171 Upset!
On January 28, Beijing time, the Spurs faced the Pelicans away, which was the third meeting between the two teams this season. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The first and second encounters were all on the home court of the Spurs, among which, in the first meeting, the Pelicans faced by the Spurs were Pelicans supported by Davis alone, and in that game, the Spurs won at home.
The second meeting was on December 19, 2016, Beijing time, that is, the day when the Spurs held a jersey retirement ceremony for Tim Duncan.
The Pelicans, who have "thick eyebrows" Anthony Davis on the inside, to a certain extent, have a certain restraint on the Spurs' play, although it is not so obvious, but, compared with the past few seasons, the Spurs and the Pelicans have a record of playing each other, the Spurs are not always very easy to win, of course, this has to be in addition to the Pelicans starting lineup injured more than half of the case.
Before the start of this game, Pelicans leader "Thick Eyebrows" said in an interview that the Pelicans are confident of winning the Spurs at home.
However, people didn't care about this, after all, the recent Spurs are too strong, whether it is offensive or defensive, the recent Spurs are the most popular team in the entire league, and even the Golden State Warriors, who have the "Big Four", have to make way for it.
In this game, on the Spurs side, Popovich let the veteran Ginobili and David Lee rest in turn, while Jin Feng came off the bench.
On the Pelicans' side, it is naturally the strongest lineup to attack.
The Spurs have had a slow start to the season, which has almost become a habit, and this game was clearly the same in this game, with the first quarter played for six minutes, 26:14, and the Spurs were 12 points behind on the road.
Popovich called a timeout and then replaced Jin Feng, hoping that he could support the team's outside attack when Leonard didn't feel good in the opening stages of the game.
However, after Jin Feng came on the court, his hand was not too good, not only failed to help the Spurs catch up with the score, but made three mistakes in a row, allowing the Pelicans to seize the opportunity to play a wave of 8:0!
At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs trailed the Pelicans 20:40, which surprised people, especially the conspicuous 20:40!
People are exclaiming, could it be that the Pelicans played the first quarter against an undefended San Antonio Spurs?
Beaten by the Pelicans for 40 points in a single quarter, it has to be said that inadvertently, the Spurs set a new record of shame.
After the end of the first quarter, Popovich's roar echoed throughout the Spurs bench, and the old man was very unhappy with the players' defense in the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs players woke up from a dream, especially on the defensive end, and the defensive intensity increased suddenly, which put a lot of pressure on the Pelicans, causing them to make mistakes one after another, and their shooting percentage also slipped and dropped.
After all, the Spurs' defensive prowess is not covered.
However, on the offensive end, Leonard, Jin Feng and others still couldn't find a crosshair, and if it weren't for Aldridge's hard support on the inside, the Spurs would not have been able to narrow the 20-point difference in the first quarter to 16 points at the end of the first half, 45:61.
At halftime, in the away dressing room, Popovich did not criticize the players again, Popovich has a classic quote: I never blame the players for throwing them!
After a 15-minute break, the players from both sides returned to the court again, on the Spurs' side, and at the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Leonard and Jin Feng appeared on the court at the same time.
This put a lot of pressure on the Pelicans' defense, after all, although both of them didn't shoot very well in the first half, they were also players who could explode at any time.
And when the third quarter of the game played for more than 2 minutes, Jin Feng took the lead in breaking out, before the first half of the three-point shot of 1 of 6 outside shots, only less than 20 percent of the shooting rate, with the outside hitting three three-pointers in a row also instantly increased to more than 40 percent.
Jin Feng's three-point triple hit also instantly narrowed the difference to single digits.
This made the whole game fierce for the first time, and the Pelicans also comprehensively improved their defensive intensity at this time, trying to impose various restrictions on Jin Feng, but then achieved certain results.
However, when the other sword, Leonard, also broke out, the Pelicans' defense quickly fell into chaos, and Leonard caused a stronger impact on the Pelicans on the offensive end than Jin Feng.
In the 8th minute and 35 seconds of the third quarter of the game, with Jin Feng's layup, 75:75! Spurs officially equalised, and the game looked like it was going in the direction it was predicted.
However, there are players on the Spurs' side who have broken out, and the Pelicans are not far behind.
And this flashpoint on the Pelicans' side is potential rookie Hield.
After he was substituted in the 9th minute of the third quarter of the game, he completely broke out, three-pointers, all kinds of breakthroughs, as if he was possessed by God, how to play.
At the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans led the Spurs 92-82! Hield single-handedly scored 9 points in about three minutes and led the Pelicans to a 14-4 against the Spurs!
In the last quarter of the game, the starting lineups of the two teams returned to the court at the beginning, and the "thick eyebrows" who had been given a certain amount of rest also performed well.
Whether it's the breakthrough of Parker and Leonard on the inside, or against Aldridge, and scramble for rebounds, or hit the ball on the offensive end, he seems to play at the level of the league's No. 1 forward.
Some stubborn old men always kept Parker, who had been underperforming in this game, on the court, trying to wait for Parker's awakening, but until the end of the game, Parker did not wake up.
In the end, the Spurs lost to the Pelicans 110-122 away, and the nine-game winning streak came to an abrupt end, and the Pelicans who fought at home also avoided the embarrassing situation of being swept by the Spurs in the regular season this season, and ushered in three consecutive wins!
The general poor shooting feeling of the players is the main reason for the Spurs' upset loss in this game, perhaps the reason why they have played several away games in a row!
Jin Feng played a total of 19 minutes in this game and scored 16 points, which is reasonable, of course, his score is mainly from the outbreak in the third quarter, but his outbreak is a little late, if he can break out earlier, the Spurs may not necessarily lose the game, after all, Jin Feng is now more and more important to the Spurs.
Although they lost the game, the Spurs did not show any serious expressions, and everyone left the arena with a smile.
After all, losing to the Pelicans, to a certain extent, is not the true level of the team.
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