[NBA regular season] The Thunder narrowly beat the Pelicans 123-118 in the away game!

2023-04-13 17:09

[NBA regular season] The Thunder narrowly beat the Pelicans 123-118 in the away game!

News on April 13th , the NBA regular season is in full swing, the Thunder and the Pelicans ushered in a strong showdown, and finally the Thunder beat the Pelicans 123-118 in the away game .

In the first quarter of the game, Valanciunas started quickly and contributed 6 points to the Pelicans in just a few minutes. Then, Dortmund continued to score, Ingram made two free throws steadily, Jones even made a three-pointer, and the Pelicans once widened the point difference to 9 points. However, the Thunder launched a fierce offensive in the ensuing game. Dort, Gidi and Alexander hit consecutive three-pointers and successfully overtook the score. After the timeout, Jackson and Ingram scored consecutively, and Saric even scored 4 points in a row under the basket. At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder led the Pelicans by 3 points.

The heat continued in the second quarter, Richardson made a successful mid-range shot, Kiddy scored a three-pointer, Joe also completed a three-pointer, Richardson scored a layup, and Wiggins responded with a layup. The two sides came and went, taking the lead alternately. Murphy even completed a split dunk, Keidi successfully scored a layup, Valanciunas also responded with a hook, and Dort scored two consecutive three-pointers. Jones even completed an astonishing dunk, McCollum scored a successful layup, Hayes completed an alley-oop layup, and Ingram failed to complete the layup at the basket. At the end of the half, the Pelicans overtook the Thunder 63-57. The atmosphere on the field was tense and the game entered the second half.

After changing sides to fight again, Alexander made a mid-range shot and a three-pointer, scoring 5 points in a row, helping the Thunder to narrow the point difference to 1 point. Then Murphy succeeded with a three-pointer and a floater. After completing the layup and counter-attack layup, Dort made a layup, which caused McCollum's foul and made an additional penalty. Next, Ingram shot back, Jaylin Williams completed a gorgeous dunk and scored, Alexander was not to be outdone, he made a layup and caused a foul by Jones, an additional penalty was also hit, Kiddie also threw The shot went well, and Jones responded with a floater. However, Alexander missed a layup at the buzzer at the last minute, and the Thunder overtook the Pelicans 96-87 in the third quarter.

The competition continued in the final quarter, Colum and Richardson led, and the Pelicans launched a 14-4 offensive to overtake the score by 1 point. Richardson was called a flagrant first-degree foul on Jeedy, who made a free throw and Jaylen Williams drove for a layup. Valanciunas responded with a three-pointer, and Thunder rookie Jaylin Williams also responded with an empty cut layup. The two sides came and went, and with the last 5 minutes left in the game, the score was tied at 106 . Ingram turned around and failed to score a jumper, Giddy made two free throws, and the Thunder led 117-114 in the last 12 seconds . The Thunder adopted foul tactics and Ingram made a free throw. At the end of the game, the Thunder finally defeated the Pelicans 123-118.

Both starting lineups

Thunder: Lou Dott, Jaylen Williams, Jaylin Williams, Keedy, Alexander

Pelicans: Murphy, Ingram, Valanciunas, Jones, McCollum

Records of both players

Thunder: Kiddy 31 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, Alexander 32 points , 5 rebounds , 3 assists and 3 steals, Dortmund 27 points and 5 rebounds, Jaylen Williams 11 points , 4 rebounds and 2 steals, Jaylin Williams 8 points and 8 8 rebounds , Isaiah Joe 3 points, Wiggins 7 points, Saric 4 points and 3 rebounds.

Pelicans: Ingram 30 points , 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Valanciunas 16 points , 18 rebounds and 3 assists, Jones 20 points , 5 rebounds and 5 assists, McCollum 14 points, 4 assists and 2 steals, Murphy 21 points and 4 rebounds, Hayes had 6 points and 9 rebounds, and Richardson had 9 points and 4 assists.