On March 9, Beijing time, the Lone Ranger faced the Pelicans, the fat tiger continued to miss due to injury, Doncic Ingram retired injured, Doncic set another record, Irving was strong and difficult to save the situation at the end! The Lone Rangers lost to the Pelicans 106-113 on the road.
Doncic complained that the referee was blown T, accumulating 16 technical fouls, but since the NBA canceled his technical foul on the Thunder on Dec. 13, the technical foul count remains at 15. One more T blown, Luca will be suspended.
Irving played the second half and scored 11 points in the final quarter, but the pit was too big. and CJ scored 16 consecutive points in the final quarter, the Pelicans scored a total of 9 goals in the final quarter, and CJ had 6 alone. The Lone Ranger, who was back-to-back, on the second night, still failed to climb out.
As the regular season entered its final stage, the players suffered more injuries. Doncic withdrew from the court because of a left thigh strain, hoping that his injury would not be a major problem and that he could return to the court soon. For the Lone Rangers to compete for better results, they need an Eastern European combination to play together.
Bobby Karalla, media manager for the Lone Ranger, tweeted that the Lone Rangers have been 2-61 over the past 14 years when trailing by at least 16 points at halftime.
The Lone Rangers defeated the Jazz 120-116 to return to fifth place in the West. The Lone Ranger led by 3 points in the first quarter, equalized the two teams at halftime, played the Lone Ranger by one point in the third quarter, and the two teams were deadlocked until the last minute, Irving scored 8 consecutive points at the key moment to help the Lone Ranger rally overtake and then made a three-point foul to help the Lone Ranger seal the victory. The pattern of the West changed because of this game. Before this game, Doncic and Irving combined were 2-5, and this game is important for the Lone Ranger, because the Timberwolves lost to Philadelphia, as long as the Lone Rangers can beat the Jazz, they can open 0.5 wins with the Timberwolves (tie the Warriors and beat the Warriors), but if they lose to the Jazz Western Conference top six spot, they will give up.
Lone Ranger stats: Doncic 15 points and 8 assists; Irving 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists; Hardaway 17 points, 5 assists and 2 steals; Powell 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals; Wood 15 points and 8 rebounds; Hardy 11 points;
Pelicans stats: Ingram 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists; McCollum 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists; Murphy 16 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks; Jones 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals; Marshall 9 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists;
It seems that the Pelicans won, but in fact the Lakers lost and the Warriors won.
After losing this game, the Lone Ranger's record came to 34-33.
The Lone Ranger lost and dropped straight from fifth to seventh, sending the Warriors and Timberwolves up one place each, ranking fifth or sixth.