The Pelicans gave one of the surprises of the morning with their victory in Salt Lake City. The New Orleans team beat the Jazz 97-98 thanks to a triple by Devonte ‘Graham with 1.3 seconds remaining, adding an agonizing triumph and chaining two consecutive victories for the first time so far. seasonal.
Utah had managed to face the clash by going 97-93 with just over half a minute to play, but two free throws by Ingram again brought the visitors within just one basket of difference, forcing the locals to score to seal the match. triumph. Donovan Mitchell tried to do it by penetrating to the basket, but Herbert Jones and Jonas Valanciunas prevented him with their defense, which, thanks to the Lithuanian also secured the rebound, gave Green’s men one last chance.
Ingram received the ball with 6 seconds left and launched the counterattack, but instead of looking for the basket he opted to assist Devonte ‘Graham, who was running alongside him on the run. The point guard was not exactly signing a great game, having scored only two of the nine pitches he had taken, but he rose confidently on the scoring of Mike Conley and hit a 3 that brought madness to the Pelicans bench. The Jazz couldn’t take advantage of the remaining 1.3 seconds due to Gobert’s lack of blocking, though Mitchell’s pitch, already invalidated, didn’t go in anyway.
Graham therefore became the hero of the night for the Louisiana team, despite the fact that it was Brandon Ingram who, with 21 points, led his team in scoring. The forward was seconded by Nickeil Alexander-Walker, author of 15 points, while Willy Hernangómez managed to add 13 and add 8 rebounds and 5 assists in just 18 minutes.
In the Jazz, Bojan Bogdanovic stood out with 23 points in a night in which the rest of his teammates were quite gray. Mitchell, quite unfortunate, could not go beyond 16 points, and both Mike Conley and Joe Ingles stayed at 12. Jordan Clarkson, meanwhile, signed a poor 3/12 in the shot, which made his contribution from the bench stayed far from the usual and left Snyder’s men somewhat short on points.
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