On February 13, Beijing time, the Pelicans defeated the Grizzlies 96-87 away to win two consecutive victories. The Pelicans led by 5 points in the first quarter, the Pelicans pulled away to 14 points at halftime, and the Pelicans led by 13 points after the third quarter.
This game is very important for the Pelicans, as long as they can beat the Grizzlies, they can return to fifth place in the West, so the offense off the bench in the opening game was very sharp, Jones scored 6 points with two three-pointers, Alvarado 8 points, Nance 6 points, Murphy 5 points, Marshall 3 points, and led the Grizzlies with Ingram, CJ, and Fat Tiger all not playing.
In the second quarter, the Fat Tiger continued to break through and fight 5 of 5 + 5 of 5 free throws in the single quarter and scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block, Ingram also found his hand and scored 8 points in 2 of 4 three-pointers, CJ hit one outside three-point shot, and in the second quarter, the Pelicans played a 30-21 climax under the leadership of the three cores, directly stretching the difference to 14 points. Many of the Grizzlies were injured and stopped at all, and they simply had no ability to fight back.
In the third quarter, the Pelicans' offensive concentration declined significantly, Kennard and Stevens on the Grizzlies bench scored double-doubles, Yuta Watanabe also scored 9 points, plus Ingram, Fat Tiger, Jones, McCollum did not score outbursts, these four people did not reach 20+ after the third quarter, and the Grizzlies shrank by 1 point after the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the two teams seemed to be playing at home, one on this side and the other on the other, and the Grizzlies watched the time pass of the game, and finally the Pelicans won. Ingram had 16 points and six assists, Fat Tiger had 14 points and four assists, Jones had 17 points and nine rebounds, McCollum had 11 points and five rebounds, and Alvarado had 10 points and three rebounds.
After this game, the Pelicans returned to fifth in the West, and the Suns fell to sixth in the West, and the Grizzlies completely deliberately lost.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream