The Pelicans' next opponent is the Eagles.
The Eagles are now No. 1 in the East, a direct conversation between the two top teams.
And everyone is a dark horse. This game is also a game to verify the dark horses on both sides.
Williams previously gave the players a day off to relax the players. The day before the game began, he was preparing to lead the team to Atlanta.
But when the team merged, a bad news came.
Davis, injured.
After Tang Tian joined the Pelicans, Williams was suggested to let him play in the fourth position.
Williams also accepted his suggestions, from Jason Smith at the beginning, to Akinsa, Evans, and now Whiteside.
The starting position for the Pelicans' fifth position has been changing, but Davis has been playing the fourth position.
This change is different from the history, so that Davis can get rid of the glass man's title without having to go inside and fight with the big man before gaining muscle.
There have been only a handful of games missed in the past season, and this season has been full attendance so far.
But no one expected that he was injured on offseason.
And the cause of the injury was even more ridiculous.
Davis has a preference. He also likes to use soap when taking a bath. According to him, he is more able to enjoy the bath.
As a result, the soap was accidentally dropped when he took a shower, and then slipped when he bent over to pick up the soap.
The moment he slipped, he instinctively supported the wall next to him, came into close contact with the window sill, and broke his hand bone directly.
According to the inspection report given by the team doctor, he will be absent for 4 to 6 weeks.
When the players heard Williams's news, they all looked stunned and did not respond for a long time.
"Don't look at me with that expression, I know this time is more speechless than you."
Williams was still very grounded, and said directly.
The team members' expressions were wonderful at this time, and the cause of the injury was really funny.
But Davis will be out for a month due to injury, and before the game against the Eagles, this makes people laugh.
Tang Tian's response was the most normal among all.
The cause of Davis' injury was ridiculous, but he was not unheard of, and even more outrageous.
Rondo has also been absent from a shower and fell, and he rested for nearly two months.
Somewhat outrageous, Wilkins stomped his joke because his teammates told the joke so funny that he strained his muscles;
Barkley attended a rock concert, because the light was too dazzling and rubbed his eyes, but he was burned by the hand lotion he just applied;
Miles celebrated his teammate Raheem making a three-pointer. He jumped on the spot and sprained his ankle.
These are outrageous, and even more outrageous, is that Perkins fell asleep until half of his bed collapsed and injured his foot;
Iverson was patted by his teammates, but was hit directly by the tail keel, which caused the injury to worsen ...
Even aside from this, the Spurs often have players with hip discomfort absent from the game.
These injuries are plainly destined injuries that are out of control.
It's your turn and you can't hide it.
When teammates calmed down a bit and started to grin, Tang Tian had taken out his mobile phone and texted Davis.
Davis has improved a lot this season. This injury looks funny, but it must be a blow for Davis.
Therefore, it is most important to calm down.
"... Remember Westbrook? He became stronger after the injury, so you can calm down."
At the end of the text message, Tang Tian encouraged his partner like this.
"I will, thank you, (* ^ ▽ ^ *)."
Davis quickly returned a text message and attached an expression, which showed that he was in a good mood.
This is the best news.
When the players were finished talking, Williams went on to announce that Aminu played Davis instead of Davis and also said some encouragement.
"Guys, let AD experience the feeling of lying and winning!"
Tang Tian also encouraged with humorous tone at this time.
The team members laughed and this encouragement was very useful.
The top-to-bottom match between East and West, coupled with the hot Tang Tian, the game between the Eagles and the Pelicans attracted much attention from the outside world.
Before the game, the Spinach website gave the odds, and the Eagles were significantly lower than the Pelicans.
This obviously had something to do with Davis' sudden injuries.
The day before the game, the Eagles conducted public training before the game.
After training, the team's starting point guard Jeff Teague was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.
When asked if he wanted to win the game, the Eagles' brain gave a very positive answer.
"Of course, we need to play against such an opponent, and we need such a victory to prove ourselves."
Teague is not without reason.
Although the Eagles now rank first in the East, they are more questionable than the Pelicans.
Not against teams of the same level, such as the Cavaliers, Spurs, Warriors and Pelicans, is the reason most questioned.
There are endless successes such as today's record that fully supports the schedule, unable to play against the strong teams, and even if they enter the playoffs, they will be eliminated first.
Playing the Pelicans is their first time playing against a team of the same rank, so they want to win no less than the Pelicans.
"Anthony Davis can't fight because of injuries. Will this give you more confidence?"
The reporter then asked.
"Yes, but we don't despise the Pelicans for this. Even without AD, they are very strong teams."
Although Teague did not hide his desire to win the Pelicans, his mentality was very good.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons they can beat the Cavaliers and Bulls to the top of the Eastern Conference.
On the day of the game, the Pelicans also arranged in-team training, but it was closed.
During training, Tang Tian and Williams talked for a while.
When the training was over, Williams led the players and said the focus of the evening game.
"Defense, we have to play all our best defenses, not only to interrupt their passing line, but also to constantly confront the body, fight every rebound, and use this game as a playoff Hit, that's our advantage. "
This is what Tang Tian told him, and it is also the key to the Pelicans winning the game tonight.
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In history, they reached the Eastern Conference Finals this season, but were swept out by the Cavaliers without Love.
In addition to Korver's injury, the more important reason is that they transferred the ball to survive in the regular season and failed under high intensity defense.
This is also the bottleneck of team basketball, or civilian basketball.
The Nuggets had the best 57 wins in the team's history in the 12-13 season, but were dismissed in the first round.
Popovich can play team basketball to the extreme, and GDP, inseparable from Leonard and all-stars.
Because of Budenholzer, the Hawks are known as the "Western Spurs" this season.
But only Millsap and Horford have been selected as All-Stars.
The Spurs are civilians, and the Eagles are real civilians.