suffering repeated injuries and little chance of playing, with the team's defensive efficiency downstream in the league.
The Pelicans are currently in second-to-last place in the West with 12 wins, 22 losses and 35.3 percent, and Ingram, while doing well, has been unable to save the team's decline. Monday morning' away-to-5-point deficit to the Thunder saw Hart have a high of 29 points and 10 rebounds, and Graham had 15 points and eight assists. Facing the Cavaliers, Valanciunas and Ingram were in doubt.
Best Performance:
Brandon Ingram averaged 22.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. In his last 10 games for the Pelicans, Derwent Graham has averaged 3.8 three-pointers per game.
The Cavaliers have a 10-6 record on the road and are currently 60.6% from 20-13, ranking fifth in the East with an average of 11.7 fast-break points per game.
The Cavaliers have been the biggest dark horse in the East End this season and have performed well under the leadership of young coach Bixtaf. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, Alan, Osman, Ed Davis continue to quarantine, Ocorro and Mobley have been released from quarantine, facing the Pelicans are expected to play. On Monday morning, the Cavaliers bloodied the 45-point advantage at home to the uneven Raptors, and the team scored in double figures with Garland and Love each scoring a maximum 22 points.
Jarrett Allen averaged 16.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. Kevin Love has averaged 3.2 three-pointers per game in his last 10 games.
Injury:
Pelicans: Dalton Holmes (fibula), Nick Alexander-Walker (health and safety agreement), Jonas Valanciunas (illness), Kira Lewis Jr. (knee injury), Zion Williamson (foot injury), Najib Marshall (health agreement).
Cavaliers: Colin Sexton (knee injury) withdraws this season, Rimbad Jr. (Health and Safety Agreement) retires, Evan Mobley (Health and Safety Agreement) withdraws, Jarrett Allen (Health and Safety Agreement) withdraws, Dylan Wendler (Health and Safety Agreement) withdraws, Ed Davis (Health and Safety Agreement) withdraws, Lamar Stevens: out (Health and Safety Agreement), Isaac Okoro: out (regulation).
Last 10 games:
Pelicans: 6-4, averaging 109.7 points, 49.8 rebounds, 26.5 assists, 7.1 steals and 4.2 blocks from the field from 45.3 percent shooting. Their opponents averaged 107.4 points per game.
Cavaliers: 7-3, averaging 116.0 points, 45.7 rebounds, 27.8 assists, 9.4 steals and 4.7 blocks per game, shooting 48.2 percent from the field. Their opponents have an average score of 100.5 points.
The Cavaliers returned to victory with big wins, the morale of the players was greatly boosted, the team's offensive end was very smooth, and the last 8 regular season games were won in 7 games, occupying a certain psychological advantage. Moreover, the Pelicans' defense is slightly weaker, the past home record is 6 wins and 9 losses, from the current data analysis given by the European Index, the agency is still quite optimistic about the away team to win, in the face of the Pelicans who have just lost, the Cavaliers are expected to take advantage of the courage to take the next city.
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