On April 16, Beijing time, the New Orleans Pelicans won 105-101 against the Los Angeles Clippers to enter the playoffs, after the game, CJ McCollum in an interview with reporters talked about the details of the manager's passionate encouragement to the players in the final quarter.
CJ said: "In the kind of situation at that time, I usually said a lot of things, but at the time my stomach was very uncomfortable, so I didn't say a lot, I just wanted to catch my breath. ”
"I think our response was good, we didn't blame ourselves, we didn't feel chagrin, we didn't put our heads down, and in the end, we stabilized the situation and finally ended the game."
At the time, at the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans trailed the Clippers, especially in the third quarter, when the Pelicans were hit by their opponents with a 38-18 offensive wave. At this moment, Pelicans coach Willie Green gave the players an uproar.
Green said: "We're going to come up with the best of ourselves, we're 10 points behind right now, the fourth quarter game is about to start, lift your shots up XX, we live for moments like this, we work hard for moments like this!" All right? We don't give up, we never give up, you have to fight, you have to fight! ”
As a result, Green's words inspired the whole team, and then the Pelicans played a 14-1 attack wave, which eventually won the game and successfully advanced to the playoffs.