On April 20, Beijing time, the Pelicans reversed the game, 125-114 at home to the Suns to the league's first sun playoff defeat, in the game Ingram played well and scored 37 points, but another core player cj McCollum's play is also worthy of recognition, he has 23 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in this game, is an indispensable person for the Pelicans to win.
Looking back at the whole game, Ingram carried the team's offensive banner, and mccollum also hit key goals many times in the case of reduced defensive pressure, and it can be said that the tactics displayed by the Pelicans in this game are exactly the purpose of their introduction of McCollum. Speaking of McCollum this season, he can be described as a twist and turn, as one of the former Blazers double guns, he was put on the shelf during the team's difficult period, McCollum, who was in the middle of the fight, can put forward more conditions, but he used a letter to complain with virtue, and willingly came to the pelicans that were not optimistic.
On the Pelicans side, they had originally planned to rebuild the team with Zion and Ingram, but Zion's season reimbursement forced the team to find a new way out, at which point they got McCollum, a deal that wasn't optimistic at first for the Pelicans, as the media felt the Pelicans' problem wasn't something that could be solved by just getting a scoring point. But since CJ came to this team, they have soared all the way, even beating the Clippers in the playoffs to advance to the playoffs. To say who is to blame for all this, I believe you all have the answer, he is McCollum.
McCollum's arrival not only added a steady scoring point to the Pelicans, but more importantly, he liberated Ingram's role on the offensive end, and before that, any team would only defend Ingram, as long as Ingram was dumb, the Pelicans were not a threat. Now with the addition of cj, the opponent has to disperse the defensive pressure to cj, and Ingram can naturally score more easily when the defensive intensity is smaller. The same is true for CJ, the seemingly unchemical two in the Pelicans erupted a lot of power, this game against the Suns, the early Suns to play well in the first game CJ gave Ingram a lot of scoring opportunities, and the Pelicans want this effect.
Off the court CJ is as loyal as in the game, he has been married to his girlfriend a few years ago, it is worth mentioning that CJ has never had any gossip, he and his girlfriend met each other in high school to support each other, and today's results, such players can bring a new change to the Pelicans team, whether in the field or in life. CJ's deal went from being unpromising at the beginning to being the best signing of the year.