On April 22, Beijing time, the Oklahoma City Thunder narrowly defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 94-92 at home, leading 1-0. The two teams were very stalemate in this game, 17-17 in the first quarter, 26-26 in the second quarter, and the Thunder only held a 6-point advantage after the third quarter, and the two teams were deadlocked again until the last moment in the final quarter.
1 minute and 36 seconds before the end, Alexander scored two key points to help the Thunder pull 90-90, the Pelicans held the ball and were obviously the dominant side, but the Pelicans were dumb at the critical moment!
1:22 Herbert Jones missed a three-point shot, Nance Jr. rebounded;
1:17 McCollum missed a three-point shot, Herbert Jones rebounded;
1:07 Ingram missed a three-pointer and Nance Jr. rebounded, and then Willie Green called a timeout.
With 54 seconds left to play, Nance Jr.'s basket shot was denied by Holmgren's hat, and Jewee protected the rebound for Alexander. (In just 28 seconds, the Pelicans missed 4 shots)
Then SGA broke through McCollum 32 seconds before the end to create 2+1, the Thunder overtook 93-90, McCollum scored 2 points in the first 26 seconds of the final game, narrowed it to 1 point, and Holmgren was fouled and made one free throw 1 in 14 seconds before the end, the Pelicans called a timeout, and the most critical shot was given to McCollum, but McCollum was cut out by Carson Wallace, and CJ took it back and faced Wallace on the left side to shoot the iron, and the kill failed.
I have to say that the Pelicans mainly lost the 4 shots before the SGA win 2+1, but the pressure of hitting a Thunder can be imagined, and the Pelicans may win in the end, which also shows that the hard power of the Thunder is not good.
Alexander had 28 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, or Madrigal had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 5 blocks, Jayway had 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Giddey had 2 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
McCollum had 20 points and six assists, and Murphy had 21 points and four rebounds. Varland had 13 points and 20 rebounds, and Ingram had 12 points and six rebounds.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream