On April 30, Beijing time, the Thunder defeated the Pelicans 97-89 away, and swept 4-0. The two teams tied in the first quarter, the Thunder led by 1 point in the second quarter, the Pelicans overtook by 1 point after the third quarter, and Giddey made three consecutive three-pointers in the final quarter to change the game, and Jay and Alexander harvested the game.
Both teams were a little tight in the opening game, Dort hat Ingram, Alexander breakthrough was interfered with by Jones, the core performance of both teams was poor, Alexander played 2 of 7 in the first quarter, and Ingram was 1 of 4 in the first quarter. The Thunder were 7-of-21 in the first quarter, and the Pelicans were 8-of-23, but the Thunder hit one more three-pointer to tie the game at 21-21.
Jay Wei scored two mid-range shots in the opening of the second quarter, and then broke through 2+1, scoring 9 points and 2 rebounds on 4-of-6 in a single quarter, and he scored 13 points in the first half and was the only player on both teams to score a double-double. Ingram only had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 1-of-7 shooting in the half, Alexander only had 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists on 3-of-10 shooting in the half.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Pelicans' three-point shot finally opened, McCollum hit a three-point shot, Murphy hit a three-point shot, the Pelicans once led to 4 points, Alexander's side responded with a three-point response and broke through to score 8 points in a row to help the Thunder overtake by 2 points, Alexander led to 4 points after stealing a dragon, fortunately, Alvarado made a foul, Marshall hit a three-point shot, the Pelicans overtook at the last moment, and the Pelicans could finally lead after the third quarter.
Giddey hit two three-pointers at the beginning of the final quarter, and his three-point opening was too important, because the Pelicans' three-pointers had already opened, Giddey's three-pointers were all empty, and his three-pointers helped the Thunder equalize. Giddey's third three-point shot was too accurate, the Pelicans seemed to be a little stunned by Giddey, Yingge made a mistake + Jones mistake, the Thunder pulled directly to 8 points, Jay Wei came to a three-point lead to 11 points, Yingge shot to stop the bleeding, and then SGA threw and hit, Pelicans fouled tactics, Yingge grabbed three points and missed the game.
In the whole game, Ingram was 2-of-14 from the field and 0-of-3 from three-point range, scoring only 8 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers, while Alexander was 8-of-21 with 24 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, and Jaewell had 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream