On April 30th, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and today the Pelicans sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Thunder, this game is the fourth game of the series between the two sides, the first three games of the Thunder all won, if the Pelicans lose again, then they will be swept out, this is a battle of dignity, the Pelicans team also played a good performance, they created pressure on the Thunder, and then we will briefly talk about the game process, and then talk about the players' play.
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At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Ingram hit two free throws for the Pelicans to score first, Dort responded with three points, Varan and Murphy combined to score 5 points, Giddey and Holmgren combined to cut 5 points in response, the two sides played very close in the first quarter, the first quarter ended with 21 draws, in the second quarter, Wallan and Holmgren sent each other inside kills, Aaron Wiggins scored 5 points in a row to help the team establish the lead, and then Murphy, Nance Jr. and other blue-collar workers stood up and scored to help the Pelicans chase down to 1 point to end the first half.
Yibian scored 4 points in a row with Wallan's inside kill, Holmgren responded with free throws, Herbert Jones broke through to kill, Alexander and Dort combined for 5 points, CJ responded with three points, and Ingram hit two free throws at the end of the quarter to help the Pelicans overtake by 1 point. The final quarter of the showdown was still very close between the two sides, but at the end of the quarter, Alexander and Jay scored 8 points in a row to help the team establish a 9-point lead, and these 9 points also became an insurmountable barrier for the Pelicans, and finally they lost to the Thunder 89-97, and the team was swept miserably.
Thunder blossoms in many spots
After chatting about the game process, let's talk about the players' performance, this game Alexander because of the foot, resulting in a bad state, this game Alexander shot 8 of 21, 1 of 4 three-pointers got 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. However, in terms of the overall performance of the past few games, Alexander has played a core performance, especially his consistency and excellent defense in key moments, and he may be even better if he can improve his playmaking skills.
In the case of Alexander's poor state, Jawy gave the team a good help, this game Jayway shot 9 of 17, 2 of 6 three-pointers got 24 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Holmgren did not shoot three points in this game, so he failed to punish Wallan's squatting defense, he shot 5 of 12 in this game, 1 of 6 three-pointers got 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, as a rookie can play such a performance in the playoffs.
Giddey scored 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting and Dort had 11 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, the thickness of the Thunder's roster has always been underestimated, and the reason why Alexander can still score easily in the playoffs despite the instability of three points is mainly because the Thunder have enough shooters to open up space for him, so that he can break through the killing and mid-range projection to his heart's content.
The Thunder's failure to play off the bench in this game was the key to their failure to establish a lead, the team got Hayward at the trade deadline, and scored 0 points in a total of four games so far in the playoffs, which is too pitiful, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for Hayward to want a contract with an average price of 15 million in the offseason.
Ingram is hardly a leader
After talking about the Pelicans next mentioned by the Thunder, Wallan showed his interior advantage in this game, if the coach had used him like this, maybe the Pelicans would not have lost every game, although he would have been named by Alexander, and he could not defend Holmgren's three-point, but we also said just now that this Alexander broke his foot, Chet was not accurate in three points, so Varland got more playing time, he proved his interior advantage, and got 19 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 statistic on 6-of-15 shooting in 25 minutes.
The blue-collar players of the Pelicans are doing their best, if they give all his blue-collar players to Durant and Booker, maybe the Suns can defeat the Timberwolves, this group of blue-collar players is too good, although Murphy only scored 7 points in this game, but scored 10 points and 3 rebounds, Jones scored 11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and Marshall on the bench got 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, and Marshall became a wonder soldier.
CJ also swept away the slump in the past few games, 9 of 15 shots, 2 of 6 three-pointers got 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, although the performance is still far from the top two leaders, but compared to their big bosses are much better, after Zion's injury, Ingram became the team's first core, but he did not play well in the past few games, although the first two games were efficient, but he did not dare to shoot.
This game finally dared to shoot, but the efficiency was really unwatchable, 2 of 14 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, 8 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, the whole game was covered 4 times, if it wasn't for the referee to give a few free throws, he might have scored more spicy data, as a star with 31 million, he played such a performance is not satisfactory at all, it can be said that the most disappointing star in the playoffs so far is Ingram.
He's worse than Garland and Mitchell, and it's not an exaggeration to say he's the worst player in the playoffs. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current Pelicans and Thunder? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.