Chapter 672 History will repeat itself?
Winning the third game of the series is undoubtedly a huge encouragement for the Pelicans.
The players are also looking forward to being able to work hard and return to New Orleans with a 3-1 game to end the series directly at home.
"Just just think Zach Randolph is a fart and let him go."
Tang Tian said to Whiteside before Game 4 of the series began.
Randolph's words are trash words, but they are not too dirty.
The kind of person involved in racial discrimination and directly greeting parents and daughters is the worst. Tang Tian must support Whiteside.
But the others actually test the players' psychological adjustment ability on the court.
In the NBA, or on the playoff stage, that is even inevitable.
So Tang Tian was still doing Whiteside's ideological work more.
Whiteside listened and in the fourth game of the series, he was no longer provoked by Randolph.
The Pelicans' inside defense is also obviously better than the previous game.
But this time the Pelicans themselves had problems.
The league express stadium basket was like a cover tonight, and the Pelicans' shooter group could not throw the ball in.
This is the characteristic of young teams, who can shoot 60% of their three-point shooting percentage like they did in the first game, or they can get lost collectively.
If the Pelicans' shooters fail to make a group of shots, the Grizzlies can double-team Tang Tian wildly.
Tang Tian’s scoring efficiency was not high under double teaming. The Pelicans finally lost in the fourth quarter, and the Grizzlies tied the score 2-2.
And what's worse is that Tang Tian poked his finger when he was double-teamed.
Although not as serious as last year, it will certainly affect his shooting feel in the next game.
With a score of 2 to 2, Tang Tian’s finger was injured, and all this looked so similar to last year.
The Pelicans' promotion situation has become confusing again.
Sure enough, when I met the Grizzlies in the playoffs, I would lose my skin even if I didn’t die. It’s not a joke.
The good news is that the battle of Tianwang Mountain in Game 5 of the series will not start three days later, which will give the Pelicans time adjustment.
At this time, most of the first round of the series was also held.
In other groups of matches, the Hawks were also forced into a 2-2 situation by the Celtics. The Hawks' style of playing was greatly restricted in the playoffs, and the coaching of the opposite Stevens was also impressive;
The Cavaliers swept the Bucks 4-0, and Antetokounmpo was beaten by James on the opposite side. There were news reports that he continued to practice until the early morning after the fourth game;
The Knicks and the Wizards played 2-2, Pierce showed his superstar style, and contributed a winning goal in two consecutive games to prosper the Wizards;
The Bulls lead the Raptors 3-1, and the Trash Brothers playoffs are worthy of their reputation;
In the West, the experience advantages that Lakers fans are looking forward to have not played any role. The Warriors swept the Lakers 4-0 cleanly. The five-small playing style looks a bit invincible, and the Splash Brothers' feel is also extremely amazing;
The Spurs also led the Trail Blazers 3-1. With Lillard's 40+ against the will, the Portland talent barely stole a victory. The strength gap between the two sides is obvious. The Spurs seem to have a high hope of completing the 4-year and three championships;
The most unexpected thing is the match between the Rockets and the Clippers. Harden is a little sleepwalking in the playoffs. They are already behind the Clippers 1-3, and they are only one game away from being eliminated at the fastest time.
At this moment, the league announced the ownership of two seasons of awards.
In the Best Sixth Man selection, Pelicans' Gordon ended up only ranked fourth.
The award was eventually won by the Raptors' Louis Williams, who received an exaggerated vote rate of 60%, winning the award with a crushing advantage.
Following the announcement of the Best Head Coach Selection, the Pelicans missed again.
Hawks head coach Budenholzer beat Steven Cole and Williams to be the best coach of the season.
This selection result has caused a lot of controversy.
Except for Williams' second consecutive year of missed the Best Head Coach, it's puzzling that Cole was not selected.
You should know that as soon as Cole debuted, he led the Warriors to a best record in team history of 67 wins.
After seeing this news, Tang Tian immediately sent his former coach congratulations.
This result is a bit unexpected, but it is reasonable to think about it.
Both Cole and Williams have one disadvantage, that is, whether it is the Warriors or the Pelicans, they were all playoff teams last season.
What the two of them did was to take the team's record to a higher level.
Although both teams have refreshed the regular season record in team history and performed very well, they are likely to win awards in general seasons.
But Budenholzer's performance is even more eye-catching, he raised a team that had 38 wins last season to 60 wins, with an increase of only 22 games behind last year's Pelicans.
Moreover, the core lineup of the Hawks has basically not changed from last season.
So it's not that Cole and Williams are not outstanding enough, but that Budenholzer's performance is really a bit buggy.
The Pelicans passed by awards one after another, which was another blow to their morale.
At this moment, espn's reporter asked about something in a recent interview.
In the middle of the season, Xiao Hua accepted Tang Tian's suggestion and said that he would try the team's approach to challenge the referee in the league.
Now this trial has finally come to fruition.
“We saw the result, it made the game longer and less fluid, and we haven’t seen anything feasible yet.”
This is Xiao Hua's final decision.
These two things happened together, which also made some optimistic fans realize one thing.
Xiao Hua, or the league really doesn't mean to support the Pelicans. Their previous actions really just didn't target the Pelicans anymore.
These news has also become the material for the latest episode of TNT.
"They look like everything goes wrong, they are in trouble."
After summarizing these things, Barkley made such a judgment on the situation of the Pelicans.
"No, give a hundred hearts, they will win the series."
Although McGee's previous incident made many fans think that O'Neal would change his attitude, it seems that he still supports Tang Tian and the Pelicans.
"Shake, this time I really want to remind you that they are in a bad situation."
Barkley also sticks to his point of view.
"We assume they are not affected by these off-court factors, have you not discovered one thing? The Pelicans encountered the same situation as last year. They have been dragged to Game 5 by the Grizzlies, and maybe there will be Game 6 and Game 7 later.
That's their ability to drag you into the mud, then slowly lose the ability to struggle and finally kill you, all of which was what the Pelicans experienced last season."
Barkley's analysis attracted Smith's nod to echo.
"Will history repeat itself? Yes."
Barkley concludes himself at last.
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Chapter completed!