On March 3, Beijing time, the NBA's new season regular season continued. The New Orleans Pelicans, which currently have a 25-36 record, have also ushered in a new game, taking on the Challenge of the Kings at home. After bringing in Portland's second-in-command, McCollum, before the trade deadline, we finally saw pelicans that were different from the past. Whether you like it or not, their record under McCollum has improved significantly. Of course, after sending Hart and the others away and getting McCollum, the Pelicans' offensive aggressiveness has improved, but their overall defense has had new problems.
When facing the Challenge of the Kings this time, the Pelicans played a good performance on both offensive and defensive ends. At the beginning of the first quarter, the away Kings took the lead in getting into the form, achieving a feat of domination. Fox shot 3-of-4 in the first quarter, sending 10 points and 2 rebounds, and Sabonis Jr. also had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists to contribute, but Barnes, who handed over 11 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal. With the team's players in succession, the Kings played a 33-31 score to take a two-point lead.
Entering the second quarter, the Pelicans, who were behind in the score, began a strong counterattack. Ingram, who had previously performed in a slump, let McCollum steal the limelight, was in high form in this game. He sent 11 points and 1 assist in the first quarter, and after entering the second quarter showdown, he could also send 13 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, leading the team to play a 34-28 score, not only chasing back the 2 points behind in the first quarter, but also achieving a 4-point reversal with a half-time score of 65-61. And yibian fights again, and the Pelicans, who have a lead in the score, can also go down and further widen the point difference.
In the third quarter of the competition, McCollum can also send 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, and Jones, who handed over 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal, helped the team play 31-21 and once again take a 10-point lead. Before entering the crucial final-quarter showdown, the gap between the two sides had widened to 14 points, and the Pelicans were bound to win the game. Sure enough, in the regular time of the fourth quarter, the Kings completely collapsed, allowing the Pelicans to beat a 29-13 score to take a 16-point lead.
In the end, the regular time of the fourth quarter was completed, and the Pelicans completed a 30-point victory with a score of 125-95! Again, Ingram's form in this game is very high, in the 32 minutes of playing, sent a game-high score of 33 points, as well as 5 rebounds and 6 assists, to mcCollum, who once played the style of the commander of the court, swore sovereignty. But in fact, the Pelicans' leader was never them, but Zion, who was still injured!
And then see the data of other teams: Valanciunas again handed over a 17+14 double-double in this game, Jones also had 14 points and 6 rebounds, Hayes who handed over 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Marshall, who had 17 points and 3 rebounds. On the other hand, on the side of the Kings who lost away from home, Fox delivered 25 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in a single game, which was decent. Although Sabonis Jr. has a comprehensive data of 15+14+7, the contribution of the scoring end is still lacking.