After swallowing a fiasco, the Greatly frustrated Pelicans returned home and ushered in the challenge of the Lone Rangers, which should not be underestimated.
For the Pelicans, head coach Willie Green took the initiative to make adjustments, put Graham on the bench, and put a double tower combination of Varan + Jaxon Hayes to try to defend the home court by surprise.
On the other hand, on the side of the Lone Rangers, although Doncic is unstoppable, whether the team can withstand the huge pressure in this battle away from home, head coach Kidd obviously needs to line up!
Fortunately, after 4 quarters of playing, with a strong start of 20-8, the anti-away-dominated lone rangers, in the first half, they pressed the Pelicans to achieve a 13-point lead.
Although after returning from the second half, Ingram + CJ McCollum + Varan felt hot in the third quarter, leading the Pelicans to a wave of counterattack frenzy, at one point narrowing the point difference to single digits.
But in the final final moment, Brunson + Dinwiddie + Kleber hit a key three-pointer in a row to help the Lone Rangers gain a 7-point advantage, and the Pelicans could not chase the points, so they had to lose.
The Lone Rangers, who finally withstood the pressure, also beat the Pelicans 125-118 on the road, which was worth the trip to win 2 consecutive wins at the same time, but also gave the opponent Pelicans 2 consecutive losses!
On the road to this game, the Lone Rangers will continue the winning momentum of the previous game, playing a team performance of 4 people scoring in double figures.
In the case of the main forces such as Finney Smith + Powell + Dinwiddie, the team ace Doncic, and the play of the two major tigers Brunson + Kleber, are particularly critical!
Doncic was in full swing, starting 37 minutes, shooting 7 three-pointers on 35 shooting and 17 in the middle and outside lines, and blasting down a game-high 49 points, plus 15 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 block.
Among them, in the third quarter, he suddenly shot a single quarter to cut 20 points of heroic performance, not only led by example, helped the Lone Rangers withstand the pelicans' pressure to chase points, but also almost single-handedly broke the entire defense line of the Pelicans!
More importantly, after cutting the luxury data of 49+15+8 in this game, Doncic also became the fourth in the history of the league, scoring 45 points, 15 boards and 5 assists in multiple games in a single month, which can be said to have set a dazzling personal record!
In addition, as the core defender of the team, Brunson's play in this game is also indispensable.
Brunson was very efficient, shooting more than 60% of the 8-of-13 shooting in the game, and delivered 23 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.
And his explosive performance of scoring 10 points in the first quarter in 7 minutes also helped the Lone Rangers to open up the situation smoothly and did not live up to the trust of head coach Kidd!
Of course, the Lone Rangers were able to beat the Pelicans in this game, and the performance of Kléber on the bench also played a crucial role.
In this game, Kléber was good in attack and defense, playing 23 minutes off the bench, shooting 7 from the middle of the line and hitting 3 three-pointers, contributing 20 points + 4 rebounds + 1 steal + 1 blocking offensive and defensive performance.
And I have to say that after the team completed the transaction, under the hands of head coach Kidd, Kléber was reused, and the performance in recent games was indeed eye-catching!
On the other hand, on the Pelicans' side, the team was completely suppressed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game, and finally swallowed a 2-game losing streak, which obviously disappointed the home fans.
After all, under the comprehensive performance of CJ McCollum, who played well and scored 38 points+ 2 rebounds + 5 assists + 2 steals, in this game, Ingram's downturn is indeed hard to blame!
In this campaign against the Lone Ranger, Ingram can be described as a complete mut, only 6 of the 21 shots in the whole game feel cold, not to mention, the outside three-point shot is 4 shots 0 of losing the crosshairs.
In the case of Ingram's offensive and defensive ends, the situation can not be opened for a long time, in the face of Doncic, who has been crazy, this battle has worked hard for a whole game, but he is isolated and helpless, and it seems that he can only accept the reality of 2 consecutive defeats!