2-0, with the Pelicans in the lead. No one could have imagined such a score before the series began.
Especially with Gasol getting injured in the very first game.
But that was reality, and it indirectly proved one thing: the Playoffs were a stage for superstars.
The Pelicans had the strongest superstar.
The Pelicans' path to advancing was now incredibly bright. As long as they won the next game, they would take a 3-0 Series Lead.
No team in history had ever come back from 0-3. Winning the next game would basically mean winning the series.
And the chances were high, because according to the schedule, the next two games would both be played in New Orleans.
The next morning, the entire Pelicans team flew back to New Orleans to prepare for the upcoming two games.
At the afternoon training session, the players all looked very relaxed, completely different from the seriousness they had shown before the series started.
That change was only natural.
Even before the Playoffs began, Stevens had shown the Pelicans the live broadcast of the Spurs and Rockets' first-round series.
Even through the screen, they could feel that oppressive pressure.
So when they faced the Warriors in the first round, as well as in the first two games against the Spurs, they had kept their nerves taut and given everything they had.
Davis' explosion in the first game and the high intensity defense in the second were both the result of going all out.
But now that they had won both games on the road, the players naturally relaxed.
Tang Tian did not appear at the training session. After returning to New Orleans, he had rushed home.
His child had only been born a couple of days ago, yet he had gone on the road to