On January 21, Beijing time, the NBA's new season regular season continued in full swing. The Knicks, who have suffered two consecutive defeats, have also ushered in a new game, taking on the Challenge of the New Orleans Pelicans at home. As a team that gathers a lot of talented players, the Pelicans have suffered too many injuries in the past two years. Zion, who bears the burden of leading the team's rise, has not returned to the court this season, Andrum's ability to lead the team has always been lacking, and the Pelicans can only become the team that has been bullied this season.
That's right, so far, the Pelicans have only finished with 16 wins and 28 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the West. However, the Knicks, their opponents on the road today, have seen their rise in recent years. Randall, Barrett, as well as the likes of Fournier and Walker, were all sources of victory for the Knicks. However, in this competition, the Knicks, who seem to be in a stable position, inadvertently suffered a big loss in front of the Pelicans. At the beginning of the game, the Pelicans, who played on the road, took the lead in the form, achieving a feat of domination with a single quarter of 27-17.
After taking the lead at the start, the Knicks, who entered the second quarter of the showdown, could also counterattack. Home star Randall is not in good shape, but Tanhuaxiu Barrett also has an output of 3 of 5 in a single quarter, sending 9 points and 3 rebounds, helping the team play a 25-19 score and recovering the 6 points behind in the first quarter. At the end of the first half, the Pelicans still maintained a four-point lead. And the Knicks, who fought again and achieved good results in chasing points, actually fell into a scoring drought. Meanwhile, the Pelicans naturally seized the opportunity to continue to widen the points difference between the two teams.
After a 35-15 score in the third quarter, the Pelicans took another 20-point lead! By the time it got to the crucial final quarter of the showdown, the point difference between the two sides had reached 24 points, and there was no great suspense in this game. The Knicks conceded early and sent rotating players to continue to consume the remaining game time in the fourth quarter. In the end, the regular time of the fourth quarter was over, and the Pelicans won the game with a score of 102-91, refusing to be bullied again. Looking back at the game, the Knicks' home star Randall, facing the Lakers teammate Ingram seems to have chosen to be merciful!
Yes, he only shot 1 of 9 in a single game, delivering 4 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, netting 26 points against his opponents (the worst in the game). Obviously the leader who led the team to win, Randall responded with a poor performance, and Thibodeau, as the head coach, had to choose to let the core of the team clock out of work in the third quarter. Of course, we must also admit that the overall state of the Pelicans' players is still relatively good, and there is no need for Thibodeau to resist in the crucial last quarter and lose the last face.
Ingram only played 27 minutes and also had a comprehensive stat of 15+ 5 + 6, Valanciunas also had a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Hart, who had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, they all played the state that the starters should be. Therefore, even if Thibodeau has a word of suffering, he can only blame the star in the team for not being angry.