On January 12, Beijing time, the Pelicans defeated the Timberwolves 128-125. In this game, the Timberwolves' big three Towns, Russell, and Edwards are all there, and the big three besieging Ingram are indeed staged, but at the last moment, Brandon Ingram is highly skilled, he completed the quasi-kill, and the Timberwolves worked hard to burn the whole game. Ingram's three-point kill ushered in a national debate.
Graham missed a perfect opportunity to lead by two free throws and one in the first nine seconds of the final game, and then D'Angelo Russell hit a perfect three-pointer 3 seconds before the final, leaving only 3 seconds for the Pelicans, Hart served out of bounds, he gave Varlan first, and then Varan pretended to break through and then divided into Ingram outside the three-point line, Ingram fell with a knife, and the Pelicans completed a three-point shootout 0.3 seconds before the final.
Ingram mentioned the kill in an interview after the game, saying: "I just opened my hands after the shot, and when the ball was shot I knew it was going in. I raised my hands because I knew I was going to get in. Ingram's words show his self-confidence, and his performance is amazing.
SALM, Sports Illustrated, NBA, ESPN and other well-known media are frantically forwarding the moment of Ingram's three-point kill, Andrum soon appeared on Twitter hot search, and he became the object of hot discussion in the United States.
In addition to the killer ball, he played 36 minutes, 11 of 19, 7 of 7 from three-point range, 5 of 5 from the free throw line, 33 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, shooting 57.9%, 85.7% from three-point range, assists and three-point shooting are season highs. He let Edwards split into 7-of-10 in the final quarter and 4-of-5 on three-pointers and 20 in the final quarter.
After the game, Pelicans coach Willie Green praised Ingram, saying: "I'm proud of Ingram, he's a coach's dream, he's a great leader, he makes all of our jobs easy. I'm very proud of what he's done. Is this evaluation of Wei Shuai too much? Although Ingram did play well this time, the Pelicans' record is very tight, and Ingram has always been a good statistical record, so does he deserve to be a "great leader"?
Ingram averaged 32.6 minutes per game this season, with 22.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 0.59 steals and 0.34 blocks, shooting 44.8% from the field and 35.3% from three-point range, which means that Before this game, Ingram's shooting rate was less than 44% and his three-point shooting rate was less than 35%, and Green's praise was too much.
Text/Yan Xiaobai