Beijing time on April 16, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Los Angeles Clippers home to meet the New Orleans Pelicans, this is a life and death battle, the winning side will directly advance to the playoffs, George is isolated can not play. In the first quarter, Ingram performed well, 8 of 9 in a single quarter, cut 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists + 0 turnovers and 0 fouls, under his leadership, the Pelicans were mainly anti-away, 8 points ahead of the opponent; into the second quarter, the Clippers blossomed more, Nance Jr. also opened the scoring mode, halftime, the Clippers 46-56 trailed the opponent by 10 points, Ingram halftime 9 of 13, cut 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Yi Bian fought again, Morris scored four points in a row, Reggie also rained three points, the Clippers played a wave of 7-0 small climax, the Pelicans suspended. Back from the timeout, Jones quickly attacked a dragon to win, Mann also had a strong kill under the basket, and soon, Reggie played 2+1, and the Clippers completed the rebound. After just two rounds, Reggie scored two points from the basket and the Pelicans were stopped again. After the timeout, Reggie teamed up with Morris to score four points, followed by the two teams taking points from each other on free throws, after which Covington scored two points in the open three-point line, and CJ scored two points.
However, Reggie immediately made a foul and walked to the free throw line, Covington felt hot, playing 2+1 against the defender, the Pelicans side, Ingram was bold, and hit two high-difficulty mid-range in a row, and the Clippers were suspended. At the end of the quarter, 1 and a half minutes, Powell strongly killed the basket, Murphy three points and one arrow through the heart, but Morris immediately returned the peach, three points and 100 steps through Yang, Powell also played 2+1, CJ emergency stop also, the end of the third quarter, the Clippers 84-74 surpassed the Pelicans 10 points. In the final quarter, Morris scored 2 points first, CJ first threw a shot, then assisted Nance to score 2 points, and then Ingram turned over and hit a shot, and the Clippers were suspended.
Back from a timeout, Ingram completed a two-handed dunk, Murphy suddenly applied a cold arrow, and it rained three points, CJ was infected and also cut down three points, and the Pelicans tied the score. At this time, Reggie stood up, he joined hands with Mann to score 4 points, Ingram felt hot, broke through the dunk technique to shock the four seats, Morris did not want to show weakness, dry pull mid-range also in color, back, Murphy's corner three-point knife fell, the score was tied again, and the game was suspended. In the last 4 minutes, Nance first hat Morris, and then made up for the dunk, CJ showed the star essence, stopped in mid-range and then hit.
In the decisive moment, the Clippers failed to hit consecutive strong attacks, Murphy hit a cold-blooded three-pointer, and then Powell joined forces with Covington to stop the bleeding by 5 consecutive points, and the point difference was only 2 points. The two sides came and went, and in the end the Pelicans narrowly defeated the Clippers 105-101. In this game, Reggie was 9 of 22, 8 of 3-pointers, and cut 27 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, but unfortunately the performance at key moments was not good; Morris was 9 of 20, 27 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists; Covington had 14 points and 3 rebounds; Powell had 6 of 16 and had 17 points and 4 rebounds; Zubac had 8 points and 4 rebounds.
On the Pelicans side, Ingram was 14-of-21 and exploded with 30 points, six rebounds and six assists; CJ was 9-of-24 with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists; Nance made a big surprise, 7-of-8, with 14 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists; Varane was in poor shape with 8 points and 9 rebounds; Murphy went down with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. In this game, the Clippers lost in the lack of manpower, the key moment, Reggie and other people's physical strength is obviously insufficient, Reggie played for 46 minutes, it can be said that they tried their best, the Clippers who lacked major generals can play like this has been quite good, George and Xiaoka wasted another year of time, such a Clippers feel pity.