Beijing time on April 16, the Pelicans and Clippers ushered in the play-offs of life and death battle, this game who can win the final victory, who will lock the last Western Conference eighth playoff last train ticket, and the losing side will also end all the journey of the season, and before the start of this game, the Pelicans playing away ushered in a good news, Clippers star Paul George will not play in this game because of the trigger of the health and safety agreement, and this news came out, It also makes many fans think that the Pelicans have stepped on the playoff stage with one foot.
Winning the life-and-death battle, the Pelicans narrowly defeated the Clippers to win the final playoff ticket
It is true that the Clippers are indeed less of George's offensive and defensive core, but most of the season they have been accustomed to the absence of the double core, so Tyrenlu did not mess with themselves, but instead fought a stalemate with the Pelicans, even in the first half the Pelicans also achieved a 10-point lead, but in the second half the Clippers relied on Morris Jr., Reggie and others to win on the outside, playing the Pelicans a 38-18 in the single quarter, once surpassing the score, and in the final quarter of the decisive moment, the Pelicans in CJ, Ingram and others stepped forward one after another, but finally stabilized their positions, 105-101 thrilling victory over the Clippers, to win the last playoff ticket in the eighth place in the West.
Replacing the famous coach Big Van Gundy, Green, the rookie coach, did not have any coaching experience before
It is worth mentioning that this season the Pelicans replaced the manager with Willie Green, the old coach who coached the team last season, Van Gundy, finally only worked with the team for a short season, was fired by the team, I thought the Pelicans would continue to choose a veteran coach with rich experience to replace The Big Fan, but they did not think that they chose a rookie coach who did not have any previous coaching experience, Willy Green, the young coach who was only 40 years old this year, as the second round show of 2003, he has played for the 76ers, pelicans, eagles, Clippers and Magic and other teams, although the player's career history is mediocre (only 8.3 points per game), but after retiring, he has served as an assistant coach in the Warriors and Suns teams, and won the NBA championship with the Warriors in 17 years, and last season in assisting Monty Williams, as a Sun assistant coach, Green also entered the Finals with the team, accumulating rich coaching experience in these two teams, Green also decided to "go it alone" this season, accepting the olive branch thrown by the Pelicans. Became the new manager of the team.
1 win, 12 losses to start the team into the playoffs, Green came up and met his old club Suns in the first round
And taking over the Pelicans as soon as it came up, but also let Willie Green suffer a severe test at the beginning of the season, the opening stage, the Pelicans only achieved 1 win and 12 losses, Green once faced the risk of being fired, but the team finally decided to be patient with him, and Green did not live up to the trust of the team, after which the Pelicans became a dark horse team, and finally entered the play-off place with a 36-46 loss to the eighth place in the West, and after today's official defeat of the Clippers, The Pelicans were also able to make it to the playoffs as the eighth-place finisher, challenging the First Suns of the West in the first round of the playoffs.
I have to say that Green and the sun really have a fate, as last season's meritorious assistant coach, now in their own just become the pelicans new coach can usher in a head-on competition in the playoffs, but in reality, due to the gap in strength between the two sides is too large, even if entering the playoffs, Green is likely to follow the Pelicans for the first round of the trip, by the old owner to block the semifinals.