After a crushing defeat and a hasty road trip, the Pelicans, who ranked ninth in the West, returned to home back-to-back and ushered in the challenge of the Warriors, who ranked third in the West during their four-game winning streak.
In terms of the Pelicans, Ingram + Valango hung up the exemption card, and whether CJ McCollum led the team to defend the home court has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, on the Warriors side, in the face of the final battle of the regular season, Kerr is also lining up, seizing the opportunity to train and grind, ready to win 5 consecutive wins on the road!
In the end, after 4 quarters of play, with the excellent play of Tang Shen + Jordan Poole, the Warriors, who were mainly anti-away, easily suppressed the Pelicans in the first half and achieved a huge advantage of 20 points.
Although after returning from the second half, Marshall + Trey Murphy felt hot in the third quarter and led the Pelicans to a 22-4 counterattack frenzy, successfully closing the score gap and preserving the suspense of the game.
But helplessly at the moment of the final showdown, Tang Shen ushered in an outbreak, and the Warriors took the opportunity to establish a 21-point lead in one fell swoop, while the Pelicans could not catch up with the points and had to lose.
In the end, the Warriors also won 128-107 on the road to win the Pelicans, which was worth the trip to win 5 consecutive wins at the same time, but also gave the opponent Pelicans 2 consecutive losses!
Playing on the road in this game, the Warriors continued the fiery state during the winning streak, playing a team performance of 4 people scoring in double figures, and winning a big win with 21 points.
In the case of Cumminga + Damien Lee and other main players, each performing their duties, the play of the two main players Klay Thompson + Jordan Pooler is particularly critical!
In this game, Tang Shen was full of firepower, starting 28 minutes, shooting 7 three-pointers on 29 shots and 16 in the middle and outside the line, and bombed a game-high 41 points, plus 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Among them, his heroic performance of scoring 15 points in the final quarter, inside and outside the single quarter, not only provided the Warriors with strong firepower, but also almost single-handedly took over the game!
In addition, this campaign scored 41 points, Tang Shen also set a new single-game scoring record since his comeback, I have to say that in the last game of the regular season to play such a wonderful personal performance, Tang Shen also completed the perfect ending!
Of course, the Warriors were able to beat the Pelicans in this game, and the performance of Jordan Poole, who has been in good shape recently, has also played a crucial role.
Jordan Poole was well defensive, starting 27 minutes, shooting four three-pointers on 7-of-16 shooting, and contributing an all-around performance of 22 points, 4 rebounds , 5 assists , and 2 blocks.
Not only did it gain something on the offensive end, helping the Warriors to open up the situation smoothly, but also on the defensive end, it disrupted the pelicans' offensive rhythm and deployment many times, and successfully affected the trend of the game!
More importantly, after winning five consecutive games against the Pelicans in this game, the Warriors' regular season record has also improved to 53 wins and 29 losses, officially locking in the third place in the West.
Obviously, for Warriors head coach Kerr, when Tang Shen is getting better and Curry is about to return, Kerr can also prepare for the next playoffs!
On the other hand, the Pelicans, the team was comprehensively crushed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game, and finally swallowed a 21-point rout + 2 consecutive defeats to end the regular season performance, which obviously disappointed the home fans.
In the absence of Ingram + Varan, facing the already crazy Tang Shen and the Multi-Point Blossom Warriors, the Pelicans who worked hard for a whole game but had no chance to defend the home court seemed to have no choice but to admit it.
As for whether the Pelicans, which ushered in the return of the main players in the next playoffs, can stand out and launch an impact on the playoffs, we seem to have to wait and see!