In an NBA playoff that ended earlier, the Pelicans pulled out 113-103 at home and will compete with the Clippers for the last playoff ticket in the West. Double gun to carry the team, as their responsibility to win, respectable and congratulatory!
In the first quarter, the two teams were on an equal footing, the Spurs started with an 8-0 brief lead, but the offensive end was extremely unstable, and Ingram joined forces with McCollum to cut 11 points to seize the lead. The second quarter became McCollum's playing time, first taking nine consecutive points to help the Pelicans establish a double-digit advantage, facing the Spurs to counterattack, and then taking a 10-pointer in the back, and the Pelicans led by 11 points into the second half.
In the duel, the Pelicans still firmly suppressed the Spurs, maintaining a 15-point lead in the third quarter. The point difference in the early fourth quarter was at one point to 21 points, after which the Spurs finally woke up and saw hope by chasing the disadvantage to 5 points through a wave of 16-1 climax, but the Spurs failed to continue the state, and the Pelicans used a wave of 6-0 to re-establish a double-digit lead to lock up the victory.
CJ McCollum became the pelicans' biggest contributor to the victory, playing 40 minutes, shooting 12-of-23, 3-of-5 three-pointers, 5-of-5 free throws, and scoring 32 points, 6 boards, 7 assists and 1 cap. In the second quarter, when the Orioles were forced to go off the field with 3 fouls on their backs, McCollum withstood the Spurs' three-point rain and slashed 19 points on 7-of-7 shooting. Ingram was equally critical, scoring 11 and 10 points in the first quarter and 10 in the final quarter, respectively, contributing 27 points, 5 boards and 5 assists.
Since the release of the small card, the Spurs have missed the playoffs for three consecutive years, continuing to set a new team record. As for whether the meritorious veteran Popovich can still coach next season, Spurs circles generally believe that he will coach for another season, but only one person can know the answer for sure, and that is Popovich himself.