The Pelicans signed with Diaw very quickly, but Diaw did not come to the Pelicans fast.
After being traded by the Spurs to the Jazz, the guy who drove directly from San Antonio to Utah, has been signing for four days after the Pelicans played against the Kings before reporting to the team.
This is in line with his personal style of enjoying life.
However, the Pelicans are not in a hurry. The team rotates steadily. They do not need Dior to fight the fire.
After a personal medical examination, Dior was carrying a small shoulder bag and entered the Pelicans' locker room under the leadership of Demps.
He is now officially a member of the Pelicans.
Laughing and greeting new teammates, from time to time some divine remarks are made, Dior does not look like an NBA player, but rather an old broker.
At that time, the Spurs had three Sao, Ginobili was Ming Sao, Duncan was Sao Sao, and Dior was Sao Sao.
"Don, are you free at night?"
"No time."
Dior asked Tang Tian seriously, and Tang Tian returned to Dior seriously.
After asking and answering each other, the two looked at each other and laughed, and hugged together.
Tang Tian is more old-fashioned. At the time, Spurs' teammates would now contact him whenever he has time.
Now that Dior has become his teammate again, his mood is quite good.
Looking at the smile on Tang Tian's face, Demps felt comfortable for a while.
Tang Tian's influence is unparalleled, leaving Tang Tian as his general manager's biggest goal.
It's worthwhile to sign a 15th person to please Tang Tian.
After Dior put down his luggage, he then participated in daily training with the team.
As an old league of mixed leagues, he became familiar with the team's tactical system quickly.
And Stevens was also very brave, and there was a period when Tang Tian and Dior were present at the same time.
Dior also showed his tacit understanding with Tang Tian during the Spurs. Continuous passing made Tang Tian easily score.
After the training session, Stevens also held Dior alone for a while and saw that he was satisfied with Dior's condition and performance.
An old house where a treasure.
The Pelicans now have two veterans at hand, and the playoff experience is overflowing.
The day after Diaw arrived at the team's report, the Pelicans took home the town and ushered in a game with the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies have lost strength after losing Conley in the summer and are now struggling to impact the playoffs. They have just won a four-game winning streak in the past and are in excellent shape.
This situation was also reflected in the first half of the game.
Relying on the excellent offensive and defensive ends of Mark Gasol, the Grizzlies and the Pelicans tied 45 at halftime.
The Pelicans made only 31% of their three-pointers in the first half. The Grizzlies' expanded defense made their shooter group feel cold.
However, the situation changed suddenly in the second half, Tang Tian began to hit the Grizzlies with a full force, hitting a wave of personal 8-0 attack.
The Grizzlies were forced to shrink their defense, which gave the Pelicans an outside opportunity.
Tang Tian successively sent Miao Chuan, Hollodi, Ariza and Davis in rounds and fired rounds.
This season alone, the Pelicans made 5 of 8 shots from the three-point line.
The Grizzlies launched a tenacious counterattack in the fourth quarter, but ultimately failed to catch up with the points difference, losing 86 to 100.
Mark Gasol scored 27 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists in a quasi-triple double.
The Pelicans scored in double figures with five of them. Tang Tian scored 22 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a triple-double.
Scoring is not much for him, but this is his seventh consecutive game with a triple-double!
As the game continues, fans have begun to realize that Tang Tian has the opportunity to tie and even break Chamberlain's record of nine consecutive triple-doubles!
Because of this, although in the second half of the season, the attention of the Pelicans in the game is only high or low!
After playing the Grizzlies and rested for two days, the Pelicans started the road trip to the west.
Their first match against the Jazz.
The Jazz continue to compete for the Western Conference playoffs with the Thunder, Clippers and Trail Blazers.
The season is coming to an end, and this kind of battle is getting more and more fierce. Every remaining game is very important for them.
Even the Pelicans, the league's No. 1 defending champion.
The last time the two teams fiercely battled out and won the game at the last minute, coupled with home games, this also gave the Jazz ample confidence.
As soon as the game began, they were playing with great momentum.
With high morale and excellent defense, after the first quarter, they led the Pelicans 27 to 23.
High-intensity confrontations and hand-to-hand battles can be seen everywhere, and the Jazz are like a red-eyed mad cow.
The physical exertion brought by the high-intensity confrontation, veterans like David West are greatly affected.
He failed to grasp the chances twice in a row in this quarter, and the Jazz took the opportunity to play a 4-0 offensive, pulling the difference to 8 points.
Stevens saw that Dior was on the wrong side and this was the first time the latter played for the Pelicans.
Dior hit a small hook after coming on the court, and then defensively stuck Favors to get a defensive rebound.
Williams failed to make a throw, and he stuck Favors offensive rebounds, assisting Williams with a close-up rebound.
In the two rounds after Dior came into play, he fully demonstrated his attributes of "Hook Grandpa" and "Dwarf rebounder".
Of course, more importantly, he played in the Jazz before this season and is familiar with the characteristics of this team's players.
Relying on Diaw's stable play, the Pelicans smoothly passed this substitute connection.
When the main players from both sides returned, Tang Tian began to enter the state, ignoring the Jazz's defense to score consecutively, fully reflecting the role of superstars.
In this section, the Pelicans played a 32-22 against the Jazz, which in turn led the Jazz by 6 points.
In the second half, the Jazz adjusted defensive tactics and began to trap Tang Tian. This also gave him the opportunity. He frequently sent second assists to score points.
After this quarter, although the Jazz are still tenacious, the Pelicans pulled the difference to 15 points.
In the last quarter, the physical fitness of both sides declined, and the sound of iron on the court continued. Tang Tian's legend was fully reflected in this situation.
His scoring, rebounds and assists also fell. He led the Pelicans to continue to suppress the Jazz, and opened the difference to 25 points five minutes before the end of the game.
The game also ended early.
The Jazz's last game had something to do with the Pelicans deadlock and Tang Tiangang's injury.
Now Tang Tian is healed ~ www.novelhall.com ~ The result of the game is also much worse than imagined by Utah fans.
The Pelicans ended up taking the Jazz 108-88 and ushered in a 8-game winning streak.
Tang Tian played three and a half quarters and scored 30 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in a triple-double.
This is also his eighth consecutive game with a triple-double!
And this is not the end.
Two days later, the Pelicans battled the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Pelicans defeated the opponent 113-103, Tang Tian once again scored 35 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in a triple-double!
Including this game, he has reached 9 consecutive triple-doubles! Tied Chamberlain's three consecutive double records!
If he can get another triple double in the next game against the Thunder, he will break this 49-year history!