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The Pelicans are at home in a battle for a Western Conference playoff ticket with the Kings, and Zion is out due to injury. In the first quarter of the game, the Kings played an 11-4 offensive offensive offensive reversal, and the Pelicans closed the score in the final period under the play of McCollum and Murphy, and the Kings led the Pelicans 24-22 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Pelicans played a 13-2 offensive run to overtake the score, and the Kings fell into a scoring drought, and at halftime, the Pelicans led the Kings 54-45.
Yibian fought again, the Pelicans played steadily and firmly controlled the situation on the court, and Ingram's play in the final period helped the Pelicans maintain a nine-point lead into the final quarter. In the final quarter, Ingram continued to play, and under his leadership, the Pelicans played an 11-3 offensive run to stretch the difference to about 20 points, and the Kings played a 19-6 offensive in the second half to close the score, but the pit in front of him was too big and there was no way back. In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Kings 105-98 and entered the playoffs as the eighth in the West.
Kings player stats: Fox 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Sabonis Jr. 23 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists, Barnes 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Murray 11 points and 7 rebounds, Mitchell 10 points.
Pelicans player stats: Ingram 24 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Valanciunas 19 points and 12 rebounds, Murphy 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, Marshall 11 points and 6 rebounds, Nance Jr. 13 points and 4 rebounds, Alvarado 10 points and 5 rebounds.
Eight facts that have to be admitted:
1. Ingram's form finally returned, with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Fat Tiger is not there, Ingram is fighting with an injury, and he feels that there is still an impact on his legs, but he gritted his teeth and insisted on carrying the team forward, today's mid-range shooting is really good, the first half of the series of teams, the second half of the scoring mode is turned on, all kinds of difficult key balls, superstar performance at critical moments, looking forward to the playoffs against the Thunder.
2. Valanciunas performed well, with 19 points and 12 rebounds. In the Lithuanian derby between Varan and Xiaosa, Varan had the last laugh again. There are backs and backs with Xiao Sa in this game, not falling behind, playing too hard, a pillar of optimus on the inside, fighting actively, but the finishing ability needs to be strengthened, and the hand work is still too rough.
3. Murphy continued to play steadily, playing 43 minutes, shooting 6-of-12 from the field, and scoring 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. I used to feel like a stunned young man, but now I'm getting more and more stable, I played very well today, the key three points are too handsome, the dunk is also very relieving, and I do a good job of sharing the ball, but I still have to dribble less and give the ball more to the guard or Ingram.
4. CJ McCollum did not perform well, only scoring 7 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. CJ was lost under the strict defense of the king, there were not many opportunities to shoot, and the efficiency was not high, but the defense was contained and created a lot of opportunities for the opponent, although it was blocked by the king, but today it was not blind, not on the head, CJ really scored less than one game in the play-offs, and hoped to have a good performance against the Thunder in the playoffs.
5. Fox was unable to support himself, Fox played 42 minutes in this game, shooting 12 of 29, 4 of 16 three-point shots, and got 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Fox's three-pointer was a bit iron, but the Kings only had him as an offensive starting point and did his best. In fact, Fox should have more mid-range shots, he was too obsessed with his three-point shots, and he was still shooting 0 of 7 three-pointers in the fourth quarter, this season was not as stable as last season, and it was not as hard as last season at critical moments, so summarize it well and come back next season.
6. Sabonis Jr. won the data, but lost the game. Xiao Sa got 23 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, but he lacks independent offensive ability, and his influence on the team at critical moments is insufficient.
7. The Kings started high and low this season, and once ranked in the top six in the West, but at the end of the season, with the injuries of Monk and Huerter, the team's record plummeted, and finally only ranked ninth in the West, and now they lost to the Pelicans and completely missed the playoffs. Hopefully the Kings will make a comeback next season.
8, the Pelicans took the last train of the playoffs, the Pelicans' performance this season was eye-catching, once ranked fourth in the West, but at the end of the season, Ingram's injury made the team's strength decline, and finally slipped to seventh in the West, in the first round of the play-off with the Lakers, the Fat Tiger also retired injured, but today the Pelicans played better, the three benches all stood up and finally advanced to the playoffs as the eighth in the West, they faced the Thunder in the first round, if the Fat Tiger came back healthy, the Pelicans could still make some trouble for the Thunder.