36 points on 17 shots to blow up the Timberwolves' three towers! The cancer champion is loved and hated, but Ingram is hardly a leader
On December 12th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Pelicans sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Timberwolves, before this game the Pelicans lost to the Lakers in the midseason, and it was a 44-point defeat, they urgently needed a victory to stop the decline, the Timberwolves lacked Edwards on the side, which also allowed the Pelicans to see an opportunity, and finally the Pelicans defeated the first in the West, and then we will talk about the game process first, and then talk about the performance of the players.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter, Ingram and Zion played a 7-3 start, Downs scored consecutive points to help the team catch up with the difference, and then the two sides fell into a stalemate, and at the end of the quarter, with Alexander Walker scored, the two teams tied the first quarter at 29. The two sides still played very close in the second quarter, with the Timberwolves blossoming more, while the Pelicans were supported by Ingram alone, and under his leadership, the Pelicans led by 7 points at the end of the first half.
Yibian fought again, Zion turned on his personal mode, he continued to kill inside, and scored 14 points in a single quarter, and under his leadership, the Pelicans also extended the lead to double digits, but at the end of the quarter, relying on the play of Conley and McDaniels, the Timberwolves chased down to 4 points to end the third quarter. CJ stepped up in the final quarter, hitting a three-pointer at a critical moment to kill the suspense of the game, and finally the Pelicans defeated the Timberwolves 121-107.
Downs did his best, and Gobert was blown up
In the absence of Edwards, Towns did his best, he shot 5 of 11 from the field, 1 of 3 from three-point range and got 17 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist, and now Towns is indeed more efficient than in the past few years, but now he also has a shortcoming is that he plays too reasonably and cannot play aggressively when the team needs to score. Conley played well in this game, scoring 17 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists on 6-of-11 shooting.
However, Gobert was blown up by Varan and Zion in this game, because he was deeply troubled by fouls, he only played 24 minutes in the whole game, and scored 8 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks on 4-of-8 shooting. Because he didn't get enough playing time, it also led to the collapse of the Timberwolves' defensive system, and Reed played well in this game, scoring 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, in addition to McDaniels and Milton scoring 12 points each.
Although occasionally a game is inefficient, but as a whole this season, the Timberwolves three towers are very good, they support the team's defense and help the team's offense a lot, although this loss, but it is understandable that after all, the team's boss Edwards is absent, but in this game Conley proved that he still has a good state to help the team, which is a good thing. It's unclear when Edwards will be able to return with a hip injury, but hopefully they can retain the No. 1 spot in the West.
The Pelicans are 20+ trio, and Zion is both loved and hated
In this game, the Pelicans cut down 20+ on the side of the three, Ingram shot 5 of 13, 2 of 5 three-pointers and got 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. And this season, they had hoped that Zion would be the leader of the team and lead the team forward.
As a result, after the team lost to the Lakers in the last game, the Pelicans once again broke out the management's dissatisfaction with Zion, because the team repeatedly told Zion that he needed to improve his diet to improve his condition, but Zion never listened, so the team wanted to give up on him. In terms of Zion's attendance and his professionalism in the past few years, he is indeed a bit of a cancer, and as a result, this cancer champion led the team to overturn the first place in the West.
Tin safe shot 13 of 17 in the field, scored 36 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, whether it is facing Gobert, Towns or Reed, Zion played that called a give-and-take, he also proved how good his talent is, Zion wants to score, no matter who the opponent has inside, he can easily kill, in the previous game against the 76ers, Zion had scored 33 points on 11-of-12 shooting, such offensive efficiency is terrifying.
Although Zion's diet is not restrained and self-disciplined, but he relies on excellent talent, you can't resist him if you want to, unless you can limit him with ingenuity like James, Gobert is the best interior in the league, what is the result? Zion is really loved and hated, so it is also difficult for the Pelicans to part with him, the Pelicans like his talent, he has a talent comparable to James and the alphabet.
But he also has a low attendance rate due to lack of discipline, if it weren't for the previous game where he was questioned, it is estimated that he would not have played such aggressiveness on the offensive end this time, I hope he can continue his aggressiveness. But in terms of Ingram's attitude this season, it's hard to be a leader. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current Pelicans and Timberwolves?