Live bar February 18 NBA regular season continues, the last Nick Heat's Lone Ranger challenged the Pelicans, the latter lost to the Grizzlies, currently ranked 11th in the West, while the Lone Ranger is ranked 5th in the West, the first quarter of the First Quarter Doncic Firepower opened with 19 points, 5 boards and 4 assists, leading the team to blast 45 points to create a new season single-quarter scoring high, the Lone Rangers at the end of the first quarter have led by 18 points, the second quarter came back, Varan and Hayes inside the line to take points, pelicans returned to respect 11-2 attack wave once narrowed the point difference, Doncic's tandem was always able to respond in time, and at halftime, the Lone Ranger continued to lead by 13 points. After the war, the Pelicans combined inside and outside to narrow the point difference to single digits, but Doncic once again fired 20 points in a single quarter, and after the third quarter, the Lone Ranger was already 24 points ahead, and in the final quarter, McCollum suddenly broke out to score 16 points in a single quarter, the Pelicans blasted a 19-3 attack wave after the point difference was only 5 points, at the critical moment Brunson hit a free throw, Doncic missed two free throws but the Pelicans made a fatal mistake, and finally the Lone Ranger won 125-118.
After the start of the game, the two teams found the feel early, Doncic against Ingram, Brunson and Smith continued to take points, Valanciunas responded in time on the inside line, the two sides came and went to the score tightly, the middle section of Brunson felt hot and even hit three points, Doncic shot with penalties to continue the firepower, the Lone Ranger gradually opened the score, the lone ranger continued to shoot 3 three-pointers in a row, McCollum suddenly shot a brief response, Doncic fluttered in the whistle for three points, and the Lone Ranger established an advantage 45-27 at the end of the first quarter.
Back in the second quarter, Bertans took the lead in three points, Graham shot consecutive free throws to stop the bleeding in time, Kleber's inner line continued to respond, McCollum and Graham hit three points in a row, Varan joined forces with Snell to continue to score points, the Pelicans returned the 11-2 attack wave to narrow the point gap, Powell and Dinwiddie scored consecutively to stabilize the situation, the Pelicans blossomed more points to continue to bite, Smith immediately returned the three points, hayes ravaged the inside line in the end to score 5 consecutive points, the two sides used free throws to continuously rise points, halftime, the Lone Rangers continued to dominate 71-58.
After the Easy Side re-war McCollum snatched a three-pointer, Varan also had a layup, the Pelicans narrowed the point difference to single digits, Doncic and Powell responded in time, the Lone Ranger stabilized the situation, the middle of the Doncic wonderful pass Kleber to catch the basket, McCollum joined hands with Ingram to chase points, Doncic three-pointers were there, the Lone Ranger firmly dominated, the last Snell three-pointer stopped bleeding, Ingram continued to chase points, Smith and Kleber hit three points, Doncic once again went on to score 8 points, The Lone Rangers led 105-81 at the end of the third quarter.
In the last quarter, Graham and McCollum continued to score points, Doncic and Brunson joined forces to respond, Snell and McCollum hit three points in a row, the Lone Ranger immediately requested a timeout, the mid-section Lone Ranger attack was still stagnant, Snell and McCollum hit three points in a row, Jones suddenly sent out a continuous score, the Pelicans blasted out a 19-3 attack wave after the point difference was only 5 points, at the critical moment Doncic and Smith finally stopped bleeding, McCollum even shot with a penalty to retain suspense, Brunson made two steady shots, Doncic missed two penalties but the Pelicans made a fatal mistake. In the end, the Lone Ranger narrowly defeated his opponent.
Both teams started:
Lone Rangers: Doncic, Brunson, Green, Smith, Powell
Pelicans: McCollum, Jones, Ingram, Hayes, Valanciunas
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