At the end of the first quarter, the score on the court was 30-24, and the Warriors took the lead.

Durant scored 14 points in a single quarter and 14 points against Biao Tangtian in a single quarter.

Ariza is out, and the Pelicans have only Bojan and Stephenson on the front line, except for Tang Tian.

But in the game, it can be seen that one of them is slow and the other is not tall enough, and they are completely incompatible with Durant.

Fortunately, new recruit Williams performed well, leading the team to play a wave of 8-2 in the substitute transition period, and quickly tied the score.

Although he spent the Spring Festival with his two women last night, this did not seem to affect his performance, and it was still plug and play.

Kerr, for his part, saw that the situation was not right and replaced Durant on the court early.

After Durant came on the court, he played Williams in a wrong position, and Stephenson played 2+1 in the front, and the situation changed again.

Stevens reacted quickly, and the situation on the court changed, he got up and walked to the end of the bench and called Siakam and Tang Tian together.

Ariza was out, and Stevens was prepared to put Siakam on the activation list.

Now Bojan and Stephenson are useless, and he can only start Siakam as boldly as he did when he activated Brogdon.

Siakam didn't disappoint him either, and in his first defense after coming on the court, he successfully used his arm span to interfere with Durant's shooting and prevent a shot.

Ross Barkley, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but marvel when he saw it, and said what fans used in their comments on social media.

The rookies of the Pelicans really don't care about the new show!

But it's a pity that this time Barkley was slapped in the face again.

In the next two rounds, Durant shook and played 2+1, which blew Siakam in one fell swoop, and the Warriors also successfully stretched the difference to double digits.

Brogdon's ability to play consistently is due to his age and the NCAA's extensive playing experience, which is also characteristic of older rookies.

But Siakam is different, he is completely that kind of potential stock, too poor in experience, and even in terms of confrontation, he is not on the same level as Durant.

The ball in front of him can be understood as his newborn calf luck, or it can be understood as Durant's underestimation.

The fact is that Ariza's absence highlights his importance, and the Pelicans really have no one to match Durant except for Tang Tian.

Although Tang Tian scored consecutive points to help the Pelicans bite the score, the Pelicans were quite passive when they continued to play at this pace.

Stevens called a timeout as he prepared to pack Durant on a joint defense.

"I'll do it."

Just like during the Christmas war, Tang Tian took the initiative to ask for help.

Stevens was silent for a moment and nodded.

The Warriors have a splash on the outside, although they have been in average form recently, but the Pelicans are sandwiched, and the Warriors can play their best infinite pick-and-roll and air cut, which is also the most comfortable way to play with the splash.

Once the splash blooms, the odds will be even worse for the Pelicans than they are now.

It was the next policy to let Tang Tian prevent Durant from consuming physical strength, and it was the next policy to contain Durant, and Stevens finally chose the next strategy to avoid the weight.

With two months to go before the Christmas War, Durant has regained confidence in Tang Tian.

It's a pity that Tang Tian's defense was really too restrained for him, and he failed to score twice in a row.

The Pelicans also took advantage of the momentum to play back-to-back counterattacks, closing the margin back to single digits.

The two teams are like playing chess, in the constant arrangement and adjustment, the score difference changes back and forth, and the balance of victory also tilts back and forth.

This time the scales began to tip in favor of the Pelicans.

Seeing that the point difference was about to be erased again, Curry on the Warriors' side stepped up.

After the penalty scale was changed, Curry's performance struggled for a while, which was also caused by his style of play.

Blocking and dismantling with intensity, and giving the body to confrontation before shooting, these are all very restrained pitchers' practices.

But Curry is clearly not your average pitcher, or rather he's not just a pitcher, he's a superstar.

Superstars, on the other hand, have a strong ability to self-adjust.

Just like many people say that if O'Neal and Jordan are put in the small-ball era, they will not be able to play, that is a question without suspense.

Jordan can become a shooter on a level like Curry through practice, and O'Neal will take the small-ball era straight away......

Curry is the representative of the small-ball era, but in fact, the small-ball era was officially advanced by him and the Warriors.

He started to increase his distance, play like Ray Allen, and get more out of the basket to make kills when he catches the ball.

Whether it's throwing or making a layup or passing the ball, Curry has proven with a back-to-back performance that he can score without shooting threes.

The change in the penalty scale reduced Curry's three-point threat, but it also returned the cylinder that belonged to him as well.

In fact, Curry is the one who is most affected by the penalty scale, but he is also the one who adjusts the fastest.

Even before the All-Star break, he had completely self-adjusted and squeezed Paul out of the All-Star starter.

With Curry's play, the Warriors regained the initiative on the court.

And Curry opened up, compressed the Pelicans defense, and Thompson followed suit.

The Warriors' Tsunami brothers finally played in the game against the Pelicans.

But even so, the margin between the two sides has been fluctuating in the single digits.

Because the Pelicans have Tang Tian on their side, he is shoulder-to-shoulder on offense and defense, gritting his teeth and leading the team to a stalemate with the Warriors.

At the end of the third quarter, the score on the court was 80-87, and the Pelicans were only seven points behind.

However, this stalemate changed in the second half of the fourth quarter.

The main reason for the change to happen is also Tang Tian.

His physical strength is really not enough.

Although Durant is very limited by him, he is Durant after all, the small forward with the strongest offensive firepower in the league.

Not to mention that Tang Tian still had to pick up the team's offense.

He really didn't have enough energy.

Although he gritted his teeth at the last moment and threw key balls into the confrontation, the score still could not be imminent.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Pelicans 117-107 and won the second meeting of the Pelicans.

Tang Tian scored a game-high 44 points, Davis also scored 20 points, and new recruit Williams also scored the most 13 points off the bench.

The Pelicans have no problem scoring 107 points, but their problem is that they can't limit the Tsunami Brothers.

Durant scored 33 points, Curry 32 and Thompson 23, and the three scored 88 points.

The impact of Ariza's absence is obvious, but for Tang Tian, his problem is still fitness.

If he has a legend in his body, he can play both offense and defense for a whole game, and at least he can limit one of Curry and Durant to death.

The loss made the Pelicans players and fans unhappy, but for Tang Tian, he received the best news after the game.

Nike's new year's dividends are coming out soon.

Considering the explosive popularity he showed in this year's All-Star vote, it would be a lot of money.

ps: It's too late to write something during the day today, so let's go to the third watch, the commanders go to bed early, good night.