On December 14, Beijing time, the Wizards played at home against the Pelicans, and the Wizards lost to the Pelicans 122-142 at the end of the game. Although the Wizards traded for Poole in the offseason, Poole performed poorly this season, and other players did not have too many outstanding performances, so the Wizards also suffered a wave of 5 consecutive defeats, and now against the Pelicans Wizards It is very difficult to stop the losing streak, although the NBA midseason Championship defeat to the Lakers made the Pelicans very uncomfortable, but soon the Pelicans successfully defeated the Timberwolves, the first in the West, so this also made the Pelicans improve the team's morale. The Pelicans started this game: McCollum, Daniels, Jones, Ingram and Valanciunas, and the Wizards started: Tyus Jones, Poole, Avdija, Kuzma and Gafford in this game.
In the first half of the game, the Wizards and the Pelicans played inextricably, and even after the start of the first quarter of the game, the Wizards' offensive explosion once led to 15 points, but fortunately, the Pelicans played a wave of 14-2 to catch up with the score, and in the second quarter of the game, the Pelicans also continued to break out, and frequently played offensive climaxes to help the team take a 13-point lead, but at this time the Wizards did not give up the game and successfully chased the score, but unfortunately at the end of the stage the Pelicans opened the score again with a wave of 8-0, and the Wizards fell behind by 11 points at the end of the half. In the second half of the game, the Pelicans maintained their condition, especially the three-point explosion of Murphy and others, and the Wizards had no power to resist in the face of such a situation, and finally the Wizards lost to the Pelicans by 20 points.
In fact, Kuzma really tried his best in this game, after all, Kuzma's offense exploded in the first quarter, so in such a situation, the Wizards were able to take the lead for a while, but unfortunately the Wizards' offense failed to continue, and Kuzma's performance in the later games was also limited, and Poole and others had limited help to the team, so the Wizards still suffered a heavy defeat. At the end of the game, Kuzma had 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Jones had 6 points and 4 assists, Poole had 11 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, Avdija had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, and Gafford had 13 points and 6 rebounds.
On the other hand, the Pelicans played in this game with multiple players, first of all, Ingram, McCollum and Valanciunas had an efficient burst in the game, and the bench Murphy and Marshall also had excellent play, especially Murphy's three-point explosion also directly helped the Pelicans defeat the Wizards, Ingram bombarded 40 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists at the end of the game, McCollum got 22 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Valanciunas got 16 points, 18 rebounds and 3 assists, and Marshall got 16 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. And Murphy had 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in this game, including an efficient 6-of-7 three-point shot.
The Pelicans won the game and successfully got rid of the Warriors, who were only 2 ahead of the Warriors5 wins, but after this game, the Pelicans have led to 3 wins, it can be said that at this time the Warriors want to catch up with the Pelicans will become more difficult, not to mention that the current Green is also suffering an indefinite ban, which is a big blow to the Warriors, although Green's evil offense gives the Warriors a headache, but it has to be said that the Warriors are still more dependent on Green on the defensive end, and at the same time the Warriors' interior line has a problem, and now Green is banned indefinitely, the Warriors' interior rotation will also have problems, so the next game Warriors want to win will become more difficult.