On April 20, 2024, Beijing time, the final round of the NBA play-offs will usher in a showdown between the Kings and the Pelicans, the Kings defeated the Warriors to successfully enter the next round, while the Pelicans lost to the Lakers and will compete with the Kings for the last playoff spot in the eighth place in the West, and the winner between the two teams will directly face the Thunder, the first in the West.
This season's Pelicans are the natural enemies of the Kings, the two sides have played each other a total of five times, and the Kings have won a single victory, all of which have been lost! During this period, the Pelicans have missed CJ McCollum, as well as Zion and Ingram, without exception, whether home or away, the Pelicans have won.
Of course, the Kings also have injuries, with Monk and Huerter also out of action.
The Pelicans missed a good game at the end of the season, and the last round of the game was reversed by the Suns! fell to the play-off area, the cause and effect of all this should be counted on the Lakers, the last round loss to the Lakers made them have to play the play-offs, and the first round of the play-offs also lost to the Lakers, not only that, but also injured a member of the team, Zion!
Perhaps, this is the fate of the Pelicans this season! This is also what they brought on themselves, and they have to reap the consequences.
Ingram's comeback in the final round actually didn't help the team much, but broke the Pelicans' offensive and defensive system some time ago, and also disrupted the team's rotation rhythm. Therefore, in the absence of run-in, it is actually difficult to achieve the effect expected by the Pelicans to play such a crucial game.
And the play-offs faced the Lakers again, and Ingram was abandoned in the last quarter of the game, which is really incomprehensible, Alwanado did drive the bench to turn the game around on the court, but at a critical time, when Zion retired from injury, he still didn't use Ingram, which really can't be said. McCollum felt cold, even though Ingram didn't feel good before, but his key ball ability was there, and his mid-range shot was relatively stable, but Willie Green didn't give him a chance.
Now, the Pelicans are about to face the final round of play-offs, Zion has decided not to play due to injury, and the pressure is on Ingram and McCollum.
Judging from past Pelican games, Zion is indeed a double-edged sword for the team, with some games where he was present, Ingram and McCollum only shot a few times in a single game, as long as Zion held the ball, it was basically a hammer deal, and he rushed directly and went to the basket, while the other Pelicans players habitually watched.
In his absence, the Pelicans tend to play well and the chemistry of the game has improved, so Zion's absence is not necessarily a bad thing for the Pelicans, Ingram and CJ's stability may be better than Zion's, and more importantly, the Pelicans' teamwork has improved.
The Kings didn't do well at the end of the regular season, facing strong teams and only beating the Clippers without Leonard, and then losing to the Knicks, Celtics, Thunder, Pelicans and Suns in succession. Monk's absence has caused the Kings' offense to decline, and even though there have been some highlights for Mitchell to add to the rotation, it has actually been inconsistent.
In the last play-off game against the Warriors, the Kings completed a big victory, it cannot be said that the Kings performed very well, but the Warriors played too poorly, in terms of attitude, the Kings have already defeated the Warriors. The Warriors didn't work offensively, they couldn't defend well, and there was no point that could put pressure on the Kings, and a large number of missed shots gave the Kings a chance to convert and finally complete a big victory.
As far as the Pelicans and the Kings are concerned, the Pelicans have gone through two high-level battles with the Lakers, and the strong offensive and defensive strength in the playoffs has made them adapt, on the other hand, the Kings, the previous two games were played by the Trail Blazers and the Warriors, although the game with the Warriors gave some defensive intensity, but they have not yet learned the offensive and defensive level of the playoffs, and they are bound to be insufficient.
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