The Lone Rangers today beat the Pelicans 125-118 to bring the record to 35-24, just 1.5 wins away from the Jazz, fourth in the West.
In today's game, Doncic played 38 minutes, shooting 17 of 35, including 7 of 14 three-pointers and 8 of 12 free throws, with 49 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists.
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In the third quarter, Doncic played 12 minutes, 8 of 11 shots, and cut 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. At the end of the first three quarters, Doncic played 29 minutes, 15-of-26 shooting, and had 45 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, and the Lone Ranger also led the Pelicans by 24 points at 105-81.
However, in the fourth quarter, the Pelicans began to catch up, constantly narrowing the point gap, winning 18 points in a single quarter, and only allowing the Lone Ranger to score 19 points. Doncic was also in poor shape in the fourth quarter, only having 4 points and 4 rebounds on 2-of-9 shooting, failing to get a triple-double and not getting a 50+, but fortunately the Lone Ranger still won without any danger.
In addition to Doncic, Kléber played 25 minutes today, shooting 7-of-10, including 3-of-5 from three-point range and 3-of-4 from the free throw line, with 20 points and 4 rebounds, and 20 points set a season-high. It is worth mentioning that Kléber just scored a new season high of 19 points in the last game, and today it is a new high.
Jaylen Brunson also did well today, starting 37 minutes, 8-of-13, 3-of-4 three-pointers, 23 points and six assists.
On the Pelicans side, McCollum played 39 minutes, shooting 14-of-26, including 7-of-10 three-pointers, 3-of-5 free throws, and 38 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. It is worth mentioning that McCollum scored 6 of 10 in the final quarter with 18 points and 2 assists. In addition to McCollum, the Pelicans had five others to score in double figures, but Ingram was not very good, Ingram played 35 minutes, 6 of 21, 4 of 3 three-pointers, and had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.
Doncic has been in very hot form in recent times, scoring 45+ in 3 times in the last four games. Aside from Doncic, only Curry has scored 45+ three times this season. In the last four games, Doncic has averaged more than 40 points per game. Since February, Doncic has also averaged 36.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game.
By contrast, even DeRozan, who has scored 35+ in seven consecutive games, is somewhat dwarfed. So far in February, DeRozan has averaged 35.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, and although the average number of points per game is not much different, it is still a little inferior to Doncic overall.