Let's talk about Ingram.
The season belonging to Ingram is over, two days ago in the first round of the sixth game, the Pelicans lost to the Suns 109-115 at home, the big score was eliminated 2-4, this game, the Pelicans played not bad, helplessly opposite Paul Super God, 14 of 14 shots in the whole game, no false shots to win 33 points and 8 assists - just imagine, if Paul is 10 of 14, the efficiency is definitely not bad, but the winner is the Pelicans.
In this life-and-death battle, Ingram played 44 minutes, shooting 8 of 19, 2 of 6 from three-point range, 3 of 3 from three-point range, and had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists and 6 turnovers.
To be honest, the efficiency is not particularly good, and there are a lot of mistakes, but considering that Ingram came on the field with a hand injury and also delivered 11 assists, this performance is already very good.
Looking at this series, if it weren't for Ingram, the Pelicans might have been out long ago:
- G1, 6 of 17, with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
- G2, 13 of 21, had 37 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists
- G3, 11 of 19, had 34 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
- G4, 11 of 23, with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
- G5, 7 of 19, had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
- G6, 8 of 19, had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists
In 6 games, Ingram Carri played 3 of them, averaging 27.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game, shooting 47.5%/40.7%/83.0% of the three shots, and shooting 58.4% from the real field.
For comparison, Ingram's regular season average is 22.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, 46.1%/32.7%/82.6% shooting in three categories, and 55.4% true shooting.
You know, this is only the first playoff of Ingram's career, facing the Sun, who has the first regular season record in the league and has a number of defensive tough players including Bridges and Crowder, but his performance not only did not decline, but also improved a notch from the regular season.
Among them, Ingram, G2 to G4, was particularly stunning, he won 30+ in three consecutive games, and the Pelicans also won 2 of these three games - Ingram is the first player in Pelicans history to win 30+ in three consecutive playoff games, as strong as a thick eyebrow in the Pelicans for so many years.
There's no doubt that Ingram, who made this year's playoffs, really grew.
In his first year of moving to the Pelicans, Ingram averaged 23.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, successfully winning progressive players and being selected as an All-Star, when many fans were looking forward to his continued growth into a superstar, but two years later, Ingram's regular season performance did not make further breakthroughs.
In this season, Ingram averaged 22.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game in the regular season, compared to two years ago, the score did not increase, but decreased, and the true shooting rate also decreased from 58.7% to 55.4% - Zion's injury and the departure of the ball brother caused a certain impact, Ingram was isolated in most games, until CJ McCollum joined some improvement.
Until the playoffs, before the start, the outside world almost one-sidedly thought that the Sun would win easily, and who could have imagined that the Pelicans actually forced the Sun into the King Mountain, and once let the "Black Nine" enter the discussion - I dare not say that all this credit belongs to Ingram, but Ingram is indeed the Pelicans dare to say "Black Nine".
Even Barkley, who has always been stern, praised Ingram after the series: "Ingram is a star, he is now a star." ”
Of course, this is only a series, Ingram still need to prove himself in more games, I hope that with this round of playoffs, next season we can see a stronger Ingram, the future of the Western West small forwards, it's up to you.