NBA regular season: Thunder beat Pelicans to help Clippers return to the top 4 Zion scored 29 points and 10 assists missed the big comeback
On March 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season competition continued, the Pelicans sat at home to face the Thunder, Ingram was absent in this game, the Thunder played an 8-2 dream start, and in the second quarter more than 40 points in a single quarter, the difference was stretched to 20 points in one breath, the Pelicans found their state in the second half, and chased the points frantically under the leadership of CJ and Zion, and successfully erased the point difference in the final quarter, and then the two teams started a stalemate tug-of-war, and the suspense of the game was maintained until the last moment. Jalen and Dort scored eight points in a row at critical moments, the Thunder defeated the Pelicans 119-112 to reject a big comeback, and the Clippers won to return to fourth place in the West.
【Data Details】
Thunder: Giddey 25 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Alexander 24 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Jalen Williams 26 points and 5 assists, Holmgren 16 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, Wallace 7 points.
Pelicans: Zion 29 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals, McCollum 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Murphy 16 points and 6 rebounds, Jones 16 points and 4 assists, Alvarado 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
【Record Moment】
Zion played 12 minutes in the first quarter (the second full first quarter of his career), scoring 8 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists on 4-of-7 shooting (a career-high single-quarter assist).
【Star of the Field】
Giddey became the star of the game, and when Alexander was slightly tired and in poor offensive form, Giddey played an efficient game, leading the team to defeat the Pelicans on 5-of-8 three-point shooting.
【Contest Highlights】
Zion enters domineeringly
The sixth child is dressed brightly
Alexander arrived in black and handsome
【Highlight Moment】
Zion forced the basket to score
Giddey hit a solid three-pointer
Jones dodged and threw it into the net
Holmgren strides with both hands
Alexander turned back and hit steadily
The old six fly to defend and send a wonderful pass
【Contest Review】
At the beginning of the game, Giddey scored 8 points in a row, the Thunder played an 8-2 dream performance, Wallan, Murphy, and Jones responded with a 7-2 chase in more points, Jalen responded with 6 points in a row, plus Giddey scored 2 points, the Thunder rebuilt a 7-point lead, Murphy hit two three-pointers in a row to chase points, Jaylin and Jalen withstood the pressure inside and out, the Thunder maintained a two-round lead, and at the end of the quarter, the sixth and Zion overtook with an 8-0 attack wave, Alexander, Wallace and Joe tied the score at 32-3, Marshall scored two points, Alexander scored one point on a free throw, and the Pelicans led by one point at 34-33 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Alexander and Holmgren played a 6-0 attack wave to overtake, Varan and Lao Liu responded 5-2, Alexander scored 2 points, Jones scored 5 points in a row, Wallace, Williams, Jalen, Joe blossomed inside and out, the Thunder played a 14-2 attack wave, and stretched the lead to 14 points in one breath, Jones cut 4 points in a row to stop the bleeding, Holmgren scored 5 points in a row, McCollum scored 3 points to stop the bleeding, Jalen responded with 3 points, Zion scored 2 points, Alexander turned and hit, and the halftime battle ended, and the Thunder led by 15 points at 73-58.
Yibian fought again, Zion hit 2 free throws, the Thunder blossomed more and played an 8-3 attack wave, the difference was stretched to as many as 18 points, Jones hit a 3-point shot, Giddey and Alexander cut 5 points in a row, and the difference expanded to 20 points, McCollum and Murphy cut 8 points in a row to chase points, Alexander broke through to stop the bleeding, McCollum scored 3 points again, Zion and Marshall scored successively, and the Pelicans hit a 13-0 attack wave to chase the difference to 2 points. Jalen scored four straight points, Zion scored two points on a free throw, and Holmgren scored a dunk to give the Thunder a six-point lead at 96-90 after the third quarter.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, Holmgren scored 1 point, Marshall scored 2 points, Holmgren scored 2 points again, McCollum scored 3 points on a free throw, Nance Jr. also made a basket, Zion made a layup and then hit, the Pelicans chased the score to 99, Giddey scored three points, McCollum responded with 2 points, Williams hit a layup, Murphy scored a backhand layup, Giddey hit a three-point shot, Nance Jr. dunked in response, Murphy, CJ scored 5 points in a row, Jalen, Alexander, Dort responded with an 8-0 attack wave to take a 3-point lead, and Jalen scored 2 points again, and the suspense of the game ended, and the Thunder refused to make a big comeback for the Pelicans.
【Both starts】
Thunder: Giddey, Alexander, Jalen Williams, Dort, Holmgren
Pelicans: McCollum, Jones, Murphy III, Zion, Wallan