The Pelicans were reversed twice a week by the Grizzlies, Ingram was too soft, Zion was too reckless, and CJ was too hip-pulling
The Grizzlies defeated the Pelicans a week ago on the Pelicans' home court with Morant's stunner, which was also Morant's first comeback game after a 25-game suspension, and the Pelicans led the game for 46 minutes, but were sniped by opponents in the final minute and a half.
Now the two teams meet again in a week's time, and the Pelicans are also sitting at home, which can be described as a new feud and old score. The embarrassing thing is that almost repeating the drama of the previous game, the Pelicans led the whole court again, and were equalized by the opponent in the final quarter, and finally collapsed in overtime. It was reversed by the Grizzlies at home twice in a week, which can be imagined how much impact this had on the Pelicans' morale, and the last game was also completed by Shen Jing alone at a critical moment in the final quarter. The Pelicans seem to be the team that always loses unluckily at crunch time, and they won't play when they lead in the final quarter.
The team has two young talents, Ingram and Zion, and the players are also empty of McCollum, a veteran and experienced player, saying that this is the Big Three, in fact, all three players have very big weaknesses. Ingram is not Durant Jr. at all, but more like a weakened version of Maddie, physical talent and scoring means are very good, and the ability to fight is not to be said, but when he encounters high-end games or key stalemate games, Ingram is always Xi to inhabited stealth, basically did not shoot in the fourth quarter of this game, and was continuously stealed by Smart, not even a bold single. It was only six points in overtime that he dared to shoot three points, but unfortunately it was too late.
Zion is indeed as strong as a cow, his physical talent and strength are very strong, but unfortunately he has not been enterprising for so many years, and he has not had the ability to shoot from the outside. And McCollum has now become a profligate brush, unable to play any high-end innings at all, and was even more frantically stealing and blocking by Bane and Smart, and did not score two free throws in overtime, and like Ingram, he usually can't shoot, and can only shoot threes when he is so backward that he can't win.
This is the so-called Big Three of the Pelicans, who usually look very capable, but when it comes to the key battle of the high-end game, no one has the ability to solve the continuous problem at all, and it is no wonder that the Pelicans will be tied and lost in the fourth quarter many times.