On April 20, Beijing time, the Kings lost to the Pelicans 98-105 away and missed the playoffs, the Kings eliminated the Warriors in the first round of the play-offs, but they were suppressed by the Pelicans in the second round of the play-offs, the Pelicans are really the king's nemesis, the Kings killed the Pelicans 5 in the regular season, and the technology killed six in a row after the 1 kill in the play-offs, and the King's core Fox paid everything to win 35 + 7 + 5 or out.
Fox scored 24 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals in the play-offs against the Warriors with 11 + 3 + three-point shots in the playoffs, and he averaged 21.1 points per game against the Pelicans this season, shooting only 24% from three-point range, but against the Pelicans he scored 11 points in 5 of 8 + 1 of 2 three-pointers in the first quarter, and played 7 of 13 in the first half, 3 of 6 three-pointers, and scored 18 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 2 steals.
In the third quarter, Fox scored consecutive points, he once helped the Kings narrow the gap to 5 points, but unfortunately at the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans pulled away to 9 points again, Fox scored 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in a single quarter with 7 of 7 + 3 of 4 three-pointers + 3 of 6 free throws, and scored 28 points in the third quarter.
In the last quarter, Fox was tired of shooting, and after the debut, he no longer broke through two three-point attempts to hit the iron, the Pelicans played a 10-0 offensive to directly open the difference, Fox assisted Murray for three points, and assisted Xiao Sa to score 5-0 after a violent dunk to narrow it to 15 points, Fox did not want to give up, he continued to press the defense and caused the opponent to make mistakes, and it was reduced to 8 points with 36.4 seconds left, Fox made a 3-point foul and made all free throws, and in the final quarter 9 of 2 + 3 points 6 of 0 scored 7 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
In the whole game, Fox played 42 minutes, 12 of 29, 4 of 16 three-pointers, scored 35 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, shooting 41.1% from the field and 25% from three-point range.
According to the data media, Fox averaged 26.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2 steals per game this season (first in the league), second in the league with 538 points in the final quarter, and fifth in the league with 122 points at critical moments.
NBA reporter Kevin O'Connor writes: The Kings are about to have a big summer and need dramatic changes to turn this team into a contender, Fox has only two years left on his contract, it's time to explore the future, and even Keegan Murray could be traded.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream