[NBA Regular Season] The Pelicans beat the Hornets 115-96! The Pelicans successfully won three consecutive victories!

2023-03-24 17:55

[NBA Regular Season] The Pelicans beat the Hornets 115-96! The Pelicans successfully won three consecutive victories!


March 24th, the NBA regular season is in full swing, the Pelicans and the Hornets ushered in a head-to-head confrontation, the Pelicans finally defeated the Hornets 115-96 and won three consecutive victories.

 

In the first quarter of the game, Valanciunas took the lead in making a layup, and then McCollum made a long three-pointer. Valanciunas made another mid-range shot, and Hayward and Washington also made three-pointers. Then, Ingram made a breakthrough and got an additional penalty, Oubre also made a layup, Murphy scored 2+1, and Rocher also made a steady mid-range jumper. The Hornets relied on Oubre to succeed again, but Smith made a layup at the last second. At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans led the Hornets by 13 points 37-24 and entered the second quarter.

 

The heat continued in the second quarter. Oubre, PJ Washington and Key Jones quickly played a 9-2 offense, narrowing the point difference to only 6 points. Next, the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, and the score kept fluctuating within 10 points. Although the Hornets have a more even distribution of points, they have been unable to narrow the point difference to less than 5 points. Until halftime, Hayward and Mikaeluk scored consecutively, and the Hornets finally narrowed the point difference to 5 points. At halftime, the Pelicans led the Hornets 62-57.

 

Changing sides to fight again, Miha continued the fiery touch at the end of the last quarter, once closing the point difference to only 3 points. However, Richards and Valanciunas scored consecutively, and Mikhailiuk also scored a three-pointer. After that, Ingram scored 2+1, Jones completed a wonderful dunk, and finally before the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans led the Hornets 88-81.

 

In the fourth quarter, players such as Marshall, Jones and Hayward scored successively. McCollum also scored a three-pointer, and Valanciunas and Marshall also scored. In the end, Murphy's three-pointer fixed the result of the game. The Pelicans defeated the Hornets 115-96 and achieved three consecutive victories.

 

Both starting lineups

 

Pelicans: McCollum, Jones, Murphy III, Ingram, Valanciunas

 

Hornets: Rozier, Oubre, Washington, Hayward, Richards

 

Records of both players:

 

Hornets: Hayward 12 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds, Washington 18 points, Richards 9 points and 14 rebounds, Oubre 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Rozier 5 points and 4 rebounds, Mikaeluk 15 points and 2 Rebounds, Saul 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks, McGoverns 8 points and 6 assists, Dennis Smith 8 points and 4 assists, Kay Jones 4 points and 4 rebounds.

 

Pelicans: Ingram 30 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, Varan 20 points, 19 rebounds and 3 assists, Herbert Jones 2 points and 3 rebounds, McCollum 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Murphy 19 points and 4 steals, Marshall 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Richardson 3 points and 5 rebounds.