In the game that just ended, the Thunder defeated the Pelicans 97-89, and also made the Pelicans the second team to be swept out of the tournament this season, the last time being the Suns who were swept by the Timberwolves yesterday. And the Pelicans had a chance to win this game, but the star played too poorly, and they were swept out of the game in the end!
It is the first time in 8 years that it has entered the Western Conference semifinals
The star Ingram got 8 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists in the whole game, how can the team win? The whole series can only average 14.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, and the shooting rate is less than 40%, which is more than one grade lower than the average of 20.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in the regular season!
This hit rate
The most surprising thing is that Ingram actually rejected the Pelicans management's 4-year $200 million max salary extension contract during the regular season, and he insisted on asking the Pelicans for a 5-year $300 million super cap salary contract, because he firmly believes that he is no worse than Jaylen Brown (Jaylen Brown's contract is 5 years and 286 million)!
Ingram
Ingram has been with the Pelicans for five seasons! In these five seasons, Ingram has missed an average of 25 games per season, and his body is very brittle and very prone to injury, and he has only led the Pelicans to the playoffs 2 times in these five seasons, including being swept by the Thunder this season, in my opinion, he is worth 150 million in 5 years at most, and the Pelicans will have to rely on Fat Tiger Zion in the future!
Zion