After Tang Si's fever subsided, Tang Tian returned to the team.

Family is life, but basketball is a profession, and being a player requires professionalism.

The Pelicans' next game against the Trail Blazers is the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers disintegrated this past summer, leaving four of their five starters last season.

Aldridge, Matthews, Batum, and Lopes went to four different teams, and Lillard was the only one left to hold on.

Such a change, in theory, would take them directly from a playoff team to a rebuilding team.

But the result was completely different from what was expected, with the strong rise of sophomore CJ McCollum, the Trail Blazers directly entered the two-gun era.

And the recent two-gun state is hot, with a wave of four consecutive wins to reach seventh in the West.

The Pelicans had a sweet start to the season with big wins, but heading into late December, the schedule started to get tough.

The Pelicans are aiming for a 26-game winning streak, but in addition, the players are also working hard to continue to set new records for Tang Tian.

Although Tang Tian missed the last game, if he continues to get a triple-double, the consecutive triple-double record will still be extended.

The game was played in Portland, and the Moda Center was as packed as Madison before it, and now teams are vying to end the Pelicans' winning streak.

At the beginning of the game, the Pelicans, like in the previous games, worked hard to create opportunities for Tang Tian to get data.

A few days ago, Tang Tian was worried that his son's sleep quality was very poor and his condition was average, while the opposite Trail Blazers were in a hot state with two shots.

This approach puts them on the back foot at the beginning.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans trailed the Trail Blazers by eight points, 22-30.

During the intermittent pause, Stevens reminded the players to focus on the game, and Tang Tian also asked the players to stop deliberately giving him slots and boards.

In the second and third quarters, the Pelicans adjusted their mentality, and the Pelicans were able to recover.

However, the opposite pair of guns opened tonight, with a combined cut of 60+ in the third quarter, and the Trail Blazers still held a 10-point lead.

In the final quarter, Tang Tian's state finally recovered, and he scored consecutive points to help the Pelicans chase points.

With two guns under fire, he finally tied the score 30 seconds before the end.

The rest of the Pelicans team also did their best, and Ariza basically didn't rest, fighting until she had leg cramps.

But at the critical moment, habit became natural, and after McRum's throw failed, Jokic and Aminu instinctively gave Tang Tian a board.

As a result, Harkless grabbed the frontcourt board and threw his hand to Lillard on the outside.

Lillard forced a three-point shot against Holiday and scored a four-point shot.

The big-hearted goal also helped the Trail Blazers win the game.

The Pelicans' winning streak is set at 25 games.

After the game, the fans in the stadium cheered and Lillard waved his hands with great momentum.

In this game, the two guns combined to score 70+, the shooting rate was as high as 60%, and the opening was average, but this is their recent form.

On the Pelicans' side, Tang Tian got a triple-double of 25 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, extending his consecutive triple-double to five games.

But as he said in his press conference after the game, the loss made that little meaningless.

In the next day's training session, before Stevens came, Tang Tian gathered the players together in the locker room.

"Guys, I know you've been trying to help me win the MVP lately, but stop doing that, winning is more important."

Tang Tian said to all the team members.

Others are helping him, and the team is winning all the time, so it's hard for him to talk.

But now the team is losing, which is the opportunity to say that.

Peak Wei Shao's experience card looked good, but he didn't want to really experience it all the time.

Three pairs, or such a thing as data, will naturally have the strength when it comes, and it makes no sense to deliberately take it.

On the contrary, this approach will definitely hurt the team in the end.

And just like when you played the Trail Blazers, habit becomes natural, and that habit can become deadly in the playoffs.

So before it becomes a trend, it has to be changed back.

Tang Tian spoke, and the team members all nodded one after another.

Originally, they were helping Tang Tian.

It would have been a shame that the winning streak was ended, but they couldn't have won all the time, and judging by the reaction of the players, it was a good thing to lose this one.

There was bad news and good news, and after playing the Trail Blazers, Davis was fully recovered from injury.

After participating in the full confrontation training, he can already make a comeback.

The Pelicans' next game is at home against the Pacers.

Before the game, a reporter asked about Davis's comeback.

"With the last loss to the Trail Blazers ending their winning streak, should the coaching staff consider bringing Davis back early?"

The reporter asked an afterthought, but it was indeed a very interesting question.

Davis's injury recovered in a week, and it was possible to play, and it was only two days ago that he played the Trail Blazers.

The Pelicans have lost by just four points, and with Davis playing, they will be able to extend their winning streak.

"No, we're not going to do that, AD's health is more important to us than it's a winning streak, we need to think about the whole season and the playoffs after that."

To the reporter's surprise, Stevens replied crisply.

I can feel that this is the truest thought in his heart.

"But that's a 25-game winning streak, and you had a chance to match or even overtake the Heat's 27-game winning streak and set the second-highest winning streak in history."

The reporter opened his mouth to remind.

Stevens smiled.

"That sounds great, but I think it's too long, the players will do everything for that record, even to the point of injury, and if that's the case, the winning streak is not necessarily a good thing, but now, you don't have to think about the winning streak, they don't have that much psychological pressure."

Stevens' remarks drew a nod from reporters.

That's true.

Although he didn't open his eyes and didn't know how hard the Warriors in history fought for 73 wins and finally led to a lack of strength in the playoffs, the Rockets are an example.

In order to get 22 consecutive wins, Yao Ming fought until he was injured, and Maddie fought with an injury so that he was directly abandoned next season.

So the winning streak is exciting, but it's not necessarily a good thing to chase the record.

is also the same as Tang Tian's thoughts, when the Pelicans' offense is well run-in, such a winning streak will naturally have another chance, and it may be even more violent.

Perhaps to verify what Stevens said, the Pelicans basically didn't give their opponents a chance in the game against the Pacers that night.

The lead was 10 points in the first quarter, and it became 20 points at halftime, and it was even more 30 points at the end of the third quarter.

The Pelicans' main team clocked out in the third quarter, and they eventually beat the Pacers 112-90.

After Hibbert and West left one after another, George experienced what it was like to be alone, and the Pacers really couldn't do it tonight.

And the Pelicans immediately cleared themselves with a big win after a disappointing loss to the Trail Blazers in their last game.