On April 20, Beijing time, the last game of the NBA regular season play-offs in the West, the Pelicans vs. the Kings. It was a winner-or-lose game, with a win and a loss. The Pelicans lost 106-110 to the Lakers in their last game and can only play one more game. The Kings defeated the Warriors 118-94 to win today's showdown with the Pelicans.
The bad news for the Pelicans today is that the main Zion, the main player, is out due to injury, which has a significant impact on the Pelicans' interior offense and defense. The king's morale was high, and he went into battle with all his strength. In the regular season, the Pelicans won all five games against the Kings.
How the feel of the Kings' Murray and Fox's outside determines the efficiency of the Kings' offense, the Pelicans Zion can't play, so McCollum and Ingram need to step up. The key to this game is to attack from the outside, and whoever is on the right will have the upper hand.
Starting line-up:
Pelicans start, McCollum, Jones, Wallan, Murphy, Ingram.
Kings starters, Fox, Murray, Sabonis, Ellis, Barnes.
At the beginning of the game, Fox missed a three-point shot, and Varland forced an inside to cause a foul, and Varan made 2 of 2 free throws. Sabonis scored on a dunk and Ingram missed a mid-range shot, but came back with a three-point shot from Ingram and shot resolutely.
Varan hit a basket to give the Pelicans a two-point lead. The Kings missed Fox's shot, and Sabonis made another dunk.
The two sides went into a timeout, and Kings Fox scored back-to-back points to overtake and extend the score, giving the Kings a two-point lead. In the second quarter, the Pelicans overtook and expanded the score with a wave of offense, which was the turning point of the game, the Pelicans led by 9 points into the halftime, and the Kings were always suppressed in the second half, and finally the Pelicans defeated the Kings and advanced to the Western Conference Top 8 playoffs against the Thunder, and the Kings were eliminated. Ingram 24+6+6, Fox 35+7+5.