On April 25, Beijing time, the Thunder played at home against the Pelicans, and at the end of the game, the Thunder successfully defeated the Pelicans 124-92. Although the Thunder successfully won the G1 game, but from the process of the game, the Thunder did not occupy an absolute advantage, and even if the Pelicans felt a little better, then the Thunder may not have the last laugh, but the Thunder also has a little advantage over the Pelicans, and this is the star of the two teams, Ingram's performance in the G1 game is not good, on the other hand, Alexander is carrying the team in the game, so the Thunder can win smoothly, so if the Pelicans want to win the next game, then Ingram needs to prove his ability in the game。
In the first quarter of the game, Wallan dominated the Thunder and frequently hit iron inside, but the Thunder's Holmgren and Dort hit three points, plus Jayway and Keady also scored, and the Thunder played inextricably with the Pelicans, but then the Pelicans' offensive state was sluggish, and Holmgren's three-point outbreak was to help the Thunder open the score, and the Pelicans were difficult to stop the decline in the next game, on the other hand, Alexander and Isaiah Joe on the Thunder's side also continued to score, and the Thunder led by 13 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, Holmgren continued to break out, on the other hand, the Pelicans were in a bad offensive state, and after Wiggins scored a layup, the Thunder was already leading to 18 points, but after Holmgren got off the court, the Pelicans still managed to chase the score under the leadership of McCollum, plus Jones and Murphy split the Pelicans to chase 9 points at one point, but then the Thunder opened the score again with a wave of offensive climax, Jones hit the inside to score to stop the bleeding, and the Pelicans trailed by 13 points at halftime.
After the start of the third quarter of the game, the two teams played chaotic and frequently fouled, and the Pelicans also made mistakes, Alexander and Jaewell took the opportunity to help the Thunder expand their lead, Holmgren scored a dunk after the Thunder led to 18 points, Ingram scored hard, but the Thunder's side Keady was able to score free throws, Alexander also hit three points, Jay also hit a layup, and McCollum scored to stop the bleeding when the Thunder led to 23 points, and then Jones also began to hit three points, plus Ingram's play Pelicans chased 15 points. Alexander stepped up late in the game, and the Thunder led by 18 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, the Thunder stopped the Pelicans with a wave of 7-2, and although Marshall and others were able to score in the next game, Jayway, Keady, Alexander and others also responded, so the Thunder also led to 31 points at one point, seeing that the scores of the two teams were too big, the Pelicans took the lead in replacing the main pitcher and conceded defeat, and finally the Thunder beat the Pelicans by 32 points.
Holmgren was able to win this game, after all, Holmgren's three-point explosion early helped the Thunder establish a lead, although Holmgren's three-point state was not able to maintain in the subsequent game, but Holmgren was able to score when he hit the inside, it can be said that Holmgren and Varland exploded each other in this game, and finally Holmgren got 26 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist. And Alexander is even more powerful in this game, whenever the Pelicans want to rise in the game, Alexander can always respond in the game, so the Thunder has been firmly in the lead in the game, and at the end of the game, Alexander got 33 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in 13 of 19.
Ingram was also uncomfortable in this game, so Ingram did not have too many bright performances in the game, and Ingram got 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-10 at the end of the game. As for McCollum's direct crotch pull in this game, McCollum got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 6 of 14 at the end of the game, including 1 of 5 outside three-pointers, it should be said that McCollum's crotch pull made the Pelicans very uncomfortable, after all, when McCollum's offense was sluggish, McCollum directly became a hole on the defensive end. And in this game, Zion appeared on the Pelicans bench, and when the Pelicans fell behind by a large score, the camera also gave Zion many times, and at this time Zion's face was solemn and very unwilling, after all, if Zion can play, not to mention that the Pelicans will definitely be able to win, at least the Pelicans' scene will not be so ugly.