On February 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Lone Rangers defeated the Pelicans 125-118 on the road to win two consecutive wins, while the Pelicans suffered two consecutive losses. In this game, Doncic once again played a superstar-level performance, he scored 19 points in the first quarter, in the third quarter, he scored 20 points in a single quarter, the personal performance is too shining, the first three quarters are over, Doncic has scored 45 points. In the final quarter of the game, Doncic once again exerted his strength, completing consecutive points at key moments, and in the whole game, Doncic got a comprehensive data of 49 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists to help the team successfully win the game on the road, and this campaign Doncic was the most brilliant player.
In the first quarter of the game, Doncic took over the team's offense, he scored 19 points in a single quarter, led the team to play a 45-27 attack in a single quarter, and at the end of the first quarter, the Lone Rangers held an 18-point lead, and the advantage was still very obvious.
In the second quarter, the Pelicans began to exert their strength, CJ McCollum and Hayes teamed up to score 17 points, the Pelicans scored 31 points in a single quarter, chased back 5 points, and at the end of the half, the Pelicans closed the gap to 13 points.
In the crucial third quarter, Doncic broke out again, and he had 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 8-of-11 shooting in a single quarter, helping the Lone Rangers to win 11 points again in a single quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the Lone Rangers' lead over the Pelicans reached 24 points.
And in the final quarter, the Pelicans didn't give up the game, and CJ McCollum performed well, scoring 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the quarter to help the Pelicans close the score gap to single digits. Unfortunately, because of too much behind before, even if CJ McCollum played a very crazy performance in the final quarter, it was still difficult to help the team win, and in the end, the Pelicans lost to the Lone Rangers at home and suffered a losing streak.
In this game, Doncic and CJ McCollum staged a confrontation, and the two players played well on the offensive end, with Middle East Cic having a quasi-triple-double of 49 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game, and in the first and third quarters, he scored 19 points and 20 points respectively, which was very brilliant. CJ McCollum stepped up in the final quarter, scoring 18 points in a single quarter to help the Pelicans work hard to close the point gap, and he contributed 38 points throughout the game.
However, from the overall performance, the Lone Rangers still play better, the team in addition to Doncic, they also have Brunson, this game Brunson got 23 points and 6 assists, became the best helper around Doncic, and the substitute Kleber also had 20 points in this campaign, Smith scored 14 points, in the case of Doncic got 49 points, there are three players scoring double-figures, compared to CJ McCollum, Doncic got more help, It was also the key to the Lone Rangers' victory in the game.
After Porzingis was traded, Doncic's performance was obvious to all, and he played superstar-level performances in recent succession, and he was very bright personally. After a poor start to the season, Doncic is getting better and has adjusted to his best, and this season he is expected to come back to the top to impact the final regular season MVP.