After winning four consecutive games, the Pelicans, who have rekindled their playoff hopes, are at home and face the Heat's challenge during a three-game winning streak.
On the Pelicans side, the team's new signing CJ McCollum made his debut, and whether the Pelicans can continue the winning streak and defend the home to win 5 consecutive wins has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, on the Heat side, Taylor Hiro is absent due to injury, and this time the Heat are playing away, whether they can withstand the pressure, Lowry + Butler + Adebayo three cores, obviously need to play!
Finally, after 4 quarters of fighting, with the excellent performance of Adebayor + Lowry, the heat team, which was dominated by the guests, overpowered the Pelicans in the first half and occupied the initiative on the court.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Butler felt hot in the third quarter, and the Heat took the opportunity to play several waves of scoring climaxes, successfully establishing a double-digit lead.
Despite the final game, the Pelicans fought back, responding to an 11-4 counterattack frenzy that narrowed the point gap to single digits.
But Butler + Lowry worked hard to help the Heat re-establish a huge advantage of 15 points, and the Pelicans could not catch up with the points, so they had to lose.
In the end, the Heat also won 112-97 on the road to the Pelicans, which was worth the trip and also won 4 consecutive wins!
Rushing to the away game in this game, the Heat continued the winning streak, playing a 5-man scoring double-double, all-staff team performance, and winning a 15-point victory.
In the case of Duncan Robinson + Dedmond and other main players, each performing their duties, the play of the big three Butler + Adebayo + Lowry is particularly critical!
Butler was well-defended in this game, starting 34 minutes, shooting a game-high 29 points on 9-of-16 shooting, plus eight rebounds, three assists, four steals and one block.
Among them, he played a dominating personal performance in the final quarter, and the key performance to end the suspense of the game at both ends of the attack and defense was also a difficult existence for the Pelicans to solve!
In addition, as the inner pillar of the team, the play of Adebayor in this game also played a crucial role.
Adebayor was very efficient, shooting more than 60% of the time from 13 of 21 shots, and delivered 29 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, and 3 steals, disrupting the Pelicans' game rhythm and deployment!
Of course, the Heat were able to beat the Pelicans in this game, and the performance of team commander Lowry was also indispensable.
In this game, Lowry was full of firepower, starting 35 minutes, shooting four three-pointers, contributing a triple-double performance of 14 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals.
Not only did he gain at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but with his excellent overall view and "scalpel" passing, he successfully revitalized the Heat's entire team's offense and affected the trend of the game!
More importantly, after defeating the Pelicans in this game and achieving a wave of four consecutive wins, the Heat also completely suppressed the defending champion Bucks with a regular season record of 36 wins and 20 losses, sitting on the throne of the first place in the East!
On the other hand, on the Pelicans side, although the team played a tenacious performance of 5 people scoring in double figures in this game, the team ultimately failed to withstand the pressure and swallowed the 15-point defeat process, which obviously disappointed the home fans.
But rationally speaking, for the Pelicans, this game, the team is not completely without highlights.
After all, in the case of Ingram + Graham playing poorly, and new signing CJ McCollum only shot 6 of 21 shots, the performance of the youngster Alvarado in this game is indeed remarkable!
Alvarado played well, playing 17 minutes off the bench, shooting three three-pointers on 7-of-12 shooting, scoring a team-high 17 points, plus an efficient performance of 1 rebound and 1 assist, and there was no personal error.
Although he failed to help the Pelicans guard the home court, there is one thing to say, Alvarado's outstanding performance in this game has indeed caused a lot of trouble and trouble to the Heat!
For the Pelicans, considering the new signing CJ McCollum, it will take some time to adapt to the team system, and in the next schedule, the performance of this Pelicans team is obviously still worth looking forward to!