On January 14, Beijing time, the Clippers played away to the Pelicans, and the Clippers lost to the Pelicans 89-113 at the end of the game. The Clippers completed the reversal in the last game when they were behind a large score, so this game the Clippers vs. Pelicans still have a chance to win the game, after all, the Clippers are playing very tough now. After the game began, the Clippers quickly fell into passivity, and the Pelicans slowly pulled away in the game, but this time the Clippers were not able to play the magical performance of the past, in the game the Pelicans were firmly suppressing the Clippers, and finally the Clippers suffered a 24-point defeat.
Ingram was in good shape in the first quarter to help the team take the lead, coupled with Valanciunas' play Pelicans directly to open the score, while the Clippers' offensive status was still sluggish, Graham and others continued to help the team extend the lead, and the Pelicans led by 13 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Pelicans still maintained their form to expand the lead, while the Clippers' offensive state was still not good, Ibaka, Mann scored to stop the bleeding, Graham continued to help the team expand the lead, and then Morris stopped the decline, and the Clippers trailed by 19 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter, the Pelicans relied on Valanciunas and others to play and still maintain the lead, although the Clippers offense performed in the following game, but Ingram maintained the form to keep the Pelicans in the lead, and the Pelicans led by 24 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Ibaka led the team to a wave of 7-0, after which the Clippers continued to chase points, but in the later games, Ingram and Valanciunas helped the team stabilize the situation and opened the score again, and the Pelicans won the game.
This game pelicans are playing a very good offensive state, of which Ingram is to maintain their own offensive state, relying on his play Pelicans can firmly occupy the lead, at the end of the game Ingram got 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, plus or minus +27 is also the second highest value of the team. At the same time, Valanciunas also played an explosive performance in this game, and Valanciunas had 18 points and 16 rebounds on 7 of 12 in the game. Among the other Pelicans players, Hart had 12 points, five rebounds and three assists, Graham had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, and Jones had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
And the Clippers have encountered trouble on the offensive end again in this game, and they have not performed well on the defensive end, more importantly, the Clippers can't try to fight back in every game, and not every team is a Nugget, and now the Nuggets are very dependent on Jokic, but there are still players like the Pelicans who can stand up, so it is really not unjust for the Clippers to lose the game. In this game, Reggie had 5 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 2-of-11 11, Morris had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 3-of-14 shooting, Zubac had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Batum had 6 points and 4 rebounds, and Mann had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
The Clippers lost the game The Lakers are also sitting on the profits, although the current Lakers are suffering 2 consecutive losses, but in fact, the gap between the Clippers and the Lakers is not large, and now after the Clippers lose the game, the Lakers directly came to the seventh position in the West, and in the current state of the Clippers, they want to win is also a more difficult thing, after all, the lack of Leonard, George two superstars, now the Clippers can stand out of the really not many people, Reggie in the game is really a ride, You can't expect him to play explosive performances in every game.