Beijing time on April 16, the NBA Clippers and the Pelicans in a playoff game, this is a life and death battle, the loser directly out, the first quarter of the Lakers abandoned Brandon Ingram 9 shots 8 shots bombed 16 points + 3 rebounds + 2 assists, he led the Pelicans to an 8-point lead, the second quarter Pelicans played 50% of the shooting rate, the highest time led by 16 points, but CJ McCollum 7 shots 5 iron, McComb frequent iron to drag the Pelicans into the puddle, the pelicans only led by 10 points after the half, The Pelicans felt cold in the third quarter, shooting only 27.3 percent in a single quarter, and the Clippers surpassed the Pelicans by 10 points in the third quarter.
The Pelicans' good situation suddenly disappeared, which is really a bit amazing, mcCollum shot 8 and 5 iron in the last quarter, he repeatedly let the Pelicans miss the opportunity to level, fortunately Ingram, Nance Jr. played amazingly, in the last quarter Ingram shot all 3, Nance Jr. 6 rebounds in a single quarter, plus the Clippers missed Paul George and Cowhi Leonard, the Pelicans finally reversed the score and won the game, the full score was 105-101, the Pelicans overturned the Clippers to advance to the playoffs, and in this game, the "Lakers Brothers" The performance is exceptionally bright, and they can be said to be shining at the Staples Center!
As mentioned earlier, Brandon Ingram and Larry Nance Jr. performed very well in the final quarter, Ingram was selected by the Lakers in 2016, Nance Jr. was selected by the Lakers with the 27th pick in 2015, and then Nance Jr. was sent to the Cavaliers, going around, he and Ingram met in the Pelicans, if it wasn't for the Pelicans sending away the ball brother and Hart, this team can really be called the Lakers abandoned team, and in this life and death battle between the Pelicans and the Clippers, Ingram, The performances of the "Lakers brothers" of Nance Jr. are very eye-catching, and they are the two most shining players in this battle staple center.
In the whole game, Ingram shot 14 of 21, he efficiently scored 30 points + 6 rebounds + 6 assists + shooting rate of 66.7% of the comprehensive data, trumpet Durant, this game he played like the god of death Du, he used his strong play to drag the team into the playoffs, this is the Pelicans team history of the first time to kill the playoffs, this is also the first time in Ingram's career to enter the playoffs, plus the last playoff game with the Spurs, Ingram scored 57 points in the total of 40 shots and 25 playoffs this season, Both scoring and number of hits are the first in the Pelicans' history playoffs.
Ingram played very well, but without Nance Jr., the Pelicans are estimated to be unable to enter the playoffs, in the playoffs with the Clippers, Nance Jr. played 24 minutes to score 14 points + 16 rebounds + 4 assists + shooting rate of 87.5%, grabbed 7 of the 16 rebounds are frontcourt rebounds, personal frontcourt rebounds are close to 60% of the Clippers, he fought many times in the last quarter, which is like Ingram's dunks that make the team passionate, averaging 1.5 minutes to take 1 rebound, On average, he won a frontcourt rebound in 3.4 minutes, which is second only to Ingram in the whole game!
The Pelicans swept the Lakers in the regular season, which made the Lakers with LeBron James, Thick Brow Brother, and Westbrook unable to play the playoffs, defeating the Clippers in the playoff life and death battle, the "Lakers Brothers" shined Staples, which made another team in Los Angeles unable to play the playoffs, and then the Pelicans will face the Suns with the highest regular season record in the league in the first round of the playoffs, whether they can beat the opponent in the first round, the Pelicans and Ingram, they should be considered a big success in the 21-22 season, right?