On April 25, Beijing time, the Thunder played at home against the Pelicans, after the G1 game, the Pelicans also proved that they have the strength of the following grams, you must know that in the final stage of the fourth quarter, the Pelicans have many opportunities to take the lead, and even if it is not for Alexander to stand up and the Thunder may not be able to lead, and at the last moment the Pelicans also have the opportunity to tie the score or kill directly, but unfortunately McCollum hit the iron with three points, and the Pelicans had no choice but to lose, but from the process of the game, the Pelicans really have the ability to beat the Pelicans, so the Thunder can not be careless。
In the first quarter of the game, Varland scored 2+1, Ingram also hit the iron after Dort's three-point shot, but Varland scored a basket, Holmgren hit a three-point shot and Wallan threw and continued to hit, Jayway hit a layup and continued to hit, Dort hit a three-point shot at a critical moment, and Keady counterattacked and scored a layup after Jones hit a three-point iron, but Holmgren also hit a three-point after Jones hit a three-pointer, and the Thunder led the Pelicans by 1 point. In the next game, Dort continued to hit three-pointers, Holmgren also continued to hit three-pointers, Ingram scored hard, but Dort also scored on a layup, and the Thunder also led to 7 points. After a timeout, Nance scored a dunk to stop the bleeding, but then Murphy and Jones hit a three-pointer, Alexander hit a three-pointer to continue to extend the lead, and Isaiah Joe also hit a three-pointer in the next game, and Ingram scored to stop the bleeding, and the Pelicans trailed by 13 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Holmgren scored a dunk, and then McCollum also hit a three-pointer, but Dort also hit a three-point shot, McCollum hit a shot and then Holmgren also scored, Holmgren shot iron after Varland was blocked, and Marshall hit a three-point shot in the next game, Holmgren made a layup and caused Varland to foul 1 of 2 free throws, and Wiggins scored an empty layup after Varland hit the iron, and the Pelicans also trailed to 18 points. After the timeout, the Thunder began to make some mistakes, McCollum and Varland helped the Pelicans chase the score, the Thunder shouted a timeout after Alexander three points still hit iron, but after the turn Jones hit a three-pointer, Alexander hit a shot at a critical moment, Marshall made a free throw and Jay Wei also hit a shot, but then Murphy also began to hit three points, and soon the Thunder played a wave of 7-0 and opened the score, fortunately, Jones and Murphy scored inside to stop the bleeding, and the Thunder led the Pelicans 63-50 at halftime.
The Thunder played quite well in this game, among which Holmgren's big explosion was the greatest credit, after all, Holmgren's outside three-point explosion in this game, in this case, the Thunder directly took the lead, not to mention that the Pelicans made some low-level mistakes in this game, so the Thunder also played a defensive counterattack in the game, and at the same time, Alexander was able to score at critical moments, not to mention, Jayway, Dort and others played to help the Thunder firmly occupy the lead, so the Thunder was able to beat the Pelicans at the end of the half. At halftime, Holmgren had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 7-of-9 shooting, Alexander had 16 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Jaewell had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, and Dort had 9 points and 2 assists.
And the Pelicans played quite hard in this game, although Wallan had an advantage on the inside, but the Pelicans' outside three-point game was bad, and the Pelicans' offense did not continue, the Pelicans once chased the score to single digits, but unfortunately the Pelicans offense was sluggish in the next game, Alexander's play was to help the Thunder stabilize the situation, and at the end of the half, Wallan got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. And Ingram was directly invisible in the first half of the game, when Ingram stood up in the game, Ingram did not have a bright performance here, and even if it wasn't for Murphy and Jones, the Pelicans might have fallen behind more, and Ingram got 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists at halftime.