On April 16, the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Los Angeles Clippers' home game against the New Orleans Pelicans, ended, and the Pelicans won 105:101 to the Clippers. In the following playoff first round, the Pelicans will face last year's defending Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns in eighth place in the West.
The whole game was full of ups and downs. In the first half, relying on ingram and CJ McCollum's excellent touch, the Pelicans led the way into the second half. In the third quarter, Clippers coach Tyrone Lue switched to a small lineup, Lightning Strike Jackson and Morris seized the opportunity to score consecutive points, and the faster pace of the Clippers caught the Pelicans off guard, playing a wave of 20-2 high-tide reversal scores.
In a critical moment, Pelicans coach Willie Green gave an impassioned speech: "Let it go! "We are born for this moment!" We are working hard for this moment! "You guys want XXX to fight!" You're going to fight! For the Clippers' small lineup, Willie Green replaced Nance Jr., rookie Trey Murphy and Joseph Alvarado, and they transformed into the Wizards, actively fighting again and again, helping the Pelicans to play a 12-2 counterattack to successfully reverse the score. Eventually, Valanciunas dunked and killed the match.
In this campaign, Ingram played 43 minutes, 14 of 21 shots, 30 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, McCollum scored 19 points, on the bench, Nance Jr. had 14 points and 16 rebounds, including 7 frontcourt boards; Trae Murphy scored 14 points on 4-of-6 three-point shooting, plus-minus +26. Next, facing the powerful Suns, I believe that this athletic ability is bursting, and the young army full of pit bulldog passion will definitely cause them a lot of trouble. And ingram and Chris Paul's re-encounter is also very interesting.