After a narrow win at home, the Spurs, who ranked eleventh in the West, took a break and ushered in the challenge of the pelicans, who ranked tenth in the West.
On the Spurs side, McDermott + Richardson were absent at the same time, Primo got the opportunity to enter the starting lineup, and head coach Popovich also tried to win by surprise, defending the home to win 2 consecutive wins.
On the other hand, on the Pelicans side, Herbert Jones is in hot form, and this time the Pelicans are fighting away, whether they can win the key ranking card battle has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game!
In the end, after four quarters of play, with a perfect start of 20-7, the Pelicans, who won the lead, completely suppressed the Spurs in the first half, and achieved a huge advantage of up to 31 points.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Graham + CJ McCollum felt hot in the third quarter, and the Pelicans took advantage of the chase to expand the point difference to 38 points in one fell swoop, which also allowed the final quarter to enter garbage time early.
In the end, the Pelicans, who were fully up, also won 124-91 on the road to the Spurs, which was worth the trip and also gave the opponent Spurs a 33-point defeat!
In this game, the Pelicans swept away the slump of the previous game loss, played a 6-man scoring double-double, multi-point blossoming team offensive, and won a 33-point victory.
In the case of herbert Jones + Marshall and other main players, each performing their duties, the two core CJ McCollum + Varan, and the play of young jaxon Hayes, is particularly critical!
CJ McCollum was well-defended in this game, scoring a game-high 20 points on 8-of-19 shooting in the first 26 minutes, plus an all-around performance of 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
Among them, in the second quarter, his brave performance of scoring 10 points in a single quarter not only helped the Pelicans quickly open up the point difference, but also laid a solid foundation for the team's big victory!
In addition, as the team's starting center, Varan's play in this game also played a crucial role.
Varan remained solid in this campaign, shooting 7-of-11 from the field, delivering a double-double performance of 16 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, and successfully limited the Spurs' inside Pelter play at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!
Of course, the Pelicans were able to beat the Spurs in this game, and the performance of the team's potential youngster, Jaxon Hayes, was also indispensable.
In this game, Jaxon Hayes was very efficient, starting 27 minutes, shooting more than 60% of the 8-of-5 shooting, and shooting 3 three-pointers from the outside, contributing 16 points + 8 rebounds + 1 steal + 3 blocks.
And his key performance of scoring 12 points in the first quarter not only provided the Pelicans with strong firepower, smoothly opened the situation, but also successfully affected the trend of the game!
More importantly, after winning the crucial card slot in this game, the Pelicans also led the Spurs by as many as 2.5 wins with a regular season record of 29 wins and 41 losses.
At the same time, from the Lakers, who ranked ninth in the West, the Pelicans are only 1 win away, and it has to be said that in the next schedule, the Pelicans still have a great chance to keep the qualification for the playoffs!
On the spurs side, the team collapsed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game, and head coach Popovich was expelled, and finally swallowed a 33-point defeat in the game performance, which obviously disappointed the home fans.
After all, in the case of Murray + Kelden Johnson + Vassell playing well, primo + Zach Collins in this campaign only 3 of 18 shots, it is indeed hard to blame!
At the same time, for the Spurs, the injury of the team's tough player Lonnie Walker, in the case of the team is in the process of employing people, undoubtedly let the Spurs suffer another big blow!