At 8:30 a.m. on April 30, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Thunder faced the Pelicans G4 game in the first round, and its starting five Tigers were Alexander, Keady, Dort, Jalen Williams, and Holmgren, and the Pelicans' starting lineup was Jones, McCollum, Ingram, Murphy, and Valanciunas.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Ingram made a killing free throw and scored 1 point on one of two free throws, Dort scored 3 points with an arrow from the outside, Wallan easily put 2 points under the basket, and McCollum also drew a bow and shot a 3-point shot from a distance, and the Pelicans led 6-3 in the opening game. Keady did not show weakness and immediately went through the outside line with a 3-point shot from a long distance, Jalen Williams Taishan pressed the top and added 2 points, Holmgren made a killing free throw to score 2 points, the two sides fell into offensive mode, you come and I kill the heat in full swing, the first quarter ended 21:21 The two teams were tied!
The fight continued in the second quarter, Varland made two free throws and scored two points, Holmgren counterattacked and scored two points, Jones scored two points on a fast-break layup, and Jalen Williams scored two more points on a back-to-back shot, and the two sides tied again at 25:25. McCollum hit a 5-point shot from a back-up, Jalen Williams hit a basket and hit a 2-point shot, and the two sides chased me to kill each other, and the Thunder led the Pelicans by one point 44-43 after the second quarter.
In the third quarter, Varland made foul free throws and scored 2 points, Holmgren hit a 3-point shot from the outside, and Jones hit a basket with 2 points, and the two sides tied 47-47. Varland scored 2 points with both hands, Dort hit a sneak attack under the basket for 2 points, and Varland scored another 2 points on a backward shot, and Holmgren made two free throws to add 1 point, and the two sides fell into a scuffle again, and the Pelicans overtook the Thunder by 1 point at 71:70 in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, it was a tiebreaker! Varland made another foul and made two free throws, Alvarado scored two points, and the Pelicans scored four straight points to expand to 75:70. Keady hit a 3-point shot to stop the bleeding with a sword on the outside, Lei Marshall unceremoniously hit a 3-point shot back in the knife mode of Xiao Li's flying knife, Jalen William shot back angrily and scored 2 points, the two sides continued to kill in full swing in the final quarter, and the scores alternated with each other, and finally the game ended, the Thunder defeated the Pelicans 97:89 and swept the Pelicans 4:0 to advance to the second round!