On April 22, Beijing time, the Pelicans lost to the Thunder 92-94 away, and the Pelicans, who were eighth in the West, almost reversed the Thunder, the first in the West, OKC, a young army, will indeed make a lot of mistakes, but the Pelicans are also a young team, they lost consecutive over-the-top balls at the most critical moment, and McCollum also missed a three-point quasi-kill.
Before McCollum's final 27 seconds to narrow to a one-point fallback, the Pelicans made consecutive mistakes:
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 28 seconds, the Pelicans missed four chances to overtake, which gave Alexander the opportunity to hold the ball and single McCollum to create a 2+1 overtake.
Willie Green called a timeout 14 seconds before the end, and it was clear that the timeout was assigned to McCollum, who held the ball outside the three-point line to face Carson Wallace, who first cut the ball, but then picked up a duffle to fool Wallace, and finally he jumped forward for an open three-pointer, but the three-point shot was missed.
After this game, Brandon Ingram became the No. 1 hot search in the United States, not only because Willie Green didn't trust him at a critical moment, but also because Ingram's competitive state was too stretched.
Ingram played 37 minutes and 17 seconds in the whole game, 5 of 17, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 2 turnovers, with a shooting rate of 29.4% and a true shooting rate of 33.6%, especially in the final quarter of 5 of 1 + 0 of 2 three-pointers, and 1 minute 07 seconds before the end of the game.
McCollum also had to take the blame, he played 39 minutes and 21 seconds, 9 of 22, 2 of 9 three-pointers, 0 free throws, scored 20 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and 3 turnovers, shooting 40.9%, 32.2% from three-point range, 45.5% from the field, and 0 of 6 in the final minute of the playoffs of his career.
Zion was furious off the court, but he couldn't help it, according to Woshen, he would miss at least one series, and his playoffs would probably end early.
Text/Yan Xiaobai