With the Heat, the Pelicans' record has come to 58-4.

With more than a month to go until the end of the regular season and 20 games to go, the odds of the Pelicans breaking their regular season history are growing.

And after returning to New Orleans, they had another piece of good news.

Ariza is recovering well from an ankle injury and has begun play-free training with the ball and is hopeful to be back for action at the end of March.

Bojan has been outstanding in Ariza's absence, but Ariza's flank defense is irreplaceable.

Especially in the playoffs, this will become important, and his return will be a big help to the Pelicans.

On the second day back in New Orleans, the Pelicans played the Clippers for the second time of the season.

The Pelicans didn't feel good as a team in this game, and their own baskets were covered.

And the Clippers' bench Louis Williams exploded, scoring a season-high 37 points to help the Clippers win the game.

It was an unexpected loss, but it was also part of the season.

After all, the Pelicans are not machines, they can't win every game, and occasionally there will be times when they are not in good shape and feel.

However, after the win, Reaves Jr., who had played for the Pelicans and scored 13 points and 3 assists in this game, looked very excited.

'We know they're not as tough as we thought they we'd be, we knew we could beat them defensively, we knew we could win, it was an expected win and it shows that we were underrated by everybody.'

Reaves Jr.'s attitude shows that he is still very concerned about being traded by the Pelicans in the first place.

And beating the Pelicans, who are number one in the league, is exciting enough.

But he was clearly overexcited.

The words "we knew we could win, it was an expected victory" were clearly exceeded.

Many of the Pelicans' players practiced after the game, and they were quite speechless when they saw the news.

Speaking of Whiteside before, Reaves Jr., and these Pelicans veterans are very dissatisfied with the Pelicans.

However, this dissatisfaction is also a reasonable thing.

The Pelicans have been getting stronger in the past two years, not by signing, but by the draft and their own development.

In this process, there will definitely be people who will be eliminated, whether it is Whiteside or Reeves Jr., they are of this type.

When they see that the Pelicans are playing so well now, they will definitely have thoughts in their hearts, such as I should be a part of it or something.

Stephenson also practiced, and when he saw it, he was so angry that he waited for tomorrow to start a war of words.

But this time he didn't wait for him, and Ariza, who was about to make a comeback, made the first move, and he posted a status message on his personal Twitter.

“.nothing。”

And also Aite the official Twitter of the Clippers.

This sentence is what the savage Ygritte said to Joan Snow in the fifth season of the just-hit "Game of Thrones".

The direct meaning of the translation is that you (you) don't understand anything, or that you (you) don't know anything.

Reeves Jr. said a lot in the interview, and we know that Ariza's response to this American drama line is simply ingenious.

In the next day's training session, the players all grabbed Ariza and laughed.

This response is more interesting than any war of words.

It also made little Reeves angry enough, and he didn't even know how to respond.

Winning the war of words, the Pelicans players were in a good mood.

However, in the pre-competition training session, they also put this aside in advance and trained in 100 per cent condition.

As Stevens said at the end of his 25-game winning streak at the start of the season, a proper loss is not a bad thing for the team, and it can help them take the burden off their minds.

But after the loss, they need to get back into shape and focus enough for the next game.

And now they're doing it.

Their next game will be against the Thunder.

The schedule was sweet for a while after the All-Star break, and now the Devil's schedule continues.

In the Pelicans' favor, the game will be played in New Orleans, which can keep them entertained.

The Thunder's form after the All-Star break is not good, not only the schedule, but Durant's state is also an issue.

In particular, his desire to attack is much lower than at the beginning of the season.

After arriving in New Orleans, the Pelicans scheduled an open practice session.

Durant was in a bad mood and did not give an interview to the media, and Westbrook was worried that Durant would say a few casual words and went back to the locker room early.

The reporters had no choice but to point the microphone at the team's head coach Donovan.

Stevens, as the head coach from the NCAA, led the Pelicans to a big kill, but Donovan, who is also from the NCAA, has been questioned by fans.

"We've played against each other in the NCAA and I know his coaching style and that's going to help us a lot."

"But the last time the Thunder lost."

“……”

Donovan is confident, but there is a clear lack of experience in dealing with journalists.

"How will you defend Don?"

A reporter asked a question that must be asked now.

'We don't have to think about it, we play our own attacks and we win games.'

"You mean you haven't studied this issue?"

"Of course not, we're going to use the help rotation and we won't give him too many scoring opportunities."

Donovan hurriedly made a name for himself, and now there are many people who hack him and don't know how to tactics.

"But then his pass could revitalize the entire Pelicans."

The reporter asked.

In fact, this kind of question is asked every time, but the answer is basically polite, because this is a problem for all teams in the league.

"We're not going to let him do that, our defense rotates very fast."

Donovan emphasized.

"We know that the first team to do this was the Rockets, who handed out 20 assists in the third quarter."

The journalist reminded.

"We're not going to let him get 20 assists, that's not going to be possible, they didn't have 20 assists in their last game against the Clippers."

Donovan said with a determined gaze.

The New Orleans arena was packed that night.

Tang Du duel, a match that fans never get tired of watching.

And as a fan of Pelicans and Tang Tian, now Tang Tian has surpassed Durant in strength, which is even more worth watching.

In the pre-game warm-up, the scene gave Durant and Tang Tian slitted shots.

Durant still looked a little absent-minded, but when he looked up and saw Tang Tian's magnified smiling face on the big LED screen, his face was a lot more serious.

Westbrook came over and patted him on the chest, and he nodded.

No matter what the future holds, he has to play well against Tang Tian, and that's the game he has to win.

The scene entered the opening ceremony, and the starters of the two teams appeared one after another.

Both sides are regular lineups, but when Tang Tian finally introduced the game, some fans noticed a familiar figure on the Pelicans bench.

Nash, the Pelicans' team advisor, was also on the scene, sitting at the very end of the bench with his two daughters at his side.

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